The Reformed Confessions can only stand insofar as they are supported by Scripture. I want to tie together some of the recent topics I’ve been covering, including my comment in a previous post that the Five Points of Calvinism are “only the beginning of what Reformed theology is all about,” as well as my research […]
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Chapter 2 in Michael Horton’s book, Introducing Covenant Theology, is called “God and Foreign Relations.” In this chapter, anthropology comes into play as we learn about ancient treaties. We also learn that the covenants God made with his people were structured the same way as these treaties, but with some major differences. First, God as
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Rob Bell’s “Feminine Images” for God – The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood website has an article criticizing Rob Bell’s mishandling of the original languages. Bell says because the Hebrew word for “compassion” has the same root as “womb”, therefore anywhere compassion is used, it implies femininity. What? HT: JT Every Self-Respecting Calvinist Should
Here are some mp3s so you can hear Kim Riddlebarger make his Case for Amillennialism on your iPhone/iPod: Kim Riddlebarger on SermonAudio.com Kim Riddlebarger on IIIM One of the highlights for me was during the Q & A where he said the Reformed church he planted has special pastoral needs because most of the congregation
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“The Big Idea” is the title for the first chapter in Michael Horton’s book, Introducing Covenant Theology, which was previously published in hardcover under the title, God of Promise: Introducing Covenant Theology. Horton quickly gets to the point, which is that Reformed Theology = Covenant Theology. The framework of the covenant is central to the
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At Christina’s graduation ceremony at Chico State on Saturday, a graduating senior from the College of Humanities and Fine Arts spoke about the need to remove the “filters” through which we view the mass of humanity that surrounds us. When we look at people we need to see them not as white or black, not
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Romans 14, ESV: As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on
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Although it is sometimes translated as “week” in the New Testament, the Greek word sabbaton is more often used to refer to the Sabbath day. Of the times when it is translated, “week”, all but three of them refer to the very morning of Christ’s resurrection, where it speaks of the “first day of the week.” Of
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