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Having Become With Us the Son of Man
15 hours ago
by Darryl Dash
I love this piece by John Calvin tucked away in the Institutes. Perfect for Christmas. Having become with us the Son of Man, he has made us with himself sons of God. By his own descent to the earth he has prepared our ascent to heaven. Having received our mortality, he has bestowed on us his immorta ...
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Nineveh
18 hours ago
by reiterations
As to the largeness of the city, even if profane writers had not said a word, the testimony of Jonah ought to be sufficient to us. Now, since he is bidden to go and proceed to Nineveh, the Lord gives him some hope of success. He, indeed, wrought effectually by the hand of his servant, Nahum, who, th ...
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Sin’s Painted Pleasures and Sugared Poisions…
1 day ago
by JM Vergara
As the Scriptures often call attention to the “heart” or “soul” of a person, Owen argues that such references tend to be shorthand for the various faculties, and thus to deal with sin the whole person must be engaged. Although Owen gives ample attention to each of the faculties, let us focus on the ...
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The Uprooted Church: The Church’s Response (or the Lack Thereof) (3 of 5)
1 day ago
by Jin S. Kim
As a lifelong Presbyterian, I ask this question to my church: What is the Reformed tradition’s answer to the massive alienation experienced by modern peoples? In this globalized and postmodern world, is our intimate weddedness to rationalism also not our undoing? There’s nothing wrong with rationali ...
New Church Rising - jinskim.wordpress.com
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9th Advent Reflection
1 day ago
by Andrew Logue
It deeply concerned us, that he who was to be our Mediator should be very God and very man. If the necessity be inquired into, it was not what is commonly termed simple or absolute, but flowed from the divine decree on which the salvation of man depended. What was best for us, our most merciful Fath ...
The New Puritans - newpuritans.wordpress.com · 1 reference
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Calvin: Bigot or Racial Progressive?
1 day ago
by A.J. Smith
You decide. On e of my favourite quotations from the Institutes: “. . . Westerners are less sharp and quick of wit that the Asiatics and Africans, they are for that reason also less enamoured of novelty” (IV. vi. 16).
Sola Intellectum - solaintellectum.wordpress.com
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Spurgeon comments on the teachings of Calvin and on Arminians
2 days ago
by David McKay
C H Spurgeon: There is no soul living who holds more firmly to the doctrines of grace than I do, and if any man asks me whether I am ashamed to be called a Calvinist, I answer — I wish to be called nothing but a Christian; but if you ask me, do I hold the doctrinal views which were held by John Calv ...
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