8 hours ago by Terry Enns

Title: John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology Editor: Burk Parsons Contributors Include: Jay Adams, Jerry Bridges, Sinclair Ferguson, Michael Horton, Steve Lawson, John MacArthur, Philip Ryken Publisher: Reformation Trust, 2008; 257 pp. $19.00 Recommendation (4-star scale): This year ...

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17 hours ago by Daniel Knight

According to the Bible, God controls all things, and indirectly controls our will through our emotions (heart). But since he does not directly control our will, we are still responsible for our emotions. It’s like when you get an animal to move in the direction you want by leading it with food. “The ...

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19 hours ago

Do you struggle with following God’s calling if it means moving out of your comfort zone? Talk to us. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all ...

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1 day ago by Stephen Ley

John Calvin commenting on Psalm 102:2 Having elsewhere spoken more fully of these forms of expression, it may suffice, at present, briefly to observe, that when God permits us to lay open before him our infirmities without reserve, and patiently bears with our foolishness, he deals in a way of great ...

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1 day ago by joel pearce

I'm immersed in the section on sacraments in Calvin's Institutes, and I'm learning quite a bit. I have been been struck that present-day Calvinists would probably balk at Calvin's deep scriptural and spiritual views on the efficacy, mystery, and importance of God's work in and through the sacraments ...

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2 days ago by Michael

From Calvin’s Institutes [book 1, chapter 2]: “For, until men feel that they owe everything to God, that they are cherished by his paternal care, and that he is the author of all their blessings, so that naught is to be looked for away from him, they will never submit to him in voluntary obedience, ...

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2 days ago by Lex Loizides

George Whitefield, probably in his twenties Part Three ( see Part One and Part Two ) In the autumn of 1740, English Evangelist George Whitefield finally met the man he had so respected, Jonathan Edwards. Both these men were Reformed, (or, ‘Calvinistic’) in their theology and practice, preaching the ...

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2 days ago by BoldLion

I had been reading Chosen for Life by Sam Storms. I had been scratching my head about that crazy Arminian Concept of Election which doesn't make any sense at all to me. I do totally agree with Calvinistic Concept of Election which does line up with the Biblical standard. (I just started reading Chos ...

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2 days ago by George Ella

I have forgotten for which publication I wrote this letter. Sir: Prof. Harmon’s recent critique of my Law and Gospel in the Theology of Andrew Fuller (Fall, 2001.) is inaccurate, lacking the objectivity of a scholar. I do not argue that Fuller sought to modify extreme Calvinism but point out that Fu ...

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3 days ago by Michael

From Calvin’s Institutes, Chapter1: “For, since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself. And since nothing appears within us or around us that is not tainted with very great impurity, so long as we ke ...

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