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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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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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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).

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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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2 days ago by Michael Graham

1754 Edition of Freedom of the Will. 255 years... still unanswered. This subject can be one of the most difficult, confusing, and disconcerting theological discussions. The books below (at various reading levels) bring clarity and cognitive rest to the matter. 1. Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwa ...

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3 days ago by JasonS

Today’s moralists call for a change in this nation (USA), and they have good, moral concerns. They also call for passive disobedience, if I understand the Manhattan Declaration correctly. That is a good thing. Too often, however, we all speak of these things in a very wrong tone. Our spirit toward o ...

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3 days ago by CBH

Introduction The command was clear. The LORD said to Adam, “You may surely eat of every tree in the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil shall not eat [1].” With this command came the promise of both physical and spiritual death. In rebellion, Adam disobeyed God’s command and si ...

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