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Category Archives: Quotes
Salvation: The Importance of Genuine Faith
This week I have the unexpected blessing of doing sermon prep for Sunday mornings service. So, Calvin’s Institutes had to be set aside for Lexicons, Commentaries and, one of my favorites, sermons preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Our Pastor has … Continue reading
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Doctrinal Issues, Gospel, Quotes
Tagged Charles Spurgeon, Christian, Christianity, Genuine Faith, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation, Sermon
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Nothing New…
From Book 1, chapter 3, section 3 of the Institutes of the Christian Religion, written by John Calvin in 1536. “Persons who introduce newly-invented methods of worshiping God, really worship and adore the creature of their distempered imaginations; for they … Continue reading
No New Enemies…
I’ve just begun the somewhat daunting task of reading through the “Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin. For those unfamiliar with this literary and doctrinal work, it was written by Calvin to “His Most Christian Majesty, Francis, King … Continue reading
Faith or Feeling…
So…apparently when I said “during the next couple of weeks” in my last post, I meant sometime next month…or so. But, since my last post my Brazilian bro and his family has returned, an old puppet show was briefly reinvented, … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Gospel, Quotes
Tagged Al Mohler, biologos, Charles Darwin, Faith, James Montgomery Boice, Jesus, New Testament
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The Center of the Gospel…
In recent days I’ve been debating (mostly in my mind) the concept that the gospel is little more than a cure to social ills (like poverty and injustice). This concept is prevalent in nominally Christian circles (can we get an … Continue reading
Posted in D.A. Carson, Doctrinal Issues, Gospel, Quotes
Tagged D.A. Carson, Gospel, oppression theology, social gospel, Social Justice
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The “New” is really Old…
Who is this quote about? Fill in the blank: “______________________ very often prides himself on the supposition that he is concerned with life, with the principles of conduct and the making operative of the principles of Jesus in all departments … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Quotes
Tagged Brian McLaren, doctrine, Emerging, gnosticism, heresy, John Murray, liberalism, Modernism, Orthodoxy, Rob Bell, Tony Jones
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Clicki, Vidi, Linki – 03/12/2010
This week my time has been filled with preparing for tomorrow’s Awana Grand Prix and car show event. It’s fun seeing the excitement of the kids and the even greater excitement of the parents as they prepare their pinewood creations … Continue reading
What do you think of this statement? “If you are on of those who undergoes regular worldview sized shifts in your thinking; if your message changes every time a new fad or new best-selling book comes along, if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Phil Johnson, Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Discernment, doctrine, Fads, Phil Johnson, Quotes
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Clicki, Vidi, Linki – 02/22/10
*update: John Piper tweeted this link regarding the hermeneutic of suspicion today. Fits in well with the theme of this post. Here’s a special Monday edition of Clicki, Vidi, Linki (I clicked, I saw, I linked). What did you hear … Continue reading
Monday quotes: The good, The bad and/or The ugly…
The Good Since today is MLK day allow me to start out with some quotes by the good Dr. King: “A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.” That … Continue reading
Posted in Bad quotes, Philosophical Thoughts, Quotes
Tagged character, Martin Luther King, MLK, Quotes, Richard Rohr
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