The Scripture plainly teaches that woman is the glory of man, and in a similar way, so also one of the glories of the Christian faith has been the way in which we have embraced this truth, and established it as one of our glories. It is a simple historical fact that as the Christian …
Why We Worship on Sunday
Sermon Video Introduction: With a handful of exceptions, Christians are overwhelmingly united in their willingness to worship God on the first day of the week. After all, we have been doing this ...
Denying the Simarils
“Those in the Reformed tradition who have sought to accommodate the anti-magisterial bent of the American system of theology have done this by means of making sacraments the means of secondary graces, instead of secondary means of grace. They got the adjective in the wrong place is all. Fine. Let them do that. But them when they go on a rampage and start accusing those people who still hold to Westminster the way it was written of denying the gospel, denying sola fide, and denying the Three Silmarils, it gets a bit thick and a response is required. As I said earlier, many fine Christians don’t hold to Westminster. Great. Fine. But if you don’t hold to Westminster, it is not possible to still use it as a club.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 472
Yeah
A Hierarchy of Instruments
“Faith as the sole instrument of justification refers to faith as the sole primary instrument. There are plenty of lesser instruments, lesser means—preachers, tracts, sermons, mothers, mission agencies, the Lord’s Supper, soup kitchens, baptism, and bumper stickers.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 471
Content Cluster Muster [01-18-24]
Whoa: Bumpy Sky Road: More here. A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: True Enough: HT: Samuel Cherubin: James Morgan A Woke Hollywood Marshmallow Roast: Featured Product: And There Is None Beside E-Book:This small book is a poetic rendering of Isaiah 40-48. I hope you enjoy it. Below is how it starts — it …
If Words Mean Anything
“This means that Westminster teaches that when someone, baptized in infancy, is converted in college, his baptism is still to be reckoned as one of the means involved. That is what the words say.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 468
A Word to the Good People of Brazil
As some of you all know, Nancy and I are planning to travel down to Brazil next month in order to speak at a large evangelical conference. Word got out that we were coming, and a newspaper article was published by a leftist activist named Ronilso Pacheco, accusing me of racism and advocating for slavery. …
Like It or Not, It Is What the Standards Say
[Regarding WSC #91 & WLC #161] “We are talking about the baptized regenerate. The blessing of Christ, and the working of the Spirit, enable someone who receives the sacrament in true evangelical faith to rightly consider those sacraments to be numbered among the effectual means of their salvation.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 466
The Letters Feature is Filled Up With Letters. Again.
Letter to the Editor: Re the article "The Joy Juice of Democracy" Nov 6, 2023, and other work on Christian nationalism—I get the sense that you believe multi-ethnic/racial partnership in ...