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Getting Up Early and Working Hard
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 167 “He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough” (Prov. 28:19) Proverbs are given so that we might know what is generally true. They are not intended …
Slicing It Lengthwise
Just a quick response to Lane’s latest, and then we can continue to move on through Venema’s book. I believe that the issues Lane raises here are really worth pursuing, and I hope we do that as our discussion proceeds. Lane says that baptism belongs to the administration of the covenant of grace because it …
Real Faith
Book 3/Chapter 2 Different uses of the word faith (section 13) 1. What must we understand about the meaning of the word faith? 2. Does the Bible use the word in ways that allows the reprobate to have “faith”? Higher faith (section 14) 1. Does faith comprehend what it knows? Certainty by faith (section 15) …
Ready for Blowback
“It is important to remember that bold preaching will surely bring opposition from some. You must be prepared for opposition, even persecution. It is part of the cost that must be counted as you seek to become a better preacher . . . You must be prepared to face the criticisms which bold, confrontational preaching …
Romantic Claptrap
“In modern society the main cause of drug addiction, apart from the fact that many people have nothing to live for, is a literary tradition of romantic claptrap, started by Coleridge and DiQuincey, and continued without serious interruption ever since” (Dalrymple, Romancing Opiates, p. 61).
Common Faith
Book 3/Chapter 2 Not all faith the same (section 9) 1. How does Calvin answer the proof from 1 Corinthians 13 that argues that if faith is described as being without love, there must something like unformed faith? 2. What mistake is made by Calvin’s adversaries here? The faith of Simon Magus (section 10) 1. …
A Rocking Chair in Heaven
Once there was a man who had spent many, many years in back breaking work. What he didn’t know about the uses of a shovel wasn’t worth knowing. One day at the tail end of a hot day and a very long ditch, he paused for a moment to talk with a young man in …
The Obedience of Faith
Book 3/Chapter 2 Prefaith (section 5) 1. Is there something else that we may call implicit faith? 2. Are there believers who are not yet believers in an exact sense? True knowledge of Christ (section 6) 1. How must we receive Christ? 2. How does Paul define faith? How faith arises (section 7) 1. Does …
The Devil is a Musician
This is a solemn and joyful occasion, and so our music should match that kind of occasion. This means that we need musicians to teach and lead us. At the same time, in the ordinary course of things, we the people of the congregation, not musical experts, are to be the ones offering the sacrifice …