We are in the presence of God to worship Him. We are gathering in the name of Jesus, and we are doing so as His people. We belong to Him, and, because of this, we belong to one another. Although we are ascending into the heavenly places in our worship, by the power of the …
Receiving the Gift of Being Able to Give
We have been talking about provision—here in this Supper God provides for His people. But God provides for us in His way, and not in the way that we might anticipate. When God gives, He gives gifts that continue to give themselves. He doesn’t give the kind of gift that makes its way to a …
Putting the Checkbook Right
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Our Father God, we confess to You now, on behalf of …
Calvin and Natural Law
Book 2/Chapter 2 What natural law is for (section 22) 1. Does Calvin take the Gentiles in Romans 2:14-15 to be Christians or not? 2. Does Calvin believe in natural law? 3. How does he define it? 4. What is natural law for? General and particular (section 23) 1. Can unregenerate men affirm the right …
Darkness After Lightning
Book 2/Chapter 2 A summary (section 17) 1. What is proper to our nature? 2. What must we avoid claiming as our own? Limits of understanding (section 18) 1. What are the 3 characteristics of spiritual insight? 2. What illustration does Calvin use to describe non-believers when they have a true insight concerning God? Spiritual …
Feeling Trilliony?
Obama must be mighty, because he can still throw it around like nobody’s business. A picture is worth a trillion words. HT: Justin Taylor
All Truth is the Lord”s
Book 2/Chapter 2 Two kinds of understanding (section 13) 1. What are the two kinds of understanding according to Calvin? 2. What is included in the former? 3. The latter? Understanding arts and science (section 14) 1. What does virtually every human being possess? 2. What do we learn from imbeciles? 3. What is a …
Start With the Basics
I am pleased to be able to comment on (and commend) Voddie Baucham’s new book, What He Must Be If He Wants to Marry My Daughter. In his introduction, Baucham rightly links family issues to reformation and revival. For far too long, we have left theology to the theology wonks and relationships to the relational …
The Just God Who Justifies/Romans 13
INTRODUCTION: If God failed to fulfill His promise to Abraham, then He would be unjust. If God fulfilled His promise by simply declaring that everyone was now justified, then He would be unjust under that circumstance as well. If He doesn’t save the nations, then He is unjust. If He saves the nations, then He …
Greedmonkeys Regulated by Powermonkeys
I wrote earlier in this place that the election of Obama would be a holy cow moment for American Christians. And thus far, so has it proven to be. Because of the monkeyshines of Bush-era “capitalists,” falsely so-called, the first place that Obama’s incompetence have been given a place to shine is in the realm …