Introduction: In the aftermath of our blowout holidays, it is not uncommon to survey something of a culinary debris field—half-finished pies, cold turkey, a measuring cup full of gravy, half ...
Thanksgiving Leftovers
The Authority of Gratitude
Sermon Video Introduction: As we have all enjoyed the blessings of a Thanksgiving holiday just a few days ago, I thought it appropriate to spend some time on a little understood aspect of gratitude, ...
Hagar’s Sons
“There is the Abrahamic and the Sinaitic, clearly but what ws the form of the covenant here? Was it the covenant at Sinai as God actually made it, or was it the covenant of Sinai as construed by those who desired to be under the law (Gal. :21). The Judaizers, by their self-righteousness, transformed an historic manifestation of the covenant of grace into a contemporary covenant of works. This is why they were condemned. Elsewhere, Gordon tells us his rule of thumb for identifying Auburnites—anyone who speaks generally of ‘the covenant’ . . . The problem is that this would include the Westminster Confession, which plainly identifies the Synaptic covenant as a manifestation of the covenant of grace.”
Makes Good Sense to Me
A Thanksgiving Miscellany
A Thanksgiving Apologetic: Let us begin with the obvious. By definition, any sentient creature has one constant, solemn, unremitting duty, and that is the duty of gratitude. To be a creature is, in ...
Content Cluster Muster [11-23-23]
Situational Awareness: Open Road: More here: An Opportunity to Help: Some folks in a sister congregation of the CREC had their house burn to the ground. An opportunity to lend a hand is here. A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Last Friday at NSA: NSA Founder and Pastor @douglaswils delivering the "Don't Be …
True Gratitude Can Bend
True gratitude can bend beneath the weightOf graces given to the undeserving,Men stagger as they come to goodness lateAnd learn to walk, and with no conscious swerving.True gratitude can stand upon the graceThat comes from God and puts conceit well underThe blood that trickled down the wretched faceOf Jesus Christ, who came to put asunderThese …
The Genesis of the Affair
“This overlooks the little matter of a ‘may God have mercy on their souls’ judicial statement by the RPCUS, unimpeded by any discussion with the men concerned, which was then heaved by John Robbins, via the Internet, into the middle of the Reformed world, in much the same manner that a couple twelve-year-old boys might heave a dead cat over the fence into the middle of a ladies afternoon luncheon.”
Bat-Guano Crazy
Introduction: Certain topics are guaranteed to generate troll-swarms, and trying to be sensible about Judaism is one of them. I am actually tempted to open up the comments on this post in order ...
Only God Sees the Visible Church
“Doesn’t this reveal that according to this definition the visible church is just as invisible as the invisible church is? When we use a descriptive adjective like visible, it naturally raises the questions, ‘Visible to whom? From what vantage? When is it visible? Who can see it?’ If the answer is that only God can see the visible church, and this is what we have set up by definition, wouldn’t it be good to find a phrase that points to the same group of people, but does not mislead in this way? . . . Let’s call them the historical church.”