“The book of Hebrews was written to a new covenant people, and it was written in order to head off a looming apostasy. That is what the entire book is about. In this verse [Heb. 10:29], we learn that the sanctions of the new covenant are more severe than the sanctions under Moses—“sorer punishment.” The new covenant does not contain “no sanctions.” It contains “more severe sanctions” . . . . Members of the visible church can and do fall away from Christ.”
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Content Cluster Muster [08-03-23]
Got It: An Interview About Gilder: Nice, But Too Many Primary Colors Make My Head Hurt: More here. Processed with VSCO with 6 preset A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Aaron Griffin Rubens Santoro Late for Work: And Another Podcast Also: Featured Product: Intelligent Design Blues:A little fun at Darwin’s …
Roman Catholic Baptism
“Note that [A.A.] Hodge called Roman Catholics his brethren. Not only so, but he managed that particular stunt in a Banner of Truth book.”
Why the Apostle Paul Punched Right
Introduction: So in order to talk about what I really want to talk about here, I must first address where our terminology of "right" and "left" came from. In common parlance, the terms are generally ...
Calling All Masons
No, no. Not Freemasons. Brick-laying masons. Christ Church is in the middle of building our new fellowship hall, and if you have the skills of an experienced mason, we would be interested in talking to you about it. This is not one of those newfangled jobs where you can work remotely, this being another area …
Twin Graces
“Repentance and faith don’t get us grace; repentance and faith are grace . . . Apart from repentance we cannot believe, and apart from faith we cannot be saved. And both repentance and faith are gifts from God.”
Not Justified by Doctrinal Works Either
“Because justification by faith alone is true, it is possible for someone who is screwed up on justification (in his theology) to be actually saved. And because justification by faith alone is true, it is possible for someone with an orthodox theology on the subject to be actually looking at his correct theology instead of to Christ alone, and so he is lost.”
The Most August of August Letters
Letter to the Editor: Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: And the beauty of old men is the grey head. Amen. Young men are strong, but don't know what they're ...
In Which I Decline to Gilder the Lily
Introduction: Not only are we in the thick of a crisis, it is a crisis that is largely driven by human choices, reactions, personalities, and various other things that contribute to all our societal ...