INTRODUCTION: We learned from the end of chapter two that not all Jews are Jews, along with the corollary that not all Christians are Christians. But keeping up with the apostle can be a strenuous effort sometimes, and we now learn in the first part of chapter three that the Jews who are not really …
Covenant Sunglasses and the Decretal Sun
My thanks to Lane for working through our Federal Vision statement. This response of mine should tie that one off with a bow, and so it will be off to the next thing. Perhaps paedocommunion if we can work out a system. I agree with Lane that IAOC is not the same thing as imputation …
The Ancient Church Free of Images
Book 1/Chapter 11 Foolish Evasions (section 11) 1. What is the “wily distinction?” 2. Why does it not work? Art (section 12) 1. Is Calvin opposed to art? 2. What may we paint? The Pure Church (section 13) 1. How long was the Church free from images? 2. What images belong in Church? Nicea (section …
Images As Books?
Book I/Chapter 11 Books of the Unlearned (section 5) 1. Who first argued that images are books for the unlearned? 2. What is the problem with this argument? 3. What scriptural passages show this? Contrary Opinions (section 6) 1. Who among the early fathers differed with Gregory’s view? 2. What early church council prohibited images …
What the World Pants After
Book I/Chapter 11 Pictorial Representation (section 1) 1. What does Scripture everywhere contrast God with? 2. What does the world pant after? 3. What corrupts the glory of God? 4. Why were the Greeks “not as bad” as the rest? God’s Being (section 2) 1. What did God make a point of telling the Hebrews …
The World’s Last Conservative Cook
Once there was a man who didn’t believe in flipping hamburgers when he was barbequing. As a result, his wife didn’t ask him to cook very often, but sometimes he would just volunteer, and then, there everybody was. The result of his unique approach was, of course, that either a hamburger was charred on one …
Sins Against Women
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. Father, we confess to You now that the Islamic nations of …
What Is Enough For Us?
Book I/Chapter 10 The Creator God (section 1) 1. What should it be enough for us to do? The Attributes of God (section 2) 1. What attributes are announced by God’s name? 2. What three things about God are necessary for us to know? Heathen Knowledge (section 3) 1. How can we know that the …
So Preach as Though There Were Men Standing in the Back Waiting to Arrest You
“The hallmark of the apostolic method of preaching was boldness. Again and again as we read Luke’s account we are arrested by the power and boldness that characterized the way in which the gospel was proclaimed by those early preachers . . . This characteristic boldness is all the more striking when we compare it …
Westminsterian Assurance
In his most recent post on assurance and apostasy, Lane frames the question of assurance this way: “Can a believer be absolutely assured of his own salvation in knowing that he is decretally elect?” In this, as with so many other details of our controversy, what Lane says is suspect when you hold it next …