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Well, I have listened to an interview with Guy Waters on the Federal Vision (HT: Mark Horne). In a nutshell, I agree with Mark’s response here. How is it possible for the same teaching to create false assurance and no assurance? How is our preaching and teaching putting them to complacent sleep in their covenantal …

Audio Reading of Post

Mr. Sandeman, Bring Me a Dream

Here is a short audio snippet from John Piper’s talk on Fuller. This is the section where he references my recent discussion with Scott Clark on Heidelblog. I think Piper is exactly right about the relevance of this discussion. As he points out, the handles are in slightly different places than they were in the …

By the Root

James tells us the source of quarreling and wars. He says, authoritatively, that people fight and quarrel because of their covetousness. Covetousness, in its turn, a violation of the tenth commandment, is the opposite of contentment. When you are weeding in a garden, it is not enough to simply clip the weed so that it …

Westminster XXXI: Of Synods and Councils

1. For the better government, and further edification of the Church, there ought to be such assemblies as are commonly called Synods or Councils (Acts 15:2, 4, 6). The church has an authoritative presence beyond the local assembly. In this chapter of the Confession we come to the doctrine which separates presbyterianism from the independency …

Interesting

In his talk on Andrew Fuller at the 2007 Desiring God pastors’ conference, John Piper had this to say. I just tuned into the debate between R. Scott Clark and Doug Wilson over at Scott’s blog, Heidelblog, and there were elements of it that relate directly to Fuller’s response to Sandemanianism (though no one there …