What I would like to do in brief compass is explain how a particular understanding of a pre-fall covenant of works requires us to say that Jesus was faithless. In short, I want to explain the problem some have with our rejection of their covenant of works, and then explain the … [Read more...]
Auburn Avenue Hubbub (AAH) Cool Quote #2
"All who are baptized into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, recognizing the Trinity of Persons in the Godhead, the incarnation of the Son and his priestly sacrifice, whether they be Greeks, or Arminians, or Romanists, or Lutherans, or Calvinists, or … [Read more...]
Auburn Avenue Hubbub (AAH) Cool Quote #1
"More and more it has occurred to me that the big issues between the Anabaptists and the Reformers of classical Protestantism are still among the biggest unresolved agonies of modern American Protestantism." Hughes Oliphant Old, The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite … [Read more...]
The Yeast of True Service
Growing Dominion, Part 3 So God has assigned to us the responsibility of exercising dominion in the world. He has done this in the cultural mandate given to Adam, in the cultural mandate that was renewed with Noah, and then, ultimately, in the Great Commission that was given … [Read more...]
The Food of the Gospel
Jesus commands us to labor for the food which endures more than just a short time -- food which endures to everlasting life. He tells us also not to give ourselves in idolatrous labor for that food which necessarily perishes. Jesus says that the Son of man will give us the … [Read more...]
From His Holy Hill/Psalm 3
We are told in the book of Job that man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. In the third psalm we discover what it means to find our rest and comfort in God alone. When David fled from Absalom, it was one of the greatest troubles of his life. "LORD, how are they … [Read more...]
Resurrection Power
Lord of the Sabbath, We praise Your name and thank You for the kindness You displayed in giving us this day in which to worship You and remember how Your Son and our Lord came back from death. We glorify Your wisdom and exult in the fact that through this resurrection power, … [Read more...]
Galatians 20
INTRODUCTION Paul has already told us that the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit are inconsistent with one another. But a problem is caused because people who live according to the two "lists" have to associate with one another, both in the world and in the … [Read more...]
Galatians 19
INTRODUCTION The principle is firmly established already. Paul is building up to the point that false religion is the foundation of all false living. Just as believing lives are built upon the truth of God, so false lives are built on the lies of righteousness-mongers. THE … [Read more...]
Galatians 18
INTRODUCTION We have seen that the lines of descent from Sarah and Hagar are fluid. We are now coming to the great truth that the family resemblance borne in these lines is also obvious. Sons of Abraham do the works of Abraham. The text today closes on the threshold of Paul’s … [Read more...]
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