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Richard Sibbes discussing the Christ-centered focus of all the Scriptures....
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February 28, 2020 by John Fonville
Richard Sibbes: The Glory of God is Greatest in the Gospel...
Michael Horton: What the Third Use of the Law Can and Cannot Do
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Michael Horton on what the third use of the law can and cannot do....
Gerald Bray: WWJD is Impossible to Answer
February 25, 2020 by John Fonville
Gerald Bray: "'What would Jesus do?’ seems like an innocent question to ask, but it is impossible to answer literally and does not reflect the teaching of the New Testament. ...
William Perkins on Seven Differences between the Law and Gospel
February 24, 2020 by John Fonville
The late 16th century Anglican pastor/theologian, William Perkins, on seven differences between the law and gospel....
No Creed But The Bible?
February 21, 2020 by John Fonville
No Creed But The Bible?- Carl Trueman on the unbiblical creedal statement, "The bible is our only creed and our only confession."...
Philip Schaff: The 39 Articles Are Reformed
February 20, 2020 by John Fonville
Philip Schaff: The 39 Articles are found in every collection of Reformed confessions....
Confusing Law and Gospel: A Review of David Platt's book, Radical.
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A review of David Platt's book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From The American Dream....
Dispositional Soteriology: Jonathan Edwards on Justification by Faith Alone
November 10, 2015 by John Fonville
George Hunsinger shows how Jonathan Edwards crosses the fine line laid down by the Reformation concerning justification sola fide. Edwards taught that works are not simply external evidence that faith exists. Rather, works are necessary to the efficacy of faith. Works, as the external expression of faith, play a role in justification....
Sailing and the Christian Life
April 5, 2022 by John Fonville | Category: Christian Living | Tags: grace, gospel, obedience, covenant of grace, covenant of works, legalism, antinomianism, Gratitude, guilt, christian life, Normative, pedagogical, law of God, three uses of the law, guide, victory, defeat, sailing
Sailing and the Christian life....
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April 4, 2022 by John Fonville | Category: Three Uses of the Law | Tags: grace, righteousness, john calvin, Holy Spirit, Mercy, conviction, normative use, pedagogical use, three uses of the law, civil use, mirror, restrain, guide
John Calvin discusses the three uses of the moral law....
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January 11, 2022 by John Fonville | Category: Forgiveness | Tags: grace, forgiveness, comfort, consolation, Reformation Anglicanism, Oxford Martyrs, Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer on the most comfortable thing in the world....
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November 4, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Christian Living | Tags: grace, law and gospel, preaching, moralism, legalism, law, graeme goldsworthy, Christian living, expository preaching, indicative, imperative, Biblical theology, Ethics
Graeme Goldsworthy on the relationship of the gospel to Christian living. ...
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November 3, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Justification | Tags: grace, sanctification, merit, inherent righteousness, righteousness, justification, sola fide, material cause, duplex beneficium, imputed righteousness, marvelous exchange, forensic
Justification and a Divided Church- Michael Horton discusses the two distinct positions on justification that continue to divide Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church....
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September 16, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Liturgy | Tags: worship, Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer, Liturgy, Anglican piety, Reformation Sunday, Protestant Reformation, opus Dei (God's Work), Gratitude, grace
Election is to be understood and recognized in Christ alone
June 12, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: Love, Mercy, solus christus, kindness, Predestination, assurance, election, grace
John Calvin: Election is to be understood and recognized in Christ alone...
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June 15, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: works, grace, law and gospel, faith, old covenant, new covenant, mosaic covenant, abrahamic covenant, law, justification, galatians, promise, Inheritance
Understanding the Contrast of “Law” and “Promise” in Galatians 3....
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February 28, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: grace, gospel, Mercy, Glory of God, Anglican, Richard Sibbes
Richard Sibbes: The Glory of God is Greatest in the Gospel...
Keep ReadingReconciliation: The Good News of the Gospel
January 17, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: grace, gospel, propitiation, Mercy, reconciliation, Jerry Bridges, enemy, enmity, justice of God
Jerry Bridges discussing the good news of God's initiative in reconciling His enemies to Himself. ...
Keep ReadingThe Collapsing of the Covenants: Narrow is the Way that Leads to Destruction
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Collapsing the covenants into one overarching theme of grace confuses law and gospel and effectively eliminates an explicit law-gospel distinction in Scripture....
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December 17, 2012 by John Fonville | Tags: election, missions, gospel, evangelism, preaching, church planting, grace
There often exists a widespread suspicion that belief in the sovereignty of God”"particularly election”"undermines or even inhibits zeal for missions and evangelism. Dr. J.I. Packer in his book, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, persuasively demonstrates that such a misunderstanding is, in his words, “nonsense.” Election, faith, the gospel and evangelism go ...
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