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Richard Sibbes: The Scope of the Whole Scriptures is Christ
June 27, 2021 by John Fonville
Richard Sibbes discussing the Christ-centered focus of all the Scriptures....
Richard Sibbes: The Glory of God is Greatest in the Gospel
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
February 25, 2020 by John Fonville
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.
November 19, 2015 by John Fonville
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....
Thomas Cranmer: A Theological Liturgist
September 16, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Liturgy | Tags: Thomas Cranmer, Reformation, Liturgy, lex orandi lex credendi, Reformation Anglican Worship, Reformation Anglican, lex credendi lex orandi
Thomas Cranmer was a theological liturgist, which means the Reformer possessed a set of theological convictions that he hoped to express through his liturgy. These theological convictions were a clear step away from the worship of the medieval Catholic Church and the theological convictions that it represented....
Keep ReadingWhat is "New" about the New Covenant?
August 12, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Covenant Theology | Tags: new covenant, old covenant, abrahamic covenant, mosaic covenant, mediator, promise, law, moses, nations, Christ, Holy Spirit, covenant curses, covenant blessings
In their book, Sacred Bond, Michael Brown and Zach Keele answer the question what is "new" about the new covenant?...
Keep ReadingRichard Sibbes: The Scope of the Whole Scriptures is Christ
June 27, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: Christ-centered hermeneutic, Anglican, Richard Sibbes
Richard Sibbes discussing the Christ-centered focus of all the Scriptures....
Keep ReadingWe Receive A Double Grace
June 23, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: john calvin, justification, sanctification, double grace, substance of the covenant, duplex beneficium, Justification and sanctification are conjoined and coherent but distinct
In partaking of Christ by grace alone through faith alone, we receive a double grace, namely justification and sanctification. ...
Keep ReadingHow can our imperfect works be accepted by God?
June 22, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: good works, imputed righteousness, Union with Christ, justification
Since our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin how can they be accepted by God?...
Keep ReadingJerry Bridges: The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel
June 12, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: gospel, righteousness of Christ, self-justification, morality, self-righteousness, moralism
Jerry Bridges: The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel...
Keep ReadingElection 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...
Keep ReadingJames Ussher on the Law and Gospel
May 7, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: Trinity College, James Ussher, Reformed confession, covenant of works, covenant of grace, law and gospel, Reformation Anglican, Dublin
In his work, A Body of Divinity, James Ussher sets forth the difference between the law (i.e., covenant of works) and the gospel (i.e., covenant of grace)....
Keep ReadingWe Never Move On From The Gospel
May 7, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: Catechizing, Catechism, Discipleship, gospel-centrality, Catechist, spiritual growth
In their book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer and Gary Parrett make the vital observation that in discipleship believers never move on from the gospel but deeper into it....
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