Why Do We Like To Be Constantly Told What To Do?
Graeme Goldsworthy explains why we like to be constantly told what we are to do and why we like to be battered and bruised by preachers....
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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....
Baptism Is Far From Automatic
January 21, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: sacrament, baptism, faith, repentance, means of grace, Salvation, Regeneration, The Gorham Judgment, Michael Green, baptismal regeneration, Privy Council, Henry Philpotts, George Gorham, Anglican basics
Michael Green discussing The Gorham Judgement and clarifying the Anglican position on baptism and regeneration....
Keep ReadingConfirmation Cannot Be a Sacrament
January 21, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: baptism, sacrament, means of grace, Visible Church, Holy Spirit, confirmation, infant baptism, public profession, adult baptism, Anglican basics
Confirmation cannot be a sacrament- a means of grace. Rather, confirmation is one's profession of faith- the believer's act, a response to the promise made in baptism....
Keep ReadingWhy are the means of grace restricted to Word and sacrament?
January 21, 2020 by John Fonville | Tags: heidelberg catechism, means of grace, Prayer, Means of Gratitude, Word and Sacrament, Westminster Standards, Westminster Larger Catechism, Westminster Shorter Catechism, J.V. Fesko, Louis Berkhof, Charles Hodge, Wayne Grudem
J.V. Fesko, in his book, Word, Water and Spirit: A Reformed Perspective on Baptism, explains why the means of grace are restricted to Word and sacrament....
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 Kingdom is the Gospel and the Gospel is the Kingdom
November 1, 2019 | Tags: gospel, michael horton, Kingdom of God, The Great Commission, kingdom, gospel and kingdom, already but not yet, sacraments, King
Michael Horton on the gospel and kingdom....
Keep ReadingClarifying, “ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda”
October 31, 2019 by John Fonville | Tags: evangelicalism, Reformation, ecclesia reformata semper reformanda, reforming, Reformation Day
Martin Davie clarifying the often misunderstood post-World War II Latin phrase, “ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda."...
Keep ReadingThere Are No “Non-Liturgical” Churches
October 31, 2019 by John Fonville | Tags: Liturgy, Reformation, corporate worship, Book of Common Prayer, Liturgical, extemporaneous prayer, precomposed prayers
There is no such thing as a “non-liturgical church.” The choice is not between liturgy or no liturgy, but between having an agreed-upon, well-thought-out liturgy or leaving things to the spur of the moment and the discretion of the leader. As one wag has rightly observed, if you think “organized religion” is bad, try disorganized religion....
Keep ReadingThe Protestant Reformation: A Two-Front War
October 31, 2019 by John Fonville | Tags: Protestant Reformation, Rome, 1517, John Hooper, Heinrich Bullinger, Papists, Counter Reformation, radical Reformation, Anabaptists, Thirty Nine Articles, Protestant confessions, Thomas Cranmer, English Reformers
The Protestant Reformation was waged on two fronts: the errors of Rome and the errors of the radical Reformation (i.e., so-called Anabaptists)....
Keep ReadingThe Double-Edged Nature of the Gospel and Sacraments
October 30, 2019 by John Fonville | Tags: judgment, baptism, means of grace, Lord's Supper, Eucharist, Holy Communion, J.V. Fesko, sacraments, means of judgment, faith, Unbelief
The Double-Edged Nature of God's Revelation- The sacraments are means of grace. However, because they are linked to the covenant and more broadly to divine revelation, they are not always means of grace but sometimes means of judgment apart from a Spirit-wrought faith....
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