Grace is Scandalous Who deserves to go to heaven based on what they do, the pope or a dope dealer? According the bible, neither. If you said the pope, you may be thinking of deservedness based on a person’s merits and works, i.e. “man’s efforts.” However, the Bible teaches that salvation does not depend on [...]
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Posted in Grace, Uncategorized, tagged Grace on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Christian Community by Bonhoeffer
Posted in Bonhoeffer, Christian Life, Grace on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A helpful quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Life Together, especially after just relocating and seeking new friendships… Christian community is like the Christian’s sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may [...]
Sovereignty of God The Father in Salvation according to A.W. Pink
Posted in Books, Grace, Reformation, Scripture, Theology on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From A.W. Pink’s The Sovereignty of God, quoting scripture and Spurgeon in support of predestination: “As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed” (Acts 13:48). Every artifice of human ingenuity has been employed to blunt the sharp edge of this Scripture and to explain away the obvious meaning of these words, but it has [...]
Ordained, defined
Posted in Grace, Preaching, Scripture, Supremacy of Christ, Theology on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What does John Piper mean when he speaks about God ordaining, within the context of his Sovereignty over sin? There is design in what he permits. And therefore when I say he ordains, I mean He has a history in view and He is going somewhere with what He permits to happen. That’s what I’m [...]
A good quote from Timothy Keller in his book “The Prodigal God.” He is describing the two basic ways that people pursue happiness and fulfillment in light of the parable of the prodigal son: the elder brother’s way of moral conformity, and the younger brother’s way of self discovery. Keller explains that both ways are [...]
