How can we bring the great truths of the Bible, including the glorious doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone, to the people? Part of the answer for the English Reformers of the 1500’s was to publish an official book of sermons or homilies to be read – in the correct order – in churches each… Continue reading Why We Can’t Save Ourselves: Of the Misery of All Mankind
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Avoiding Stinking Puddles: A Fruitful Exhortation to the reading of Holy Scripture
How can we bring the great truths of the Bible, including the glorious doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone, to the people? This was the question that Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and the other English Reformers asked during the time of the Protestant Reformation of the 1500’s. Before the Reformation, the gospel was largely hidden and… Continue reading Avoiding Stinking Puddles: A Fruitful Exhortation to the reading of Holy Scripture
Truth on Fire: Rediscovering the Sermon Book
How can we bring the great truths of the Bible, including the glorious doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone, to the people? This was the question that Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and the other English Reformers asked themselves during the time of the Protestant Reformation of the 1500’s. The Church of England broke away from the… Continue reading Truth on Fire: Rediscovering the Sermon Book
Short Story: The Adoption
In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will… (Ephesians 1:4b-5 ESV) Madison is looking at herself in the mirror, and her heart is broken. She’s sitting in her room, with the lights off, and the fading sun softly entering her window to illuminate a… Continue reading Short Story: The Adoption
From Manger to Majesty: The Contrast of Christ’s Comings
Many people today disregard Christianity as weak, irrelevant, ineffective and feeble. They don’t think it has much to offer to real people living in the real world. To them, the Christian faith does not seem to make much real difference or have much real impact. To them, the Christian faith is largely only psychologically comforting… Continue reading From Manger to Majesty: The Contrast of Christ’s Comings