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Calvin and the Reformed Tradition: On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation
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April 2013Richard A. Muller, Calvin and the Reformed Tradition: On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012), 288pp., paperback, $39.99Richard Muller's latest book, Calvin and the Reformed Tradition, is the product of many decades... continue
Assured by God
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December 2006"Come beloved, listen for a moment to this!" preached Charles Spurgeon. "You have the milk of faith, but God wills that you should have this cream of assurance! He would increase your faith."[1] The proven pastors and teachers who have... continue
The Secret of My (Deferred) Success
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May 2006"To invert a famous quip of Gore Vidal, in theology, it is not enough for heretics to fail; the church must succeed." Last summer, I was fortunate enough to spend some weeks working at a church in Scotland, just outside... continue
Results tagged “Salvation” from Reformation21 Blog
The Mission of the Church in the Story of Jesus' Birth
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December 2018 As 2018 draws to a close, we look back on a year in which perhaps the most pressing issue for Reformed Christians is the relationship between the church and the world. How does the church respond to cultural shifts... continue
The Statement on SJ&G Explained: Article 7, Salvation
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October 2018[Editorial Note: This is the seventh post in a series of posts in which we have invited the authors of "The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel" to expound upon the statement's affirmations and denials. We encourage our readers to... continue
The Statement on SJ&G Explained: Article 4, God's Law
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October 2018[Editorial Note: This is the fourth post in a series of posts in which we have invited the authors of "The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel" to expound upon the statement's affirmations and denials. We encourage our readers to... continue
The Necessity of Preaching
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April 2017 Salvation is an expansive term. It essentially means "safety." Salvation includes the application of Christ's work from the new birth, through faith and repentance, to Justification, adoption, sanctification, and glorification. Christians share in Christ's benefits because they are united... continue
Lay up Treasures (i.e. People) in Heaven
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December 2015Soon many will begin re-reading the Bible from cover-to-cover throughout the year. This is a practice I heartily commend. But there's another practice that has been immensely beneficial to me as I've read portions of God's word in recent times. As... continue
Free grace
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February 2015Preparing to preach tomorrow, I came across these stirring words in a suprising place:1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having... continue
A trinitarian theology of salvation in miniature
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February 2015"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." 2 Corinthians 13.14B. B. Warfield long ago observed that the apostolic writings do not develop but rather... continue
Very Presbyterian problems
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June 2014If you have wandered around at all online you have probably seen one of those silly articles that purport to offer a string of very British problems, most of them variations on the joke about two British people marooned on... continue
Salvation by Crucifixion by Philip Ryken
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May 2014We have several copies of a new book by Phil Ryken, Bible teacher on Every Last Word radio and internet broadcast.Salvation by Crucifixion sends a challenge to readers: if the historic facts of the cross are true, and the emphasis... continue
The road to joy
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March 2014I have just returned from a very pleasant week of fellowship and ministry among the Reformed Presbyterians in Northern Ireland. It was my privilege to preach at the Knockbracken Bible Week, as well as at a men's meeting beforehand, and... continue
What Does the Star Atop Your Christmas Tree Really Mean?
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December 2013Henry van Dyke, an English literature professor at Princeton University in the 19th-20th centuries, wrote, "As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge." We, therefore, prize spontaneity. Many things... continue
Losing Adam
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February 2013Losing Adam means losing so much more besides. That is because losing Adam is likely to prove the beginning of losing our Bibles. Like the gardener who decides to trim his hedge, he finds that an aggressive cut at one... continue
"Come, merciful and mighty God"
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July 2012C.M. (Brent)Come, merciful and mighty God,And break these hearts of stone:Your word the heavenly instrument,The power yours alone.These stubborn wills conform to yours;To feeble minds give light;Put fire into these empty hearts;Exert your gracious might.Give life where death is ruling... continue
The rebel and the king
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May 2012Consider the man born into a family of terrorists. The man's father had rebelled against the King of the kingdom in which he lived, and - having so rebelled - all his posterity were brought up to hate and fight... continue

