Stripped of His Peacock Feathers

(by Arthur Pink, “Unworthiness” 1940)
GRACE is favor shown to the undeserving and ill-deserving.
When Divine grace bestows salvation upon the ill-deserving, it makes them conscious of the infinite favor that has been shown them. Fallen man is naturally proud, self-complacent, and self-righteous.
But wherever the miracle of regenerating grace is wrought–all this is reversed. Its subject is [...]

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No New Revelation!

 
by John Calvin, from the Institutes of John Calvin and Calvin’s Commentary on Hebrews
“For in [Christ] ‘all treasures of knowledge and wisdom are hid’ (Colossians 2:3) with such great abundance and richness that either to hope for or to seek any new addition to these treasures is truly to arouse God’s wrath and provoke him [...]

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Sesame Street and Yoga

Foreword:  I have a 35-year old sister with Down’s Syndrome and her childhood years have been a very happy one. She went to a special school and learned a lot. However, a major influence to her learning is Sesame Street where she learned to identify muppets by names, sing songs about A-B-C, words and numbers. Her [...]

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Book Review: Deserted by God?

Book Review: Deserted by God? by Sinclair Ferguson
Reviewed by Nathan Pitchford
Where do you go when you’re feeling depressed, disconsolate, overwhelmed by sin, discouragement, loneliness, painful afflictions, dark valleys of despair? For the believer, there is no source of comfort that can compare to the psalter, that blessed “anatomy of the soul,” an apt description of [...]

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Cartooning the Word — R. Crumb’s “The Book of Genesis”

Foreword: Here is another interesting article by Albert Mohler concerning R. Crumb’s project of cartooning the narratives in the book of Genesis.  You can reach the original article through this link.
My very first encounter with the Bible wherein I had very vivid memories has to do with a cartoon-style frame by frame presentation of main narratives of the Bible.  It [...]

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Main Difference Between Calvinist and Non-Calvinist View of Saving Grace

The Main Difference Between Calvinist and Non-Calvinist Views of Saving Grace by John Hendryx (from www.reformationtheology.com)
Recently I had am exchange on a message board regarding the particulars of Calvinism. Hopefully you find it helpful:
Visitor #1: I gave up on Calvinism a long time ago.
My response: You mean you gave up on the idea that Jesus [...]

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Who Am I … Really?

Foreword:  This is the 4th installment on the series  from Modern Reformation issue of 1996. For other articles uploaded earlier, go to the sidebar – Categories – and choose ‘The Life of a Justified Sinner’ to take you to all articles under this heading. 
The exposition below provides a good and clear exegesis of the [...]

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Keep the Fork

Foreword: A couple of years a go, I encountered a story that  tickled my thoughts and I have used it once as part of a sermon because it was relevant to the text of the message. I have not forgotten that story since. In the original article by Roger William Thomas, there was no mention of any Scripture [...]

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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Foreword: One of the most significant sermons preached during the Great Awakening. It pleased the Holy Spirit to use this preaching to prick the hearts of the hearers to repentance. May it ever be so again today as this, once more, is available below to be read by every visitor to this weblog. Verses below are [...]

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QnA: Is the Sovereign God to Be Blamed in the Unbelief of Men

Foreword:  This is a new section on this blog entitled Question and Answers (QnA).  I will post from time-to-time questions from brothers and sisters that I am in regular communication with concerning biblical topics, and followed by my response. Firstly, the answers are not extensive. Second, anyone can put in his views on the topic via comments, whether [...]

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