Law and Gospel

(click this link to view the original article) by John M. Frame             It has become increasingly common in Reformed circles, as it has long been in Lutheran circles, to say that the distinction between law and gospel is the key to sound theology, even to say that to differ with certain traditional formulations of [...]

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Simul Iustus et Peccator

(Original post at Monergism)   To one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness” – Romans 4:5 How is the Christian to see himself in this world? “Simul iustus et peccator” – “At the same time righteous and a sinner”. Justification is forensic. In Christ, [...]

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Three Abrahamic Faiths?

While doing my short post on Facebook regarding the 10/40 Window, I googled articles that pertains to this topic and saw a link with an internationally recognized magazine. Of course, my first thoughts were, “hey this is a good source, this particular source is known for reliable journalism” – maybe…. The article has in its [...]

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What Have You Done?

  To view original article, please click on the following link: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/what-have-you-done/   by David VanDrunen Get a group of conservative Christians together and before long someone will probably express shock at the latest evidence of cultural decline: “Can you believe what they did?” It’s not nearly as common in such settings for someone to [...]

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Hand Over to Christ the Burden of Maintaining a Christian Profession

  Many are kept from identifying themselves openly with the Lord’s people by a secret feeling that they will never be able to hold out. They carry with them a nervous dread of bringing disgrace on their Christian profession and trailing Christ’s color in the dust.  Almost unconsciously,. they repeat the words of David, “I [...]

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10 Scriptural Reasons Not to Be Involved with Rick Warren’s “Broad Way” Christianity

by Warren Smith (from A “Wonderful” Deception) Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven movement has, in a relatively short period of time, become what TIME magazine has referred to as a “Purpose Driven empire.”1 The word empire is defined in the dictionary as “supreme rule; absolute power or authority; dominion.” It also means “an extensive social or [...]

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The Athanasian Creed

About the Creed:  This creed is of uncertain origin. It was supposedly prepared in the time of Athanasius, the great theologian of the fourth century, but many scholars have theorized that it seems more likely that it dates from the fifth or sixth centuries because of its Western character. It communicates two essential points of [...]

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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. [...]

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Quote from Sinclair Ferguson

How Reformed Christians can contend for a pure gospel: “Get beyond witnessing to fellow Christians about the Reformed faith and start witnessing to non-Christians about saving faith.” – Sinclair Ferguson   Sinclair Ferguson (born 1948) is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. He received his Ph.D. [...]

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How Spurgeon Learned of Grace

Well can I remember the manner in which I learned the Doctrines of Grace in a single instant. Born as all of us are by nature, an ‘Arminian,’ I still believed the old things I had heard continually from the pulpit, and did not see the Grace of God. When I was coming to Christ, [...]

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