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. Its subject is [...]

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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. from the [...]

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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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Apostle’s Creed

For hundreds of years Christians believed that the twelve apostles were the authors of the widely known creed that bears their name. According to an ancient theory, the twelve composed the creed with each apostle adding a clause to form the whole. Today practically all scholars understand this theory of apostolic composition to be legendary. [...]

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How Can Our Good Works Please God…God’s Work or Ours?

Foreword – This article was originally posted in Modern Reformation’s issue entitled The Pilgrims’s Progress – The Life of A Justified Sinner – Nov./Dec. Vol. 5 No. 6 1996. This issue is now out of print and one of the best volumes that rolled out of the press. It can be accessed electronically at Modern Reformation’s website [...]

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Like A Berean

Foreword 
The article appended hereunder originally entitled ‘Assumptions, Traditions and a Biblical Filter’  by pastor John Samson was posted yesterday at Reformation Theology (RT) website (click here).  I realize that not everyone may be able to get the chance to read the article through my RT’s RSS feed at the right sidebar of my webpage, so I posted it here for [...]

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H1N1 Pandemic

For He will deliver you…from the deadly pestilence” – Psalm 91:3

 
In a few months, winter will descend upon most of the earth’s northern hemisphere and there is a growing apprehension about the speed of transmission of the swine flu virus.  In the United States, the worst case scenario projects 140,000,000 persons will be infected by the virus.  October 15, [...]

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The Blessing That Exceedingly Matters

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit – Psalm 32:1-2
The heading for this psalm says it’s a maskil of David.  Whether this is a musical or a liturgical term, both are [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 2 – Last But Not The Least…

Finally, my brethren… – Ephesians 6:10

“Last but not the least” is what I will say as this narrative on the full armor of God section begins. The word ‘finally’ in the Greek is tou loipou which means ‘as for the rest’ but it must not diminish the importance of the narrative.  It was not an afterthought [...]

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