The Long War

Foreword:  This is the last installment on the series  from Modern Reformation, Nov./Dec. Vol. 5 No. 6 1996 issue. To see the complete list and full articles, go to ‘Categories’ from the sidebar and choose the section on The Life of A Justified Sinner. – EmmausTrekker
 
By Dr. Michael S. Horton
Everyone knows St. Augustine , that fourth-century giant, as [...]

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The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Means of the Christian Mission

 
Original posted by Nathan Pitchford  in www.reformationtheology.com. 
Not only does trinitarian theology shape the goal toward which the Christian mission is striving; it also clarifies the means which are to be used in the pursuit of that goal. Redemption is ultimately an accomplishment of the triune God; he alone is the doer of the work, and [...]

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Book Review: Him We Proclaim

 

Foreword:  This is one of the books in my reading list since May of this year. The other two are Heroes and Heretics, and Why We’re Not Emergent. I have not finished Him We Proclaim till now because I want to make sure that I get the point of every section I am reading, realizing above [...]

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Heresies

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (*)
We have seen that the devil is never quite so subtle, and never quite so successful, as when he succeeds in persuading people that he does not exist at all! That, as we have suggested, was his supreme masterpiece, and it is certainly a part of our problem at the present [...]

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A Grand Assembly

Psalm 100
A Psalm for giving thanks.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with [...]

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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the ‘Altar Call’

Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ reply concerning the Altar Call

We are to preach the Word, and if we do it properly, there will be a call to a decision that comes in the message, and then we leave it to the Spirit to act upon people.”

Early in the 1970s Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones was the speaker at a ministers’ [...]

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According to God’s Purpose

One of the most beautiful and solid assurances of God’s Word for a believer of Jesus Christ is found in Romans 8:27-28 – “And He who searches hearts know what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those [...]

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The Key To Discerning Truth And Error

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not [...]

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Quote from Ken Silva

But the time has now arrived to do what the 1st century church did; take the Gospel out to the people and then leave it to the Lord to “add” them to His Church. We are to faithfully deliver the message, but we are not required to try and “help” God through alterations that we in our fallen state think [...]

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Constant Companion

And behold, I am always with you, to the end of the age – Matthew 28:20
After the Lord declared His authority and commissioned the disciples to spread the good news, teaching those who will believe the Gospel everything that Jesus said and did, it was about the time that He will ascend to His rightful [...]

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