The Wine Jesus Drank

  Original article by David Mathis at Desiring God Ministries    Twice Jesus was offered wine while on the cross. He refused the first, but took the second. Why so? The first time came in verse 23, “they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.” William Lane explains, According to [...]

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Does God Hate Haiti?

By Dr. Albert Mohler The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In many ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as subterranean plates shifted about six miles under the surface of the earth, along [...]

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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 [...]

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Sanctify Them By Your Truth

Foreword:  This is the 3rd installment on our series on “The Life of a Justified Sinner” from the Modern Reformation magazine Nov./Dec. Vol. 5 No. 6 1996 issue. For articles uploaded earlier, click the series title on the sidebar under ‘Categories’. EmmausTrekker *     *     *     *     * By Michael S. Horton   Sanctify them by [...]

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Key Concepts In Reformation Spirituality

In the foreword on my post last October 12, I mentioned of uploading in this weblog a series of articles from Modern Reformation’s 1996 out-of-print issue entitled ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress – The Life of a Justified Sinner’.  The Reformation that began God began through Martin Luther in the 15th century brought the centrality of the triune God (Theocentric) back into [...]

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Christmas or Redemption Story?

A major Philippine e-newspaper announces, “Christmas came early this year for a lucky bettor who hit the P150.9 million jackpot in Sunday night’s 6/49 SuperLotto draw…” Christmas has been traditionally associated with the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25 since Rome adopted it for a pagan holiday (winter solstice) around 354AD. How the world has [...]

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