THE PERSONAL NATURE OF CHRIST’S OFFER OF SALVATION TO ALL WHO HEAR THE GOSPEL Wilhelmus A. Brakel – Excerpt from The Christian’s Reasonable Service, Volume 2 Thirdly, Christ offers you this complete fullness of salvation. This is a great matter transcending all adoration. The Lord does not do this to all men, and very few…
I want to close by emphasizing the necessity of theology proper. Brethren, this is our bread and butter. This is the doctrine that differentiates us as Christians from non-Christians as opposed to our performance, conduct, or virtue. Our religion is about our God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now, certainly, we should have conduct consistent…
Charles H. Spurgeon – Excerpt from a sermon preached December 11, 1859 THE true minister of Christ feels impelled to preach the whole truth, because it and it alone can meet the wants of man. What evils has this world seen through a distorted, mangled, man-moulded gospel. What mischiefs have been done to the souls…
Transcribed and edited excerpt from a sermon preached on April 12, 2020 on Romans 4:25 – Pastor Jim Butler “(23) Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, (24) but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from…
In confessionally Reformed discourse regarding the doctrine of salvation (soteriology), great pains are taken to harmonize and synthesize the biblical texts that speak to the various aspects of the gospel. As a result, systematic theology texts tend to invest a lot of effort into explaining the logical order of those aspects through the “order of…
The Psalmist petitions God on behalf of the church (Ps. 67:1). He prays that the Lord will be merciful to His people, bless His people, and dwell with His people. The background to this petition is likely the Aaronic blessing in Numbers 6:24-26, “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face…