Posted in baptism on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Article 34: The Sacrament of Baptism
We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood, which anyone might do or wish to do in order to atone or satisfy for sins.Having abolished circumcision, which was done with blood, [...]
Posted in atonement, free offer of the gospel, preaching on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Second Head Article 1: The Punishment Which God’s Justice Requires
God is not only supremely merciful, but also supremely just. His justice requires (as he has revealed himself in the Word) that the sins we have committed against his infinite majesty be punished with both temporal and eternal punishments, of soul as well as body. We [...]
Posted in atonement, preaching on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One Presbyterian position that not many people seem to be fully aware of today is what is known as “the free offer of the gospel.” One of the foremost representatives of this teaching is John Murray, and he authored an influential essay by that title.
Dr. R. Scott Clark explains its thesis when he writes:
“Murray [...]
Posted in angels, biblical narrative, eschatology, law of god, nt on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we saw in the previous Jacob account, angels stood between God and Man in the Old Creation. Paul tells us that the Law was handed down by angels as well, and thus our no longer being under the law corresponds with our no longer being under angels.
Paul also mentions that we establish law and [...]
Posted in biblical narrative, ecclesiology, eucharist, ot, worship on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The firmament-sea separates heaven from earth, just as the temple veil separated the holy of holies from the holy place. God’s throne is in this inner sanctuary, of which the earthly temple was but a copy, and Jesus Christ has taken his seat upon this throne after his ascension into the heavens. You [...]
Posted in atonement, biblical narrative, from glory to glory, ot on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her. His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah [...]
Posted in science on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve seen three different news stories just this year where dinosaurs and sea monsters have been caught by fisherman. It has always been my position that “science” is basically fantasy and fiction when it begins to speak about anything that happened “10 million years ago,” and this is further proof:
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Sun Jul 15, 12:40 PM [...]
Posted in politics on July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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A) It would not be pretty.
B) In this situation, I am the TR. Muhuhaha.
No really. I am.
Posted in atonement, calvin, christology on July 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
He has more to say than you might expect:
It deeply concerned us, that he who was to be our Mediator should be very God and very man. If the necessity be inquired into, it was not what is commonly termed simple or absolute, but flowed from the divine decree on which the salvation of man [...]
Posted in calvin, christology, nt, union with Christ on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Commenting on John 6:51, Calvin says thusly:
As this secret power to bestow life, of which he has spoken, might be referred to his Divine essence, he now comes down to the second step, and shows that this life is placed in his flesh, that it may be drawn out of it. It is, undoubtedly, [...]
