The Command of the Lord Jesus Christ:
Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the [...]
We have enjoyed reading together out of Sinclair Ferguson’s book, “In Christ Alone”. It is filled with short essays focused on the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Tonight we read the essay entitled, “High Priest, Effective Sacrifice”. It ends like this:
“…The shedding of the blood of God’s Son opened the way to God [...]
I have created a separate page to document what I call “Our Journey Out of “The Truth”. This describes the process of our slow awakening to God’s gracious work of salvation and His delivering us from the bondage of our trust in man and the merit of our own works by revealing the true gospel [...]
09.02Hungarian Semantics
For those who know me, you will know why I read, and enjoy reading, a book like “The Medicalization of Everyday Life” by Thomas Szasz.
Now…I’m not going on a rant about what this particular book is about, but I wanted to post a particularly interesting quote.
This comes from page 51 from the essay, “Defining Disease”:
“…Perhaps [...]
Some Presuppositions
It might be best to set forth some of the questions that are in my mind as I examine the scriptures regarding this matter of the need for teaching in the church. Here are they are:
1. Did Paul purposefully and systematically teach the whole counsel of God, or did it come out spontaneously? Another [...]
Acts 20:17-38 – Paul’s Message to the Ephesian Elders
“Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.”
In his frank talk to the Ephesian elders, Paul emphasized how he had taken every opportunity to [...]