Tag: Doctrine

51% of Churchgoers Don’t Know of the Great Commission – Barna Group

March 28, 2018

Matthew 28 is the most well-known biblical record of what is commonly referred to as “the Great Commission.” But a new Barna report reveals that a surprising proportion of churchgoing Christians lack familiarity with Jesus’ famous command to “go and make disciples of all nations…” Continued at Source: 51% of Churchgoers Don’t Know of the … More 51% of Churchgoers Don’t Know of the Great Commission – Barna Group

Covenant Theology: The Law, Justification, and Sanctification

March 24, 2018

Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:58 AM PDT @Foundersblog When the Protestant Reformers recovered the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone on the basis of Christ alone, they recovered the heart of the gospel. By the mid-1600’s in England, heirs of the Reformation learned that the doctrine of justification by faith alone was … More Covenant Theology: The Law, Justification, and Sanctification

Adoption, Sanctification and the 2LBCF

March 4, 2018

I highly recommend this Excellent series of articles on Adoption and Sanctification, written by some of the finest scholars and pastors I know. – Mike February 28, 2018 The issue of the Founders Journal gives exposition of two biblical doctrines discussed in the twelfth and thirteenth chapters of the Second London Confession, adoption and sanctification. … More Adoption, Sanctification and the 2LBCF

The Canon of Scripture

January 25, 2018

From: https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/essential-truths-of-the-christian-faith/ We usually think of the Bible as one large book. In reality, it is a small library of sixty-six individual books. Together these books comprise what we call the canon of sacred Scripture. The term canon is derived from a Greek word that means “measuring rod,” “standard,” or “norm.” Historically, the Bible has … More The Canon of Scripture

The Law

January 17, 2018

We are not autonomous. That is, we may not live according to our own law. The moral condition of humankind is that of heteronomy*: we live under the law of another. The specific form of heteronomy under which we live is theonomy, or the law of God. God rules the universe by law. Gravity is … More The Law

Doctrine

December 20, 2017

We must be exceptionally careful in the matter of comparing Scripture with Scripture. The Bible never contradicts itself. We must never base our doctrine upon one statement only; or to put it in another way, our doctrine must never be so formulated as to be in conflict with any other statement of Scripture or to … More Doctrine