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Monthly Archives: May 2013
The Ethics of Creation
When God made the world he made it in divine priority. He made all things with an agenda, and to use the oft-repeated line, “he saved the best for last.” He made man on day six, and at the end … Continue reading
Sacramental Meditation: An Objective Meal
What we experience in this pluralistic culture is the death of objectivity. But in a world created by God and glorified by Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension, we can say that this food is for us in an objective way; … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditation, Word/Sacrament
Tagged bread and wine, Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Meal, Objective
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Not a Primitive Philosophy
Will Willimon writing for the Christian Century asserts that truthfulness is most clearly seen in its practical force. “How shall they know you are my disciples? When you love one another.” This was Jesus’ simple response. At the same time we … Continue reading
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Politics, Preaching, Sermon Notes, The Attributes of God, The Law of God, Theological Thoughts
Tagged faith, history, John, life, Philosophy, Pilate, The Truth, True, Truth, Willimon
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It’s Worth Defending
Evangelicals overall do a fine job at defending the trivial but struggle to defend the hard things. Machen observed long ago in his monumental Christianity and Liberalism that “it appears that the things that are sometimes thought to be hardest to defend … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Cults/JW's & Mormons, Random Thoughts, Reflections, Reformed Theology, Resurrection, Revelation
Tagged christianity, Liberalism, Machen
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Affirming True Truth
Francis Schaeffer’s line true truth was coined as a result of the pluralistic culture he was a part of and which has in many ways engulfed our present society. Schaeffer was referring to a truth that is objective and not relativized by … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Leslie Newbigin, Life Issues, Links, Tolle Lege
Tagged church, Francis Schaeffer, Ideologies, India, Lesslie Newbigin, Missionary, Newbigin, Pluralism, religion, Religious, Religious Pluralism, Skeptcism, True Truth, Truth, Truth Claims
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What is Trinity Sunday?
Originally posted on Resurrectio et Vita:
The Church celebrates this Sunday the blessed, Holy Trinity. God is Three and One. In the calendar, Trinity Sunday follows Pentecost. Pentecost was the pouring of the Spirit (The Third Person of the Holy…
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All Truths are Relative and Partial
Newbigin writing in the 70’s saw the growing pluralistic trends and how they were going to affect the missionary enterprise. “Today,” he wrote, “the affirmation of the final authority of Jesus must be made amid the clash of rival claims … Continue reading
Posted in Leslie Newbigin
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A Four-Year Old’s Reaction to the Abortion Industry
Originally published at Kuyperian Commentary Response to Comments: I am pleased with the enormous response. As of now there have been over 500 views. The vast majority of responses were very supportive and expressed in one way or another the … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Education, Ethics, Humility, Life Issues, Liturgy
Tagged abortion, Baptism, church, Culture, death, faith, God, Gospel, human-rights, Jesus, life, politics, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, religion, repentance, spirituality, Trinity
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Why am I Angry?
Why am I angry? Why do I lose control so often? How can I change? These are all questions we have considered. We don’t have to ponder too long before we realize that anger has made a home in our … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Christian Living, Gospel, Health, Pastoral Meditation
Tagged anger, bitterness, community, faithful, gifts, God, Gratitude, love, Sin
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Exhortation to Worship: The Trinity and Meaning
We have come a long way from those early centuries of the Church. Our society no doubt has fallen for the pluralistic trap. Those things which the Church fought so hard to maintain are things that the churches fear to … Continue reading
Posted in Trinity
Tagged Creed, Early Church, Father, Son, spirit, Tri-unity, Trinity, Trinity Sunday
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Sacramental Meditation for Trinity Sunday
The God who is Three and One gives us Bread and Wine in the midst of the congregation. The Oneness of this local body is joined with the Many bodies worldwide forming the glorious body of Christ. We eat and … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditation, Word/Sacrament
Tagged one and three, Sacrament, Trinity, Trinity Sunday, word
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Finality and Sufficiency of Jesus for Mankind
Leslie Newbigin, the remarkable missiologist and theologian, writes in his delightful little book Trinitarian Doctrine for Today’s Mission that there was a time when religions were observed from afar in the Western world as “objects of compassion and curiosity.” But now (writing … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Leslie Newbigin, Missions
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Sacraments vs. Predestination
In his excellent introduction to M.F. Sadler’s The Second Adam & The New Birth, Rich Lusk tackles the unnecessary division within the modern Reformed movement, especially affirmed by B.B. Warfield that a view of sacramental efficacy contradicts a proper view of God’s sovereignty in … Continue reading
Posted in Word/Sacrament
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Instrument and Agent
The Church is both the instrument and agent of applying Christ’s salvation, as well as the form that salvation takes in the world. –Rich Lusk, An Introduction to M.F. Sadler’s The Second Adam & The New Birth
Posted in Rich Lusk, Word/Sacrament
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Meditation on the Lord’s Supper
God is filling the world with his glory. And we are called to make this glory known in word and deed. We do not attempt to make this glory known through our own strength, but by the strength of another, … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditation, Word/Sacrament
Tagged calvin, Jesus, Pentecost, Sacrament, sacrifice, spirit, word
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Why I am proud to be an American
In the best sense of the term, this has been a very patriotic weekend for me. It began on Thursday evening at the Banquet for Life hosted by Safe Harbor. Safe Harbor is a ministry the saints of Providence have … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham kuyper, Anthropology, Apologetics, Creeds, Interview, Life Issues, Liturgy, Music, Politics, Republican Party, Tribute
Tagged american, american culture, citizen, Culture, flag, gallantly, nation, pin, repentance, streaming, war
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An Exhortation for Mother’s Day
Grace, Mercy, and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot begin to think of mothers without speaking of our first mother, Eve. Eve was given the task of beautifying Eden. Her duty was … Continue reading
Posted in Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Tribute, Typology/Symbolism/Biblical Parallels
Tagged Blessed, children, Dads, Eve, Garden, Genesis 3, Husbands, Labors, Moms, Mother's Day, new creation, Proverbs 31, Wives
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The Ascension of our Lord: A Brief Introduction
The Church celebrates the Ascension of our Lord this Thursday. Since most churches are not able to have Thursday services, traditionally many of them celebrate Ascension on Sunday. The Ascension of Jesus is barely mentioned in the evangelical vocabulary. We … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Apologetics, Ascension, Atheism, Attributes of God, Augustine, Biblical and Theological Language, Christian Liberty, Christian Living, Covenant Renewal Worship, Covenant Theology, Dominion, Hospitality, Resurrection, Romans, Shorter Catechism, The Attributes of God
Tagged Ascend, ascension, authority, Blessings, Bodily form, christmas, church, Church Calendar, Earth, Great Commission, heaven, incarnation, joy, liturgy, Meal, power, Tradition, worship
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Why Ministers Leave
The typical pastor stays in a church for 3.6 years. This does not seem to offer much hope for any long-term vision for a local parish. Planning ahead seems futile from the outset. This discouraging number stems from a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Ascension, Baptists, Children and Worship, Christian Liberty, Christian Living, Counseling/Pastoral Issues, Covenant Renewal Worship, Culture, Word/Sacrament
Tagged Counseling, Holy Spirit, parish ministry, Pastoral Care, Protestant, resignation, why ministers resign, Word and Sacrament
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The Evangelical, the Damning Statistics, and What To Do About It, Part I
The results are in and they don’t look good. Christianity Today reports on the Sex Lives of Unmarried Evangelicals. The two surveys offer differing numbers, but the conclusion is summarized in this manner: Bible Reading? Evangelicals who infrequently read the Bible were 70 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Graduation, Philosophy, Poetry, The Law of God, Theological Thoughts
Tagged Bible, Catechism, Class, education, Fornication, Math, Sexuality, Story
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Truth is Truth
Flannery O’Connor once wrote: “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” This is something we need to keep in mind in our day. What God has defined let no man put asunder. God provides the … Continue reading
Communion Meditation: Our Story
The Story of redemption is written only in the mind of God. We know the end of the story, but we do not know what is to transpire before that end. In the same manner, our stories are not fully … Continue reading
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