Jonathan Edwards…. Yet Speaking

Jonathan Edwards…. Yet Speaking

Though christian fortitude appears in withstanding and counteracting enemies without us; yet it much more appears in resisting and suppressing the enemies that are within us; because they are our worst and strongest enemies, and have greatest advantage against us. The...
January 21, 1525

January 21, 1525

Believer’s baptism is re-instituted by the Swiss Brethren in Zurich. It is almost universally agreed, even by those scholars whose churches do not practice it today, that baptism by immersion upon profession of faith was the normative practice of the earliest church....
Unfortunate Conclusions

Unfortunate Conclusions

I once knew a man who firmly believed the following syllogism [step by step logical formula]: The Bible says the thoughts of the righteous are right: (Proverbs 12:5) I have been made righteous in Christ, and so I am therefore righteous. Therefore, all of my thoughts...
And I Quote—May 23

And I Quote—May 23

A movement that cannot or will not draw boundaries, or that allows the modern cultural fear of exclusion to set its theological agenda, is doomed to lose its doctrinal identity. Once it does, it will drift from whatever moorings it may have had in historic...
The Church: The Gospel Made Visible | Part Four

The Church: The Gospel Made Visible | Part Four

Chapter Seven: The Purpose of the Church “The church ultimately exists for the glory of God. Whether pursuing missions or evangelism; edifying one another through prayer and Bible study; encouraging growth in holiness; or assembling for public praise, prayer, and...