Athanasius… Yet Speaking

Athanasius… Yet Speaking

What we have said is, indeed, no small proof of the destruction of death and of the fact that the cross of the Lord is the monument to His victory. But the resurrection of the body to immortality, which results henceforward from the work of Christ, the common Savior...
April 19, 1529

April 19, 1529

Five princes and fourteen cities formally protest the decision of the majority at the second diet (sort of like a parliament) of Speyer  to re-impose religious uniformity throughout the Holy Roman Empire. The first diet of Speyer, in 1526, had voted unanimously to...
Filters

Filters

Filters are useful and helpful things that typically demand little attention until there is a problem with them. When we ignore and neglect them, they impede the day-to-day operation of many items we use on a regular basis, such as a furnace, air conditioner, or...
And I Quote—May 30

And I Quote—May 30

Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself. N.D. Wilson, Dandelion Fire,...
The Church: The Gospel Made Visible | Part Five

The Church: The Gospel Made Visible | Part Five

Chapter Eleven: The History of the Organization of the Church “Through all the changes of the centuries, Christians can be confident that the survival of the church is not ultimately based on human faithfulness…. In everything from the church’s obedience to its life...
Friday Findings—May 25

Friday Findings—May 25

Abortion and the Problem of Personhood “Peel off all the Fourth of July, freedom-and-rights-talk niceties, and here we have the core of the pro-choice argument, ‘You are not a human person if I don’t want you to be. And I have the power to make it so.’” ...
The Church: The Gospel Made Visible | Part Five

Book of the Month Fellowship Postponed

The book that we picked for this month was certainly a challenge! So that as many as possible will be able to participate in our coffee and cookies book discussion and fellowship, we have postponed it until Sunday Night, June 12. A sign-up sheet will be in the...
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...
April 19, 1529

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...