Baptistic Congregationalist. Credal, Sacramental, Covenantal. Student of Puritans. Striving to be cheerful & charitable. Member of Grace Life Church, Ankeny
Joined March 2011
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Just a reminder - my quoting of any theologian is not necessarily a personal endorsement of or agreement with that quote. I post things I find interesting or of some significance
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The White House is posting salvation by God's grace in Jesus Christ. Massive W.
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I asked google โhow do you help someone see the beauty of reformed liturgy when theyre used to attractional megachurch environments?โ It actually gave me a pretty incredible answer, screenshotted below
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We donโt come to church primarily to work, we come primarily to have our faith strengthens by receiving Christ through the ordinary means of grace of Word and sacrament.
The two greatest confessions of the Christian faith were both written in the 18th century in America. 1742 and 1788 were great years!
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โIt was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.โ
- Gal 3:1
โOf old the apostles did not preach Christ by painting, but they painted him by preaching; they did in so lively a manner represent him.โ
- John Owen, commenting on Gal 3:1
Andrew Owen retweeted
It is quite remarkable how easily we become bored with the very things God has promised to use for our good.
We want something extraordinary, something exciting, something that will make this Sunday feel different from every other Sunday.
Perhaps the problem isn't that God has given us too little. Perhaps we've just forgotten how wonderful His grace really is.
Andrew Owen retweeted
Being โReformedโ does not simply mean believing in the doctrines of grace as some would surmise. It is much deeper and grander than that. The Reformed Christian is:
Calvinistic in their soteriology.
Covenantal in their interpretation.
Confessional in their practice.
Outside of the unfortunate excision of the latter half of chapter 25, the 1788 American WCF is better than the 1647, actually
Andrew Owen retweeted
"The great concern of the New Testament is not about the size of the Church, but the purity of the Church." - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Who is going to be cited the most according to the authors?
Athanasius, Augustine, Lombard, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Perkins, Ames, Wollebius, the Leiden Synopsis, Goodwin, Owen, Charnock, Turretin, a' Brakel, Gill, Hodge, Bavinck
The word โProtestantโ actually has a real definition and meaning you know
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Satan is the great accuser of the brethren. Always pointing fingers. Always fault finding. Always looking for reasons to condemn. Always seeking to stain your obedience with accusations of self-serving motives and personal ambition. Donโt be ignorant of his designs.
That Word above all earthly powers
no thanks to them abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours
through him who with us sideth.