Forwarded from Ketching up with Dr Bob
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Repentance a comprehensive study.
Repentance is a major theme right at the heart of the gospel and of Christian living. It is more than feeling sorry for one's sin. In the Bible, repentance represents an overall turn of the whole human person away from sin and self back toward God, representing…
Forwarded from Lord is my Light
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
Hebrews 11:6
Forwarded from Cursed Papist Nonsense
Blatant cult behavior. The institution can never be wrong, even when it does a 180
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Forwarded from Lord is my Light
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalm 9:18
Psalm 9:18
Forwarded from Ketching up with Dr Bob
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The 24,000 Problem: A Biblical Challenge to Unconditional Election
One of the strongest objections to the doctrine of unconditional election arises from one of the least considered biblical incidents. In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul reflects on a tragic incident in Israel's history that creates profound implications for the nature…
Forwarded from Catholicism and Orthodoxy
“one can find in the early and medieval church many accounts of justification that speak of justification as a process and particularly emphasize the role of works in the process. The pre-Reformation church did not speak with one voice about justification. Thus, both Roman Catholic and Protestant positions can find precedent in the pre-Reformation church. Here is how the eminent church historian Jaroslav Pelikan summarized it: Every major tenet of the Reformation had considerable support in the catholic tradition. That was eminently true of the central Reformation teaching of justification by faith alone. . . . The Council of Trent selected and elevated to official status the notion of justification by faith plus works, which was only one of the doctrines of justification in the medieval theologians and ancient fathers. When the reformers attacked this notion in the name of the doctrine of justification by faith alone—a doctrine also attested to by some medieval theologians and ancient fathers—Rome reacted by canonizing one trend in preference to all the others. What had previously been permitted also (justification by faith alone), now became forbidden. In condemning the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Trent condemned part of its own catholic tradition. 23”
— What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church by Gavin Ortlund
— What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church by Gavin Ortlund