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Excerpt: Let us begin by recalling a little history. It all began with a young German Peasant who was so terrified of the wrath of God that, when a lightning bolt struck nearby, he decided to become a monk.
Excerpt: Of course, free will can be used in various senses. If someone wants to use the phrase to refer to the obvious fact that we do what we desire to do (i.e. compatibilism), I can't imagine any serious objection. Here we are just using a word to describe a capacity that everyone agrees we have. Even libertarians agree that we have compatibilist freedom; they just want to insist that we also have freedom in another sense as well. Of course, those who use free will to...
Excerpt: My discussion of the amillennial understanding of the millennium will include the following topics: the interpretation of the book of Revelation, the interpretation of Revelation 20:1-6, a look at two Old Testament passages commonly viewed as predicting an earthly millennial kingdom, a brief sketch of amillennial eschatology and a summarizing statement of some of the implications of amillennial eschatology.
Excerpt: The genius of Lactantius suffers a sad transformation when unclothed of vernacular and stripped of the idiomatic graces of his style. But the intelligent reader will be sure to compare this translation with the Latinity of the original, and to recur to it often for the enjoyment of its charming rhetoric, and of the high sentiment it so nobly enforces and adorns. This volume will be the favourite of the series with many. The writings of the Christian Tully alone ...
Excerpt: This volume completes the American series, according to our agreement. But it will be found to afford much material over and above what was promised, and the editorial labour it has exacted has been much greater than might at first be suspected. The Bibliography with which the work is supplemented, and which is the original work of Dr. Riddle, has been necessarily thrown into the Index by the overgrowth of this volume in original matter.
Excerpt: I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: 2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell: 5. The third day he rose again from the dead: 6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: 7. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dea...
Excerpt: In some of the conservative Presbyterian denominations within the last generation there has been a renewed interest in a more liturgical form of public worship.
Excerpt: In our day it is very common to see pictures of Christ in churches and in homes.
Introduction: The following is a critical evaluation of Mike Adams? In Defense of the New Covenant. The first volley in this debate was Richard Barcellos? book In Defense of the Decalogue.[2] Mike Adams? response constitutes the second volley, and now that the basic positions have been articulated and exposed, I?ve chosen to step in. I apologise in advance if some find my response too obsessively focused upon Mike Adams, and upon every individual twist and turn of his re...
Excerpt: This short paper is not an attempt to provide a comprehensive analysis and defense of N. T. Wright, much less the so-called New Perspective on Paul as a whole. Indeed, Wright's theological project has some failings and the New Perspective as a movement must be considered a mixed bag of thinkers with widely varying degrees of orthodoxy. Rather, my much more modest goal is to offer a plea for Reformed theologians and pastors to give Wright a sustained and sympathe...
Excerpt: Creation. The Bible teaches that God created the universe in six days (Gen. 1). God created the universe out of nothing.
Excerpt: The Women of Galilee. 1. Mary M, Mary J, Salome, are specifically mentioned with a reference to other women also (Mk 15:41) // 2. Mk mentions these women of Galilee witnessed the crucifixion also (Mk 15:40) // 3. In addition to specific names of the Galilean women, Luke adds Joanna (Lk 24:10) // 4. These women (perhaps a dozen or so) had followed him & cared for him in Galilee & had come up with him to Jerusalem. (Mk 15:41) ...
Excerpt: The Women of Galilee. Mary M, Mary J, Salome, are specifically mentioned with a reference to other women also (Mk 15:41) // 2. Mk mentions these women of Galilee witnessed the crucifixion also (Mk 15:40) // 3. In addition to specific names of the Galilean women, Luke adds Joanna (Lk 24:10) // 4. These women (perhaps a dozen or so) had followed him & cared for him in Galilee & had come up with him to Jerusalem. (Mk 15:41) ...
Excerpt: Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; // 2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. // 3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; // 4. Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. // 5. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. // 6. ...
Excerpt: Salvation is by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and not of Works. It is founded upon the obedience, death, and resurrection of the faithful Second Adam, Jesus Christ.
Excerpt: I Just returned from Auburn Ave Pastor's conference (Monroe, LA) where I heard two speakers: Rev. Dr. NT Wright ([Anglican] ...
Excerpt: The Auburn four are perhaps the most controversial theologians in the Reformed world today. I?ve heard much about them, primarily from my own session, but I?d never had a chance to read either a formal critique or defense of their teachings until this assignment. So, needless to say, I?ve found the readings on this topic to be very informative.
Excerpt: After the Confession of our princes had been publicly read, certain theologians and monks prepared a confutation of our writing; and when His Imperial Majesty had caused this also to be read in the assembly of the princes, he demanded of our princes that they should assent to this Confutation. But as our princes had heard that many articles were disapproved, which they could not abandon without offense to conscience they asked that a copy of the Confutation be f...
Excerpt: Most Invincible Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Most Clement Lord: Inasmuch as Your Imperial Majesty has summoned a Diet of the Empire here at Augsburg to deliberate concerning measures against the Turk, that most atrocious, hereditary, and ancient enemy of the Christian name and religion, in what way, namely, effectually to withstand his furor and assaults by strong and lasting military provision; and then also concerning dissensions in the matter of our holy religio...