Category: Christian Thought
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How do I know I am chosen?
Because I identify myself on social media as a “chosen follower of Jesus Christ,” a friend recently asked me, how do you know you are chosen, and that you will endure to the end?” This was my answer. ________, what a great question! I appreciate you taking the time to ask. First of all, in…
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Asking the right questions
Objecting to the teaching of God’s sovereign grace reveals far more about the heart and mind that won’t submit to this revealed truth than it does about the difficulty of the doctrine.
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The “heart” of Christianity is not one thing
It’s crossed my mind recently that anything of the Christian life that we may feel we’re “good” at, we tend to regard as THE heart of what it means to be a Christian. Sometimes I’ll hear someone say they’re focusing on the simple work of the gospel, helping the poor and unfortunate. “That’s what Jesus…
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John Cooper on “Deconstruction”
I’ve been wanting to write on “deconstruction” for some time now, but it’s been tough collecting my thoughts on the “good” ways to deconstruct your Christian experience vis a vis the “destructive” ways that invariably shipwreck one’s faith. This post, though long, is well worth the time you take on it. No one has written…
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The relationship between calling and regeneration in the ordo salutis
In the grand order of God’s saving work, how are effectual calling and regeneration related?
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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on theological systems
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on holding to a particular theological system.
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Planning on reading the Bible in 2022? Here’s help
It is a given that Christians ought to be people of the Bible. To that end, many of us embark on a new year with plans to read more in Scripture. If you are setting a goal for yourself to read the Bible this year (or parts thereof), Ligonier.org has put together a list of…
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