Entries Tagged ‘Calvinism’
Young people and the gospel: Why a return to reformed theology is so essentially urgent
This article is found at the puritanboard
Why is Confessional, Reformed Theology Important?
The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) has published its first major findings in Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, by Oxford University Press.
The book Soul Searching accurately describes the state of American Christianity today by describing the beliefs [...]
Puritanism, nonconformity, ‘justification by faith’ and the present day church of Christ
I have experienced an ever deepening and an ever increasing richness in my faith over the last week or so. I have been reading through John MacArthur’s daily bible, Calvin’s Institutes and a book by Martyn Lloyd Jones called From Puritanism to Nonconformity.
Martyn Lloyd Jones
Martyn Lloyd jones covers the historical background leading up to the events [...]
Books I’ll be reading in 2009
I’m usually always reading something. Hopefully this year will be no different. However two books I desire to work through systematically within the year is the MacArthur daily bible (Christmas present from my wife Laura) and John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian religion.
The bible is my primary objective, as good as some books are, there is [...]
Paul’s Calling and the Elect of God
Titus 1:1-3 (ESV)
Greeting
1Paul, a servant[a] of God and(A) an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and(B) their knowledge of the truth,(C) which accords with godliness, 2(D) in hope of eternal life, which God,(E) who never lies,(F) promised(G) before the ages began[b] 3and(H) at the proper time manifested in [...]