It always amazes me how many evangelical believers I talk to who seem to be uncertain about the role in which God intends scripture to play in the Christian’s life. Time and time again, I encounter believers within the evangelical and charismatic movements who are convinced that we cannot speak of God in absolute terms. Most of these [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reformation 21 are blogging through Calvin’s institutes begining in January 2009. You can contact them for a reading schedule inorder to read with them as they study it and blog about it. I guess its a bit like an online book club.
I plan to take advantage of the opportunity as I bought a copy of [...]
Many people react to the idea of election by saying ‘whats the point of preaching the gospel to people?’ Or they will say ‘The idea of election will lead to believers no longer inviting people to turn to Christ.
Well, let the master reformer speak on these issues himself…
“The gospel is to be preached indiscriminately to the elect [...]
