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Entries Tagged ‘The Bible’

Has Truth Perished Within The Church Today?

“This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.”
Jeremiah 7:27 b
As I was working through Robert Murray McCheyne’s bible reading plan this verse really got my attention. What really got my attention was its immediate relevance and application for [...]

Calvin on The Role of Scripture

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 [...]

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 [...]

What does the New Testament actually teach about the gift of tongues and prophesy? Part One

One of the greatest areas of division among Christians has been, and continues to be, the issue of spiritual gifts. In particular the gifts of speaking in tongues and prophesy. I plan to explore these areas over several blog posts. This post is going to look at the biblical attitude towards speaking in tongues and prophesying.
Attitude [...]

  

    "The idea of sola Scriptura is that there is only one written source of divine revelation, which can never be placed on a parallel status with confessional statements, creeds, or the traditions of the church. Scripture alone has the authority to bind the conscience precisely because only Scripture is the written revelation of almighty God."
    R.C. Sproul