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Entries Tagged ‘Theology’

Spurgeon’s sermons and my devotions

Since discovering that most of Charles Spurgeon’s sermons are available online, I decided to incorporate some his sermons into my quiet time. I’ve decided to work through them in chronological order. This will have many benefits, it will give me a deeper and wider insight into the preaching and theology of Charles Spurgeon. It will, [...]

The Simple Power of the Cross

I’ve started reading Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening again, this particular entry made an impact on me.
Morning—September 25
“Who of God is made unto us wisdom.“ 1 Cor. 1:30
Man’s intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the [...]

Assessing critical issues of engagement between a Christian position and an Islamic position on the question of what salvation means.

Questions of personal Salvation.

Critical issues of engagement between an Islamic position on the question of Salvation and a Christian position are not as clear cut as we would perhaps like it to be. David Pawson[1] highlights an interesting parallel, while in danger of being too simplistic it does draw an insightful parallel in [...]

Jurgen Moltmann and Baptist Ecclesiology

Introduction

In this essay I seek to discuss the ways in which Jurgen Moltmann’s, The Church in the Power of the Spirit, can be considered a baptist book on the church. I will first of all set out the ways in which Moltmann clearly demonstrates a baptist way of thinking and I will then [...]

Is your problem a gospel problem?

I was struck with the following thought recently, that almost every problem that we experience as Christians can be ultimately traced back to one fundamental issue, that is, we have a Gospel problem!
What do I mean?
If we are encountering a difficulty, if our experience is sub-Christian, if our life is falling short in a particularly area [...]

  

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    Martin Luther