As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“I am very pleased that it’s now receiving further attention with the exhibition in Mainz Cathedral…as a highlight in the year of the 625th birthday of the great inventor Johannes Gutenberg.” - CPost
“We grasp the horror of human evil only when we focus on God’s standards and on the atonement necessary to satisfy them.” - Randy Alcorn
The virgin birth of Christ has always been proclaimed as a doctrine to be believed by the church. It is heralded as a historical event which must be accepted as a fundamental or core truth of the Christian faith. For example, The Apostles’ Creed states:
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary…
Similar statements appear in The Nicene Creed, The Chalcedonian Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.
“Too many times, people think one response will answer the problem of evil. But what we actually need is a thick, multifaceted approach. A single answer doesn’t satisfy, because the problem of evil is too complex.” - TGC
“For fun, let’s explore some options…. Vocatio a Deo (from the Latin words vocatio for “calling” and a Deo for ‘from God,’ for ‘calling from God’)….Oikonomology … Praxiology…. Ergology (from ergon – Greek for ‘work’ or ‘deed’).” - IFWE
“…paying close attention to literary genre is a key principle of biblical hermeneutics. One cannot, for example, interpret Old Testament narrative books in the same way as New Testament epistles, which lay out doctrine.” - BJU Seminary
“Ortlund consistently makes a convincing case, carefully defining what is at stake, showing a conversance with the magisterial documents under critique, drawing from non-Protestant scholarship and arguing for modest, minimalist claims that are difficult to refute.” - London Lyceum
“My ears perked up when Piper brought up two issues that I’d like to address….One is the use of BDAG, a Greek-English lexicon that I use all the time. The second is the use of commentaries, another thing I do.” - Ward on Words
In his chapter God, My Heart, and Music in the book Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World, Bob Kauflin writes,
Actually, it seems that God likes music of all kinds. No one style can sufficiently capture his glory or even begin to reflect the vastness of his wisdom, creativity, beauty, and order. That doesn't mean some kinds of music aren't more complex or beautiful than others. It just means no single genre of music is better than the rest in every way.
“Evangelicals—even Reformed evangelicals—may be unfamiliar with the doctrine of the beatific vision. Nonetheless, they are primed and ready to embrace it.” - 9 Marks
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