Translating the English of the Confessions (London, Westminster, Savoy)
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Mark Ward discusses English “false friends” (old words that seem clear to us today but meant something different at the time) in a trio of Reformation confessions. - Ward on Words
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God’s Aesthetic Delight
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“God doesn’t change in response to what he sees…. Yet creation and people bring real delight to God. God delights in the good, the true, and the beautiful.” - TGC
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Does "the Law written on hearts" refer to conscience or regeneration?
In Romans 2:14-15, Paul speaks of law written on hearts:
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them …
In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul uses this term to refer to believers, seemingly referring to the work of the Spirit in regeneration:
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The Ontological Argument: Christian vs. Agnostic Dialogue (Joe Schmid and Gavin Ortlund)
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“Gavin Ortlund and Joe Schmid discuss the ontological argument. Originally hosted at Unbelievable.” -YouTube
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The Development of Roman Catholic Sacerdotal Soteriology
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“By the time of the Reformation, many of the gains made in the fight against Pelagianism were lost. An entire ecclesio-sacerdotal system of salvation, which relied more on individual merit than the grace of God, had become dominant.” - Ligonier
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Getting God Right: We are all theologians. The Church needs good ones.
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“A.W. Tozer said, ‘What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.’” - Breakpoint
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Our Answer to “Imagine”
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“So how should a Christian respond to these ‘imaginings?’ What would you say if someone played that at a funeral, right before you were supposed to speak?” - P&D
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The Danger of Replacing Israel (Part 3)
In this series we have learned how it is always dangerous to replace Israel.
Replacing Israel occurs when one interprets the word Israel in the text of Scripture to mean the church or all believers—understanding them to be the new Israel or the spiritual Israel. It is taking the concept of Israel (the people, the nation, or the land) in a non-literal sense.
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Stop Abandoning the Moral Argument for the Existence of God (Do This Instead)
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“The moral argument for God’s existence has become less popular in some circles. Here Gavin Ortlund shares two reasons why Christians should hesitate before abandoning this argument, and three strategies for how to rehabilitate this argument.” - YouTube
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