As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“As we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection this month, we should consider why His resurrection happened. According to the New Testament there is nothing in Scripture more relevant to the issues, temptations, problems, and sins believers are facing right now than the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” - Cripplegate
By Jonathan Peters
“Augustine would never have been considered a Platonist in antiquity. He belonged to a different, rival school—the Christian school—and he was keen to present his philosophy as superior in all respects.” - Credo
By Jonathan Moreno. From DBSJ 22 (2017): 75-90. Republished with permission. Read the series.
In an effort to present the greatest-glory defense with sharper clarity, this section will seek to address three objections that may be levied against it. Although this defense may encounter countless additional objections, the three selected seem to be the most pertinent to the discussion.
“I recently encountered a poem I enjoyed and wanted to share with you…. Among his poems is this brief reflection on the death of a Christian (which, appropriately, is titled ‘A Christian’s Death’)” - Challies
“The most serious, and potentially damning, errors surface when the two are not carefully distinguished. According to Turretin, justification and sanctification differ in at least five ways.” - Kevin DeYoung
As much as it might seem to stretch the barriers of time, I was taught to preach by a man who sat under the ministry of none other than Dr. Henry (Harry) Allan Ironside—the so-called “archbishop of fundamentalism.”
In fact, Dr. Ironside is my spiritual and theological grandfather on at least two different counts.
First, he was indeed the pastor of my practical theology professor in seminary—Dr. Ralph Turk, one of my own mentors. Dr. Turk spent his earliest years in The Moody Church, where Ironside served as pastor from 1930 to 1948.
Read the series.
Let me repeat the conclusion I arrived at previously:
Jesus is the Redeemer who saves by the Spirit through the New covenant!
“The claims… are usually a mix of legitimate critique and odd straw manning. Some argue that the German rationalist history of worldview makes it wrong…. Others suggest that it reduces authentic faith to something too cerebral…Perhaps the most common critique is that it just doesn’t ‘work’ in today’s cultural environment.” - Breakpoint
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