Rev. Dr. Edd Cathey-adapted from Pastor J. Strey “Lex orandi, lex credendi” is a Latin phrase that literally means, “The law of praying [is] the law of believing.” The idea behind the phrase is that the way you pray says something about, and even shapes, what you believe. Practically speaking, this observation can be extended…
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Jesus Christ was/is no Phantasm: “The Gospels constantly portray Christ as living a thoroughly human, bodily existence: he was conceived in a womb and born when a census was being taken; his penis was circumcised when he was an infant. He grew in stature—he did not come full grown. He got hungry, thirsty and weary.…
Not A Ladder But A Cross R. Scott Clark | August 31, 2013 “17. Why must he also be true God? That by the power of His Godhead He might bear in His manhood the burden of God’s wrath, and so obtain for and restore to us righteousness and life.” Almost from the beginning of…
Second Life or New Life? By Carl R. Trueman One of the earliest challenges to the New Testament portrait of Jesus was docetism, the idea that Jesus only appeared to be human. As with all heresies, there was a legitimate concern that lay behind it: a desire to preserve the transcendent otherness of God from…
We need the word of Christ to dwell in us richly today more than ever Written by W. Robert Godfrey | previously published in Tabletalk (used with permission) Churches seem to have lost a love for and confidence in the Word of God. They still carry Bibles and declare the authority of the…
A word from the Word: Don’t Meddle in other people’s business, mind your own business. “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a (meddler) busybody in other men’s matters. (1 Peter 4:15 NKJV) But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a…
Count the “Alleluias!” Since the beginning of the Lenten Season we have been on a “alleluia fast” by not singing or saying any alleluias in public worship. The fast will be broken big time on Easter/Resurrection morning. I dare the children of Grace and Peace to count all the times we sing or say alleluia.…
When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity We’re all adolescents now. Thomas E. Bergler [ posted 6/8/2012 12:33PM ] ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL KISSELEV SINGLE PAGE RELATED TOPICS READ THIS ISSUE The house lights go down. Spinning, multicolored lights sweep the auditorium. A rock band launches into a rousing opening song.…
from Daniel Hyde Jan 30, The second of the three marks of a true church is the pure administration of the sacraments. The two sacraments that Christ Himself instituted are baptism (Matt. 28:18–20) and the Lord’s Supper (Matt. 26:26–29). Because of our continuing struggle with sin, the visible Word of the sacraments supplements the audible…
By Carl Trueman http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-2105-The-Marcions-have-landed.htm February 20, 2013 When one asks the most influential thinkers in the modern evangelical church are, one might find names such as Jim Packer, John Stott, and Don Carson. I would like to suggest, however, that there is one whose influence is perhaps much greater than we are aware of, yet…