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Christ

Priceless words about the Psalms

December 16, 2011

An interlude in the blog series on Calvinism - here are wonderful, heart-felt and heart filling words regarding our Savior's relationship to the Psalms - “Here the language of the Bible

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What Is "Need Love," And Do I Have It?

December 15, 2011

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biblical truth

Coming to Grips with Calvinism, part 2: Transformational Truth

December 13, 2011

**           **The last (and first!) entry ended with a plea to consider the claims of Calvinism for whatever biblical truth they may represent and expound.  This next series of entries will examine (relatively briefly)

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Wrestling with Rome - On Private Interpretation

December 13, 2011

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “‘The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted

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Bloodlines

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian

December 06, 2011

In this deeply personal and biblically charged message, John Piper reflects on the Gospel and its bearing on racism.  I’m tempted to say more, but sometimes fewer words are better.  You can

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Church

iPew?

December 06, 2011

John had noticed that his pastor, for quite some time, had been excited.  A longtime churchgoer, John had never seen him quite this enthusiastic.  For several months the pastor had been talking about

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Facebook

GenRef Update

December 05, 2011

Gentle Reformation is still in its first year as a multi-author blog dedicated to "speaking the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in its many applications through the media of the internet

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"Mother Margie" -- A Tribute

December 02, 2011

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Coming to Grips with Calvinism, part 1: A Protestant's (ongoing) Reformation

December 02, 2011

I'm deeply thankful to have been invited to write for this site.  I thought I'd begin by introducing myself in light of the site's name and nature.

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apollo

Origins

November 29, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="346" caption="Earth as viewed by Apollo 8 astronauts from Lunar orbit on Dec. 24, 1968. Taken by astronaut William Anders,

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Perspectives on Death and Dying: Decisions at End of Life – Dr. Gilbert Meilaender

November 28, 2011

[http://www.sbts.edu/resources/lectures/gheens/perspective-on-death-and-dying-decisions-at-end-of-life/] I suppose the title of this message says it all.  How are we as Christians supposed to think about end of life decisions? In this

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Reflections

November 28, 2011

I came across these statistics from David Well's book Losing Our Virtue (p. 44).  Having studied a large number of modern hymnbooks, he cites these statistics below.  Wells states that these

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Why Sophia's Baptism Matters

November 24, 2011

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo1-e1322190145633.jpg] Sophia  is a wonderful little baby. She is bright eyed, taking in the world around her. When the psalms are sung in worship

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abraham

Our Pilgrim Heritage

November 23, 2011

This past Lord's Day was a rich one in our congregation.  In the morning we had a baptism of a covenant child, where our featured text was Isaiah 59:21, which

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He Left Not the Work

November 17, 2011

What if in the late 1800's missionaries were sent to a foreign field and began seeing success? What if in the middle of last century an atheistic government drove all the

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believer's baptism

CredoBaptism, The New Covenant, and The Warnings of Scripture

November 16, 2011

In a recent blog entry entitled, “Why I Am a Credobaptist,” Justin Taylor referenced Stephen Wellum’s essay in the book “Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ,” saying, “His

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Biblical Training

Audio Buffet

November 14, 2011

Anytime two figures like John Piper and R.C. Sproul sit down to discuss and reflect on their ministries, one must perk up and pay attention.  During this hour-and-a-half Q and A session

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female

Female Heart

November 11, 2011

A few weeks ago, in sharing about speaking at a women's retreat, I used the term "female heart."  Some comments on the post suggested concern about this phrase which

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Reasons For Faith

November 09, 2011

Dr.Stephen Meyer [http://www.stephencmeyer.org/]sat down with R. C. Sproul last year for a wide ranging discussion about the integration of faith and science. The Intelligent Design movement is gaining

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Christian humor

You Might Be An RPer If...

November 04, 2011

[http://reformedpresbyterian.org/]If your child hears the tune to Amazing Grace and thinks 3A, you might be an RPer. If your pastor refers to John Calvin at least twice in a sermon,

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An A Capella Fella

November 01, 2011

Often when those of us in the Reformed Presbyterian Church are asked about our worship practices (someone just called me on the phone last week to do so), we can get a bit

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A Christian Psychology Of And Response To Homosexuality – Sam Williams

October 31, 2011

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-christian-psychology-of/id132458157?i=102148218 Not long ago, Justin Taylor [http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2011/10/21/the-best-introduction-to-homosexuality-causes-change-and-the-gospel/] highlighted a lecture by Sam Williams, saying, “This is

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National Covenanting: A Realistic Solution for the Economy?

October 26, 2011

I’ve been thinking about the current economic crisis, and whether the Covenanter doctrine of National Covenanting is for such a time as this. I thought I would post some of those thoughts

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Architecture

Culture, Contradictions & the Cross

October 25, 2011

In the Worldview class I am teaching in our church's academy, which is based on materials from Summit Ministries, we have been looking at postmodernism and its influence on culture.  Through

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Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Communion of the Saints

October 22, 2011

"Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner. Sometimes I feel like my only friend is the city I live in, the city of angels, Lonely as I am,

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