Category Archives: Holy Spirit

What distinguishes the believer from the non-believer?

Right from the get-go we have something of an epistemological/ontological problem. There are differences that are easier to see, and differences that are more central, but harder to discern. On the ontological side the whole of the order of salvation, … Continue reading

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Last week’s study- Continuationism and Cessationism

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The World’s Shortest Epic Poem: He Came Down

He Came Down The King without a shadow The prince that wars for peace The Love that binds Them both Revealer revealed the least. The Mother of all unions Bucket spilling singing stars Limping, laughing Lord of the dance Slaying … Continue reading

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Study Tonight- Cessationism and Continuationism

We continue exploring issues dividing the church. Tonight, cessationism and continuationism. All are welcome at 6:15 for dinner, and for the study at 7:00. We live-stream on Facebook Live, RC-Lisa Sproul. We hope you’ll join us.

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Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places…

We must not allow our grasp of total depravity to lead us to miss in us God’s image. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of us. We’re unable to do anything in ourselves pleasing to God, including coming … Continue reading

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“Gender neutral” Bible translations? Boy Oh Boy

It is a holdover of our modernist past that we tend to see the work of translation as a science more than an art. We think we punch a word in from language a, and out pops the exact same … Continue reading

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Quenching the Devil’s Fiery Arrows: Jesus the Christ

There is nothing new under the sun. In our battle with the world, the flesh and the devil there are no tactical advances, no technological upgrades. It’s the same temptations, assaults, dropped payloads as its always been. There are subtleties … Continue reading

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What I Found Under the Tree This Christmas Morn

Eight years ago, just weeks before Christmas, through my own sin, I lost my reputation, my job, my income, my platform. Seven years ago, just days before Christmas I lost the one man who stood by me, who loved me … Continue reading

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He Will Never Let Us Go- Believing His Promises

Fear can be a potent motivator, or conversely, a great de-motivator. Many of us have a deep fear of change. However disappointed we may be in ourselves, in our circumstances, in our walk with the Lord, in our church, we … Continue reading

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On the Love from and Free Will of Puppets

If ever there was a theological boogey man, it is this- the notion that if God is sovereign over us and our choices, such makes our love for Him inauthentic and worthless, turns us into robots or puppets. Without humans … Continue reading

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