tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2636210493147307782009-10-02T20:11:21.802-07:00Looking at Christianity through the biblical lensScottishCommissionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-9052949617351186522008-12-05T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-05T08:57:29.416-08:00

If you don't know the work of Kim Riddlebarger yet, then you're in for a treat. Kim is a pastor, professor, and talk-show speaker who communicates his thoughts in a clear, simple, down-to-earth way. On his church's website, he has posted a very helpful article on evangelism from a Reformed perspective.

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Have you ever heard a Christian mention the word 'justification' and wondered, in the context of the Christian faith, what was meant? Here is an excellent article on this all-important topic. Very thorough. But stick with it, it's worth reading to the end!

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Michael Horton, as host of the radio talk-show The White Horse Inn, has been dissecting Christless Christianity with his like-minded Reformed friends. Read his article of the same name here. His basic contentention is that in the post-modern era, Christians are tempted either to be like the Sadducees and prioritize the inside (reason, feelings, and imagination) over the outside (doctrine,

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Since January, Michael Horton, who teaches apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California, has been hosting a fascinating series with his Reformed-minded friends on the radio talk-show, The White Horse Inn. The series, Christless Christianity, ranges over a great deal of terrain--including the bizarre phenomenon of Crossless Christianity, the even more bizarre phenomenon

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When it comes to the matter of the deity of Jesus Christ most people who are unfamiliar with the Bible think there is no evidence indicating that Jesus Christ was God; nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is we have an embarrassment of riches in the form of sound textual evidence. Let’s consider the evidence from Scripture.(a) The witness of others. The apostle Peter testifies to

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How do you gain maturity in your walk of faith?The answer is complex.(1) The essential agent is God. God, the Holy Spirit, is at work in believers sanctifying them so that they are able to produce the fruit of the Spirit. God gives them a new nature, one whose emotions, intellect, and will are inclined towards joyful obedience to God.(2) As a result of the new nature, Christians co-operate with

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How does someone become a Christian?Answer: by the act of regeneration that God alone can bring about in the core of a person. No one becomes a follower of Christ in any other way than through the new life that God grants to individuals. So, to such questions as, ‘At what age are you old enough to go to church, listen to a sermon, or study the Bible?' I would reply, when God grants you new life,

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Are you a true believer? This question will either sound offensive to your ears or attractive. Even if it sounds attractive, you may still experience a sense of uneasiness. So, you may ask yourself, Am I chosen by God? Or am I only fooling myself? To help answer these soul-searching questions, here are words of wisdom from a master of faith, Christopher Love, an English Puritan. In one of his

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When the English and Scottish reformers of the mid-1600s were composing the shorter version of material that would be used to teach new converts the basics of the Christian faith, they began by considering humankind. Specifically, the second generation of British reformers asked 'What is the chief end (or aim) of man?' (Yes, they used the archaic term 'man' to reference all-people). Today, we

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