<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778</id><updated>2011-07-07T21:02:30.845-07:00</updated><category term='obedience'/><category term='heresy'/><category term='reformed'/><category term='Election'/><category term='Michael Horton'/><category term='the church'/><category term='reformers'/><category term='Jude'/><category term='the Christian walk'/><category term='grace'/><category term='purpose'/><category term='the Assembly'/><category term='puritans'/><category term='Christianity'/><category term='justification'/><category term='Christless'/><category term='called'/><category term='westminster'/><category term='faith'/><category term='Christless Christianity'/><category term='catechism'/><category term='Joel Osteen'/><category term='Jesus Christ God Deity Baptism Transfiguration Eyewitness Testimony'/><title type='text'>The Chief Aim</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-2326854154919872131</id><published>2010-10-02T17:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T18:10:53.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Gang</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/2326854154919872131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=2326854154919872131&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/2326854154919872131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/2326854154919872131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-gang_02.html' title='Our Gang'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-1445937273264091894</id><published>2010-03-01T12:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T12:18:42.874-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Does Your Soul Need to be Refreshed?</title><summary type='text'>If you’ve been coming to church for any length of time, then you know there is more to life than simply living for your work, your self, or your family. As important as all of these ‘treasures’ are, they can’t compare to the greatest treasure of all—the living God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Do you have a friendship with the living God? Is it a vital friendship in which you trust Him as your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/1445937273264091894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=1445937273264091894&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1445937273264091894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1445937273264091894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2010/03/does-your-soul-need-to-be-refreshed.html' title='Does Your Soul Need to be Refreshed?'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-4462561997363325526</id><published>2010-03-01T11:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T11:53:54.542-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting the Most from the Message</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever sat through a sermon that was hard to take? When it comes to listening to sermons, we all can use some help.
 Jesus says, ‘Take care then how you hear’ (Luke 8.18). What does our Lord mean? Jesus explains that if we listen to God’s word one way, we will be given more, but if we listen to His word another way, even what we think we have will be taken away from us.  So, the way we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/4462561997363325526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=4462561997363325526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/4462561997363325526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/4462561997363325526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2010/03/getting-most-from-message.html' title='Getting the Most from the Message'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-8695425371478270935</id><published>2008-06-30T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T13:24:46.648-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='justification'/><title type='text'>What is Justification?</title><summary type='text'>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!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/8695425371478270935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=8695425371478270935&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/8695425371478270935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/8695425371478270935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-is-justification.html' title='What is Justification?'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-5176079664678422091</id><published>2008-06-30T12:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T13:02:33.437-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Horton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christless'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reformed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>Getting in Christ's Way</title><summary type='text'>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, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/5176079664678422091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=5176079664678422091&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/5176079664678422091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/5176079664678422091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/getting-in-christs-way.html' title='Getting in Christ&apos;s Way'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-7246188555558496798</id><published>2008-06-30T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T13:40:18.710-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joel Osteen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heresy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christless Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jude'/><title type='text'>Christless Christianity</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/7246188555558496798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=7246188555558496798&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/7246188555558496798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/7246188555558496798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/christless-christianity.html' title='Christless Christianity'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-1601975947277423675</id><published>2008-06-12T11:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T12:54:15.022-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus Christ God Deity Baptism Transfiguration Eyewitness Testimony'/><title type='text'>Jesus Christ is God</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/1601975947277423675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=1601975947277423675&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1601975947277423675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1601975947277423675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/jesus-christ-is-god.html' title='Jesus Christ is God'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-1195005458409151850</id><published>2008-06-06T08:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T08:35:25.844-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obedience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Christian walk'/><title type='text'>The Christian Walk</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/1195005458409151850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=1195005458409151850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1195005458409151850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1195005458409151850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/christian-walk.html' title='The Christian Walk'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-1697641557129553783</id><published>2008-06-05T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T06:33:40.236-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='called'/><title type='text'>Eight Characteristics of a True Believer</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/1697641557129553783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=1697641557129553783&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1697641557129553783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/1697641557129553783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/06/eight-characteristics-of-true-believer.html' title='Eight Characteristics of a True Believer'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263621049314730778.post-2434961668357807930</id><published>2008-05-09T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T13:40:03.222-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reformed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purpose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catechism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reformers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Assembly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='puritans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='westminster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>The Chief Aim of Humankind</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/feeds/2434961668357807930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=263621049314730778&amp;postID=2434961668357807930&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/2434961668357807930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/263621049314730778/posts/default/2434961668357807930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechiefaim.blogspot.com/2008/05/chief-aim-of-humankind_09.html' title='The Chief Aim of Humankind'/><author><name>ScottishCommissioner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15793981670469200695</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
