Posted in Covenant Theology on Oct 30th, 2009 32 Comments »
Prophesying of the New Covenant, the prophet Ezekiel says in 37:24-26,
“My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. [...]
Posted in Calvinism, Witnessing on Oct 16th, 2009 4 Comments »
As we preach and share the gospel of Jesus Christ to our congregations and to those outside of Christ, why do we press upon them the urgency of submitting to Christ in faith and repentance?
Growing up, I always heard the same tired reasons for ‘choosing this day whom you will serve’: choose today, lest you [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church, Church History, Worship on Oct 13th, 2009 17 Comments »
Recently I came across a few comments in Terry L. Johnson’s book Reformed Worship that caught my attention. Specifically, I was intrigued in reading that, “For Lutherans the enemy of faith was works. For the Reformed, the enemy of faith was idolatry.” (P18)
As he goes on to explain, it was John Calvin who insisted that [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Worship on Oct 2nd, 2009 29 Comments »
Here’s a post I sent to the Reformed Baptist Discussion List today. My good friend and brother Mark disagrees with me on this subject (see his post here), and today we have been engaged in a nice little debate via Twitter. Here’s a general synopsis of my views concerning using rap/hip-hop, and some other forms [...]
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