Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The milkmaid and baker as God's "masks"

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In a section on the cultural challenges to our understanding of the doctrine of providence in  The Christian Faith , Michael Horton observe...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Should Ivanhoe (or Owen) be abridged?

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I heard a story on the radio this morning about how a Scottish academic named David Purdie is publishing an abridged version of Sir Walter S...

Malcolm Watts on the effect of Reformed Worship

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I’ve been reading Malcolm Watt’s What is a Reformed Church? (Reformation Heritage, 2011). Here’s an excerpt comparing the effect of Reforme...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Are there any Reformed Baptists in Lynchburg?

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One of the things we have been prayerfully considering at CRBC is the possibility of establishing a Reformed Baptist preaching point in Lync...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Vision (1/26/12): Small children at worship services--Why are they present?

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Note: Pastor Steve Clevenger recently posted this article by retired RB Pastor Walter Chantry at his Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog. It is...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Translation Note: "fellowdisciples" in John 11:16

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In some devotional reading the other day I was struck by the word “fellowdisciples” in the AV of John 11:16: KJV: John 11:16 Then said Thom...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Textual Note: Matthew 5:44

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THE ISSUE: When preaching last Sunday on Romans 12:14-21 , I made comparison throughout to Jesus’ teaching on the Sermon on the Mount (Matt...
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God works in mysterious ways

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After years of service in Africa, the missionary Robert Moffat returned to Scotland to recruit helpers. When he arrived at church one cold w...
Monday, January 23, 2012

"Tebow Law" in Virginia gaining ground?

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The AP had an article yesterday reporting that with Republican control of the senate in the Virginia General Assembly that there will be a...

Watson on Providence

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I continued the Spurgeon Baptist Catechism series Sunday afternoon with a message on What are God’s works of providence? I was helped by re...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

The gospel: sanctification or evangelization?

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The other day I ran across D. H. Hart’s recent post If Wrapping Yourself in the U.S. Flag is in Bad Taste, What About Wrapping Yourself in t...
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Muller on Post-Reformation Reformed Views on the Text of Scripture

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I recently started reading Richard A. Muller’s Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 2: Holy Scripture: The Cognitive Foundation of ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Owen contrasts the inspiration of the Bible with the Koran

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In John Owen’s The Divine Original of the Scripture (Collected Works, Vol. 16), he draws a contrast between the innate authority of the Chr...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Vision (1/19/12): Be kindly affectioned

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Note: The following is drawn from the sermon notes from last Sunday’s message on instructions for the loving life (Romans 12:9-13). The fir...
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Text Note on Romans 12:11

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In study for last week’s message on Romans 12:9-13 , I ran across the textual variant in Romans 12:11 in the clause “serving the Lord [ to k...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

CRBC hosts Dr. Andy McIntosh on Creation and Faith on February 11-12

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Christ Reformed Baptist Church will be hosting Dr. Andy Mcintosh for two upcoming presentations on Creation and Faith: Saturday, February ...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Reluctant response to the latest evangelical video fad

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OK, so I usually try to avoid doing blog posts about anything that is "relevant," but I did have two students from CRBC ask me las...
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Sermon of the Week: The AV: Its Relevance Among the Young in a Multicultural Society

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Iranian born Reformed Baptist Pastor Pooyan Mehrshahi preached a message at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Trinitarian Bible Society on The...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Note on translation of Romans 12:4

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I noted in comments related to last week’s sermon on Romans 12:3-8 the divide between older and modern commentaries on the spiritual gift li...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Vision (1/12/12): Borrow not a few

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In my “state of the church” report at our annual CRBC membership meeting last evening, I shared some reflections from the miracle of the wi...