Maundy Thursday

Today, the Thursday before Easter, is Maundy Thursday. In John 13–16, John records what is known the Upper Room Discourse, Jesus’ teachings on that night, the evening before His death on the cross. Jesus speaks clearly about who He is, the disciples’ relationship with God and their work as His disciples. He reassures them of […]

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Who Are These Guys?

You may be wondering why I quote men who lived a century of more before us.  It’s certainly not to bore you stiff!  There are numerous reasons I could give you about why it’s worth the effort to read authors who use a different language style and unfamiliar words.  I could say it’s because I […]

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A New Year’s Anchor of Hope

I wrote this post for New Year’s Day 2011. I’ve revisited it and revised it yet again for clarity because it continues to be read as people search for hope. I’ve left this one up so that if it turns up in a search, the link won’t lead to a page that says error, but […]

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Truth In The Heart

John Owen was an English pastor and brilliant Puritan theologian who lived during the 1600s.  He was a contemporary of John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, and labored to have Bunyan released from his imprisonment for preaching without a license.  I’ve quoted Owen in Steerage, Perspicuity and in Songs, because I find his words […]

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Treasure For The Heart

In Psalm 19, David writes not only about God’s revelation in His creation and in His Word, but he also writes about the response of his own heart. “7The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8The precepts of the LORD are […]

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Songs

Over the past week I’ve given just an introduction to some of the great doctrines regarding the Word of God.  I’ve done it to provide some help for you to grow in your understanding of what the Bible is. B. B. Warfield speaks so eloquently on revelation: “…we do not see in revelation man reaching […]

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Hitting The Mark

In archery an arrow is carefully fletched with feathers at the end of its shaft. When real feathers are used, they must all be from the same wing of a bird—if you mix feathers from both wings on the same arrow, it won’t fly correctly because feathers from the left wing cause it to spin […]

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Perspicuity

“You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15 R. C. Sproul: […]

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Illumination

“For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. “Now […]

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