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I CONFESS: Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
(1 John 4:1-3; 2 John 1:7)
Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Jesus Christ is Lord.
"The promotion of unity at the expense of truth is satanic; it is demonic; it is not true unity. It is not the unity of the Holy Spirit for He is the Spirit of Truth. The Scriptural command which we have in Ephesians to promote the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace is given to those who have a common foundation of truth. Truth by its very nature divides.Where you have appeal to unity at the expense of truth all you can produce is uniformity."
- William Webster
Do you imagine that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to worldlings and telling them that they “may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their personal Savior” while they are wedded to their idols and their hearts are still in love with sin? If I do so, I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel, insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.
- A.W. Pink
There are many today who regard truth and error as matters of small consequence; if a man lives rightly, they say, it matters not much what his beliefs and opinions are. Such statements do not surprise us. Night and day are all one to a blind man. Truth and error are all one to an ignorant man.
- Martyn Lloyd Jones
As the apostle says to Timothy, so also he says to everyone, 'Give yourself to reading.' He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains (inspired by the Holy Spirit) proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers and expositions of the Bible. The best way for you to spend your leisure is to be either reading or praying.
- C. H. Spurgeon
We should aim to speak as in the sight of God. We are to ask ourselves not, 'what did the people think of me?', but, 'what was I in the sight of God?'
- J. C. Ryle
Away, then, with those prophets who say to Christ's people, "Peace, peace," where in there is no peace. Hail, hail to all those prophets who say to Christ's people, "The cross, the cross," where there is no cross. Christians should be exhorted to be zealous to follow Christ, their Head, through penalties, deaths, and hells; And let them thus be more confident of entering heaven through many tribulations rather than through a false assurance of peace.
- Martin Luther
(Theses 92-95)
Woe to him that takes up the fame of godliness instead of godliness! ‘Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.’
- Richard Baxter
In these days of health care for all, education for all, rights for all, and opportunity for all, it seems almost inevitable that the Gospel of Jesus Christ would be obscured by the popular religious teaching of salvation for all. The democratic ideals of equality and equal opportunity have invaded theology as well as politics.
- John Robbins
It's hard to find a liberal liberal.
- R.C. Sproul
I'm always amazed by the people who, despite God's clear and emphatic commands through the Apostle Paul, say things like, "Ah, we need to forget about the differences in our doctrines, and we just need to love one another." as though those two are consistent goals. Surely they haven't come to realize that the only way we can love right is to live right, and the only way we can live right is to believe right.
- Mark Kielar
Time doesn't forgive sin.
- Jeff Noblit
The student of the New Testament should be primarily an historian. The centre and core of all the Bible is history. Everything else that the Bible contains is fitted into an historical framework and leads up to an historical climax. The Bible is primarily a record of events.
- J. Gresham Machen
One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed.
- Leonard Ravenhill
I remember when I used to ask Jesus into my heart as a child over and over again. Each time I intended to make absolutely sure that I was saved. Why do we do that? Why is it in some churches that we see the same people walking down the aisle week after week? Perhaps it is because we are looking to something we can do, or have done, to secure the kind of assurance we need. But we can't trust our feelings or our abilities of either will or effort, so we're left with having to trust in the ability of God, 'who is able to keep you from falling' (Jude 24).
-Michael Horton
We must not forget that historic Christianity stands on a basis of antithesis. Without it historic Christianity is meaningless.
- Francis A. Schaeffer
I find it so funny that so many people ask and can't answer the question as to why God has done everything He's ever done. They say it's a mystery. I say it's not. I say they ought to read Ephesians. Do you want to know why God has done everything He's ever done? Do you want to know why there was a garden, why there was a fall, why there was a Christ, why there was a Cross, why there was a resurrection, and why there's you? Do you really want to know? Do you have enough time... or is your Christianity looking at the clock?
- Paul Washer
The Emerging Church: overcoming the theology of Western European white male Christians and replacing it with the theology of Western European white male atheists.
- Way of the Master
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Lane,
I couldn't agree with you more about this Resource of the Month. God had already opened my eyes to the Doctrines of Grace before I received this video but it was outstanding. Thank you for discussing it and thank you for introducing my close friends and Brothers in Christ, Tony Miano and Leon Brown to your viewers.
"Amazing Grace: The History and Theology of Calvinism" is a great resource, and I have been encouraging people to purchase this resource for several years. The video accurately depicts the teaching of Calvinism/Reformed Theology as opposed to Arminianism in a clear and understandable manner. There is a great section in the video which describes the Biblical way to evangelize using the law and gospel. I have shown this video to the evangelism group that I lead many times, and I highly recommend it.
Looking forward to "Amazing Grace, Part II"
Tony Zabala, Deacon
Neighborhood Outreach Ministry, Grace Community Church,
Sun Valley, CA
Nice blog. What's funny is that during the entire time I was with you at Clemson I never even knew you were serious about your faith. You acted just like the rest of 'em. Talked like em, walked like em, cussed like em and everything. But you did go to Newspring so I guess that counted for something. It's good to see you doing something positive I guess. You were a good guy. As you investigate and get deeper into Calvinism/reformed theology, never forget what's really important in life. While doctrine for a believer is necessary it is not the most important thing. Never confuse studying a branch of theology with getting closer to God.
Peace and blessings.
"Anonymous", thanks for the kind words. Just a few things for clarity, though:
1) When I was at Clemson, I wasn't serious about my faith until just before I left. It's one of the reasons I was at NewSpring and comfortable there for a time.
2) As Christians, we need to make sure that what we're teaching people (doctrine) doesn't refute our own position. You say, "While doctrine for a believer is necessary it is not the most important thing." Well, what you've told me is doctrine or teaching, and if your statement is not the most important thing, then there's other things that can be replaced by it to make sure that I don't have to heed to it. See the contradiction? Doctrine is probably the most important thing in the Christian life because by it, our actions come. It's the doctrine we believe that determines whether we're getting closer to God. For example, if I taught you that God was Perry Noble and you need to forsake all and follow him, what I've just presented to you is doctrine, and if you considered this doctrine to be the most important rather than the Biblical doctrine of God, it's going to affect everything you do. So, I'd argue that doctrine is the most important thing. Actions don't determine doctrine, but doctrine determines actions.
3) I'm interested in knowing who you are from Clemson, and I'm glad that you found the blog. If you would, please let me know even if it's by an email if you prefer.: cedarson@gmail.com
Take care.
I purchased this DVD set about two years ago and it was the clincher for me after many years of attempting to solidify my theological direction. It answered many questions I had regarding Biblical passages on election and limited atonement that had always bothered me. I cannot give this collection a high enough endorsement. If you have any questions regarding the doctrines of grace, this is the resource for you. Thank you Apologetics Group for producing such a fine resource.
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