Baptistic Congregationalist. Credal, Sacramental, Covenantal. Student of Puritans. Striving to be cheerful & charitable. Deacon of Grace Life Church, Ankeny
Just a reminder - my quoting of any theologian is not necessarily a personal endorsement of or agreement with that quote. I post things I find interesting or of some significance
On faith: “My soul thinks Ben should be God, and I want that to die. Cancer sucks. But I’m pretty grateful that cancer is a stake against my delusional self-idolatry.” (3/6)
@rjl1689 Yes. If interested, see chapter 5 of my dissertation where I define terms and explain how Baptists in particular can/should affirm both tables moral and political use. https://t.co/QsBYRXW73X
When the fruit of the Spirit show in our lives, it's a reflection of how God has treated us. Just as God is patient, kind, and good toward us as redeemed sinners, we are empowered by His Spirit to reflect those same traits toward others.
(1) A weak Christian, one weak in Faith, looks more within than without, grounds more on the good Desires and Heavenliness of his Affections, than the Covenant and Promise of God : Now a strong Christian looks to Christ. Because I live, ye shall live also, John xiv. 19. It is...
(1) Union with Christ is typified by marriage:
From hence you may perceive the unspeakable Nearness there is between Christ and his People; can there be a sweeter. and more glorious Union than this! If we consider the Properties of it, it is a spiritual, a real, an...
“The glorious paradox of Christianity is that if we pretend our sin does not exist, it will haunt us all our lives. But if we own our sin, Jesus will take it from us.”
-Kevin DeYoung
@ConfessingKite This is one thing I appreciate greatly about our church. It is our conviction that our pastors and their wives ought to never worry about money or housing or the wife needing an income, etc. we do not have a big budget but we are not ashamed of the proportion spent on our pastors
Don't trust a man who will not submit himself to a local church - no matter how sound his theology appears to be!
You can't love Christ genuinely and reject His bride.