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R.Scott Clark concerning Reformed piety, and it’s denial of two distinct classes of the Christian (ordinary & extraordinary/spiritual). “When, in 1517, Luther complained about the abuse of indulgences, he began a movement back to Scripture and toward a biblical understanding of piety in which Christ’s grace received in public worship overflows into private prayer andContinue reading “The Oridinary and the Extraordinary Christian?”

I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. ~ Jeremiah 32:40   “A question may, however, be here raised: we see that the faithful often stumble,Continue reading “John Calvin on Jeremiah 32:40…”

Below is a wonderful message from Dr. James White. Dr. White offers some encouragement for the local church, and a challenge to all believers concerning the recent sin problem involving the skin color of believers. “We have long prayers at my church. Well, at least the pastoral prayer on Sunday mornings. I normally lead thatContinue reading “A Message Concerning Ethnic Diversity in the Church…”

  The following is a Twitter response to Beth Moore’s recent comments concerning Mother’s Day. It needs to be said that I disagree with Beth Moore on many things. However, I’m sharing this response because it’s graceful, helpful, and attempts to offer encouragement to an approach to worship that is not a Biblical one. Tom hereContinue reading “A Helpful Response to Beth Moore…”

“…every time a Christian takes the cup which Christ Himself identified as ‘the new covenant in My blood,’ he is saying, ‘I have a part in the New Covenant, in its blessings, in its rules, in it as the Constitution of Christ’s Church.’”   

A few days ago a brother on Twitter asked a question concerning a Tweet I had recently posted. The Tweet was of a Reformed Baptist pastor exegeting Acts 2:38-39, found here. These verses are one of several places in the New Testament where my paedobaptist brethren claim support the infant baptism tradition. I responded byContinue reading “From Paedobaptist to Credobaptist…”

    If interested in learning Covenant Theology from a Reformed Baptist perspective this 5-part series is a great listen! Brandon Adams joins the Reformed NorthWest Podcast to discuss 1689 Federalism. Topics covered are the Covenant of Works, Getting the Garden Right, the Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic Covenants, as well as the Covenant of Grace,Continue reading “Reformed Baptist Covenant Theology…”

  As I began my study of Covenant Theology many things stuck out to me as I read through the different Reformed Confessions. I will write about one of these things here today, which is the claim that the New Covenant is not really new at all. The idea is that the New Covenant prophesiedContinue reading “So, What’s New?”

  Dr. Crawford Gribben is a professor of Early Modern Baptist History at Queen’s University Belfast, as well as a visiting professor of church history at the new Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies (IRBS) Seminary opening this Fall in Mansfield, Texas. Dr. Gribben has written an excellent article concerning John Owen and what seems toContinue reading ““John Owen, Baptism, and the Baptists””

  “I AM told in the Word of God to believe—What am I to believe? I am bidden to look—to what am I to look? What is to be the object of my hope, belief, and confidence?—The reply is simple. The object of Faith to a sinner is Christ Jesus. How many make a mistakeContinue reading “Spurgeon on The Object of Our Faith…”