As seen in my recent “Christian” schlock catalog . . .

Put that DVD player to spiritual use with Praise Moves, the “Christian Alternative to Yoga.”
I’d love to link to this product at wtsbooks.com (my normal book seller of choice), but their DVD selection really stinks.
(This is an intentional break with my normal practice to refrain from sarcastic posts, since sarcasm rarely translates well on the [...]

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The use of the law in evangelism

Doug Moo gives this thought-provoking perspective on the use of the law in evangelism:
. . . the popular notion that the Mosaic law should be preached as a preparation for the gospel, revealing sin and one’s need of salvation, has slim biblical support. None of the examples of evangelistic preaching in the New Testament uses [...]

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What kind of music would Thomas Jefferson have had on his Ipod?

I was listening to The Thomas Jefferson Hour this past week (mp3 for show 760), and I had to pass along these thoughts by one Clay Jenkinson on what music Jefferson would have had on his iPod (or, since he would have been more rational and enlightened, his Zune):
Corelli, Mozart, . . . Handel, Hadyn [...]

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All Christians should strive after an increase of knowledge; and none should content themselves without some clear and distinct understanding in this point

How important is the doctrine of justification of faith alone? How much should the average Christian understand this doctrine? Jonathan Edwards answers thus:
Indeed I am far from thinking that it is of absolute necessity that persons should understand, and be agreed upon, all the distinctions needful particularly to explain and defend this doctrine [of justification [...]

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9Marks: Seventeen Things Not Taught in Seminary

From the 9Marks blog, seventeen things not taught in seminary:
I’ll tease you with the first seven:
1. How to tell a man his wife just died.
2. How to tell a couple they should not get married.
3. How to tell a staff member he is fired.
4. [...]

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Is justification dependent upon perseverance?

Jonathan Edwards is here specifically addressing the question of whether justifying faith is a persevering faith:
. . . [I]t seems manifest that justification is by the first act of faith, in some respects, in a peculiar manner, because a sinner is actually and finally justified as soon as he has performed one act of faith; [...]

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“For almost two centuries we have been perfecting our irreverence.”

With my friends who are pastors, I usually subscribe to their podcast, but only listen from time to time. On the way to and back from church a few nights ago, we listened to a sermon by my friend Todd Mitchell. God was good in his providence to lead me to it. I want to [...]

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My dream, starring the ESV Study Bible

This is not an advertisement.
As you would imagine, my recollection of the specifics of the dream are foggy at best, but I can seem to bring to mind some of the details.
First, you have to understand that I have this re-occurring dream every month or so that I have been asked to speak in public, [...]

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Calvin on the right use of the Lord’s Supper

Calvin wrote in his treatise on the Lord’s Supper,
Let us come to the . . . right use, which consists in observing the institution of the Lord with reverence. For whoever approaches this holy sacrament with contempt or indifference, not caring much about following where our Lord calls him, perversely misuses it and thus contaminates [...]

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