Monthly Archives: September 2015

Early…and often…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
Let us therefore learn to repent early, lest our long-continued harshness should confirm the reign of Satan within us; for as soon as we have been abandoned to this tyranny his rage will…

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Calvin on Hebrews 4:1: Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. “The illative therefore, or then means that by the fall of others we … Continue reading

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Few things more encouraging…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
…than hearing our ‘little ones’ belting out things like “Amen!” and “Thanks be to God!”

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Far too often…

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Far too often those of us who rejoice in the name ‘Evangelical’ are perfectly happy because we are orthodox and because we are unlike those liberals or modernists and various other sections of…

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Whence comes wisdom???

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“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living, And concealed from the birds of the air. Destruction and Death…

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On biblical government…

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I was asked last night to respond to a question on Facebook: From a Biblical perspective, which form of government is better and why? Representative Democracy (Republic — USA) or Monarchy (Divine Right…

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In Kentucky, DC, and everywhere else…

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

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Doctrine and corollary…

The doctrine of the final perseverance of the saints has its corollary the salutary teaching that the saints are the people who persevere to the end. Bruce, Hebrews, 94

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Look there…not in this navel…

We are supposed to be looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We are not to be looking at ourselves, trying to determine if we are believing or not. Wilson, C&HR, 92

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