Teaching: The Centrality of God in the Atonement (Hebrews 9:11-17), Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Merrick, NY, 8/8/2010

Yesterday I was directed to a Tweet picture that spoke volumes.  Here it is: Pictures can say more than a thousand words, to be sure.  And this picture speaks volumes.  But I would like to respond to Mr. Church’s interpretation, which I would call the “interpretation of inevitability.” First, the issue of the abuse of language, the constant ploy of

Back on September 8th of this year Pastor Steve Gaines of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, preached a sermon titled “God’s Sovereign Plan.”  You are encouraged to download the sermon and listen to it here.  Given that brother Gaines’ sermon presents a very, very common view amongst Southern Baptists, and as his doctoral work was on the sermons

Well, as I am stranded in Richmond now (prayers that I will eventually, someday, arrive in Kiev, Ukraine, to teach Church History, would be appreciated!) I wanted to take the opportunity to respond to Michael Brown’s “Calvinist Conundrums” that he posted on FaceBook today.  They will allow me to bring up some issues that we discussed in Charlotte a year

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Here are a few resources that might interest you: Westminster Bookstore is currently offering Four Volume Set – Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation (Four Volume Set) for $100. That is 50% off the regular price. Ben C. Dunson’s article which appeared in the Fall 2013 edition of the Westminster Theological Journal titled “Do Bible