All of that was brought to my mind recently when I read a much different sermon delivered years ago by another Protestant minister: Duke Divinity School professor,Stanley Hauerwas. He preached a startling message on the same subject — Reformation Sunday — but he came at it from a very diff...
who became Satan, the devil. Historically, we can see thisspiritin Biblical characters. Satan is working behind the scenes, deceiving and lying, to set up his plan to deface the image of God and to dethrone Him from His rightful position as God. Satan was defeated at the cross and ...
It was not that he minded in the least the result of the fellow's plotting. But the method of it, the effrontery of that cowardly, insolent attempt to blacken and besmirch him with Mary Thorne, made him more furious each time he thought of it. When he reached the bunk-house ...— ...
Who am I becoming as a result of the pursuit? What impact am I making? A pillar of dynamic drive is curiosity. Curiosity is key to unlocking and tapping into dynamic drive. Curiosity creates choices and chances. Be curious, discover the gaps, anticipate. Get in the heads and hearts ...
I guess I'm starting to wonder whether any of the major players ever really disagreed with each other on the question of assurance of salvation. Everybody seemed to agree, at least at various points in their reflections, that you might not have (do not h
As a result, no one can boast about their status (justified or in the covenant community) because it comes extrinsically. It’s rooted in God’s action in Christ. No works of the law are able to justify one before God, only faith. In fact, even one of the most righteous Jews was ...
with relish. The net result of this fantastically bad advice, of course, is that it will more easily pass into the hands of the jews, who do not subscribe to such foolishness. They hope to make fools of us, knowing very well the old saying “A fool and his mone...
“Meteorite Crator Nördlingen Ries” that was formed by the impact of this astroid, is the result of this catastrophe. Along with this creator, the nearby “Steinheimer Basin” was also formed. These two geological features represent the only two confirmed impact structures in and around ...
I. Sources of the Apostolic Doctrine of the Last Things.—The prophecy of St. Paul does not appear to be—at least, exclusively—the result of a direct internal revelation of the Spirit. Such direct revelations were, when necessary, made to him, and we have seen him claim that kind of...
Protestantism is one of the four major divisions within Christianity. It is most closely tied to those groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Protestant doctrine was also known in continental European traditions as Evangelical doctrine. It ...