One liturgical year ago on this day, Ash Wednesday, we launched Called to Communion with the vision of engaging Reformed Christians on the fundamental issues that keep us divided. Our ultimate goal has ever been the restoration to full sacramental unity of all of God’s people. The division ...
Canon Of Scripture, as the phrase is usually employed, may be defined as "the Authoritative Standard of Religion and Morals, composed of those writings which have been given for this purpose by God to men." A definition frequently given of the Canon is, that it is "the Catalogue of the ...
I. Scripture Alone Disproves “Scripture Alone”Gen. to Rev. – Scripture never says that Scripture is the sole infallible authority for God’s Word. Scripture also mandates the use of tradition. This fact alone disproves sola Scriptura.
If you belong to God, then God is working things out in your life for your good and for His glory. He can use all of our hard struggles for our good. We can be thankful for everything. Ephesians 4:32 Learn thebooks of the Old Testament. ...
Gen. 2:18 – throughout the creation story, God says “it is good” seven times. But when God pointed out that man was alone, God says “it is not good.” God then created woman. Man and woman therefore belong together by God’s design, according to His natural and supernatural law...
Scriptures. TheApostlesknew that “prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men ofGodspoke, inspired by theHoly Ghost” (II Pet., i, 21); they regarded “all scripture, inspired ofGod” as “profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice...
22“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23“TrulyI tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. ...
As you can see, Aaron is called the “saint of the Lord.” That is understandable, although he encouraged Israel to sin by making a golden calf (Exodus 32: 1-5) to worship even though God had specifically said not to (Exodus 20:4). As I reread the story in Exodus 32, the actions...
And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all. (Acts 4:33) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day pin accordance with ...
“If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29 “Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” John 11:40 “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and ...