John Calvin said that man when compelled to weigh his life in the scales of the divine Law, is compelled to lay aside that presumptuous, that fictitious self-righteousness and he finds himself a long, long way from holiness. Calvin says he teams with a multitude of vices, while all the time finding himself to be …
The Law’s Pedagogical Purpose!
John Calvin had an extremely high view of revelation, his heart was captivated and he enjoyed a full assurance that divine revelation asserted a final authority in every area of the believer's life. He understood that the divine Law was educational. It showed, revealed the righteousness of God and thereby also reflected the sinfulness of …
The Preservation of Scripture!
Now the majority of Protestant churches concur to a large degree with the once discredited epistemology of papal Rome. The modern textual critics have largely accepted the Roman Catholic view of the impurity of the original language texts of Scripture. Now instead of the Council of Trent asserting that the Latin Vulgate is the authentic …
The Spirit’s Regenerating Work!
It is held by some that by what they call 'the fatherhood of God' in virtue of an alleged unbroken relation formed by creation, and assert that all men, without exception or distinction, belong to the family of God. Children, forsooth, who only disobey and dishonour their Father! No: all men by nature belong to …
The Philippian Jailor!
The Philippian Jailor (Acts 16:25-34) 1. The Earthquake. 2. The Despair. 3. The Outcry. 4. The Preaching. The episode was all of Christ. The earthquake in Scripture is a wonder as we see here. It certainly wasn’t a common event as is evident from the time and place. It took place at the bottom of the …
John Knox!
John Knox, Reformer and Preacher The man who in the estimation of friend and foe alike was the greatest man that Scotland ever produced was born in 1505 near the village of Haddington (some of his biographers place his birth as late as 1512). John Knox's education was at the Burgh School of Haddington, where …
The Federal Vision!
On Friday, October 3, 2008, the Pacific Northwest Presbytery (PNW) exonerated Federal Visionist and PCA pastor, Peter Leithart, stating that his teaching, specifically in the areas where he took issue with all nine declarations found in the PCA’s committee report, “is in complete conformity with the Westminster Confession of Faith.” Once again a major court in …
