The word antithesis is not to be found in God's word, the holy scriptures. But the principle is there, writ large. It goes all the way back to the beginning when sin entered into God's created order through man. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed" …
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What Shall We Sing? (1)
If Christian worship is to be regulated by scripture, the word of God, then what we sing in public gatherings to worship must also be regulated by the word of God. Worship, of course, is the Christian life. The Reformers were very serious about worship, it's elements. We in this generation have regressed. The Old …
How Shall We Worship?
The Belgic Confession of Faith, article 5, speaking of the dignity and authority of holy scripture, states that they are: "for the regulation, foundation, and confirmation of our faith." Note, 'for the regulation.' It is holy scripture that is to regulate the entirety of our worship of God. That, of course, includes what we do …
The Sweet Psalmist of Israel!
There was required in the man who was to be, by way of eminence, "the Psalmist of Israel," a saint of manifold experience. Such a man was David.Into his single life were crowded vicissitudes of many lives. His boyhood made him acquainted with the deep-flowing, tranquil joys of a godly and well-ordered home (a better …
Not Ashamed of the Gospel!
Recently I was invited to visit Greece for an inside look at Gospel work among the tens of thousands of refugees there...The refugees I met in Athens are from some of the most war-ravaged and Gospel-destitute regions of the Middle East, including Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran. They fled here looking for a better life, and …
Dispensationalism & Orthodoxy!
There are two distinct areas where dispensationalism, which is a theological system, diverges from orthodox New Testament Christianity. There is, to begin with, a consistent Antinomianism which distinguishes dispensational theology. This one ingredient alone, if shown, destroys completely any claim of dispensationalism to Christianity. A person just cannot be antinomian and Christian in his theology. …
The Call of God!
"The Lord knoweth them that are his" (2Timothy 2:19). "My word...shall not return unto me void" (Isaiah 55:11). There is a threefold end of purpose in God desiring the promiscuous proclamation of his gospel in all the world. One, the Lawgiver, on his authority, he has the sovereign right to dictate to man his duty. …
