Category: excerpts & quotes
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A Defense of Calvinism
The following is taken from here and was written by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) who was a Calvinist although he preferred as do I, to be called a Christian. This article, while long gives a good overview of the doctrine. “The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I…
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Pastors As Painters
(John Calvin, Commentary On Galatians And Ephesians, Galatians 3:1-5) “To shew how energetic his preaching was, Paul first compares it to a picture, which exhibited to them, in a lively manner, the image of Christ. But, not satisfied with this comparison, he adds, Christ hath been crucified among you, intimating that the actual sight of Christ’s…
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Who Died And Made You King?
(C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, p. 51-52) “One part of the claim tends to slip past us unnoticed because we have heard it so often that we no longer see what it amounts to. I mean the claim to forgive sins: any sins. Now unless the speaker is God, this is really so preposterous as to be…
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Faith of Jesus Christ
In studying different resources on Galatians, i ran across an article by Doug Wilson (one of my favorites) and found it very helpful and encouraging. I’d like to share the following excerpt with you. His exposition here covers Galatians 2:16-21. You can read the whole article here. What is meant by “the faith of Jesus Christ”?…