Posted on April 29, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” (Gen 18:25)
You know the context of this verse. But just [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Everybody who’s anybody is at the Together For The Gospel Conference this week. Which probably explains why I’m at home in my office writing a post about nothing since no one is reading anyway.I had intended to go to the conference, but guess what? I didn’t. And I’m still not there. [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Michael Spencer had this to say about assurance in the comments thread of the last post:
It’s really hard for me to see how the Good News tells us to look to works for assurance. We do works for a number of Biblical reasons: God’s glory, others’ good, our joy, etc. But I can’t imagine a [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Well, I admit it, I made a mistake, and I’m probably making one right now by writing this.Mistake #1. I stopped in at the BHT today and the latest post was by Michael Spencer. It went something like this.
I am conducting a test on the minds of my critics. I am confessing it [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
…but it’s still cool.
Did you ever wonder what religion your favorite Super-hero adheres to? Yeah, me neither, but I still found out today!
Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes)
HT: Dan Phillips
Dan Phillips filters it through a Christian worldview here.
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Posted on April 21, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
There is no substitutionary atonement if there is no Imputation of our sin to Christ and no imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us. Otherwise, how could he be a substitute if there is no exchange of place or position? How could it be that Christ should die for sin without actually taking sin upon himself? [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Washington D. C.- After the man of sin (George W. Bush) was revealed earlier this week when he tried to have ‘WWW’ stamped on everyone’s heads, Southern Baptists moved into action. While people stood in line to have their heads stamped, SBC Disaster Relief volunteers gave out water, tracts, and a smile to those waiting.
“It’s [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Buggy tagged me with a meme. I wasn’t going to do it, but then a homeschool mom told me to, so I guess I have to. But before I begin, let me ask you a question. “Who needs character?”
Ten Simple Pleasures
1. God.2. My wife running her [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
This is a rather lengthy excerpt from John Bunyan’s unfinished treatment of the doctrine of Justification, titled Justification By an Imputed Righteousness. To read the entire treatise, click here.
That which I call, and that rightly, the mysterious act of our redemption, is Christ’s sufferings as a common,4 though a particular person and as a sinner, [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2006 by Jeremy Weaver
Is there a difference between ‘certainty’ and ‘assurance’ as they relate to the individual’s salvation? And a related question, must salvation be empirically proven in order for it to be real? Finally, is certainty opposed to faith?You guys talk and I’ll listen.
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