Category: Scripture
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God Is Incomprehensible, Yet We Can Truly Know Him Because He Made Himself Known
I can’t tell you the number of times that someone has informed me of what God is like with a definition that not only is not found in Scripture but also makes no sense with a quick look at the world we live in. Everyone has an opinion about God, but it seems that very…
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Hodge on Mysticism
Mysticism is alive and well in many books about knowing the will of God or decision making. Here is Charles Hodge’s description of Mysticism and the difference between it and what Christians believe about the Holy Spirit leading us to understand the objective truth of the Scriptures. Mysticism, in its application to theology, has assumed…
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God’s Word Must Constantly Reform Me
It is odd to find a person that is actually desiring to constantly be reformed by God’s Word. As a general rule, people have pet things that they want to hang on to and will not let go of them no matter what they read, hear, or see. This is a problem and is not…
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Worshipping As A Family With Repetitive Steadfastness
Rather than seeing this repetition of life as something that is boring we should view it as a faithfulness that will bear fruit you won’t get from always attempting to do something new.
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A Cloud With No Rain – Luther’s Take On A Wrong View Of The Law
The problem with the Law is that it seems to overpromise. As Luther says here, it “promises rain but gives none”. We will oftentimes get in the mindset of working as hard as we can to earn God’s favor by keeping the Law as best we can. We forget that we can’t keep God’s Law…
