God be thanked for the simplicity of the gospel. The longer I live, the more I bless God that we have not received a classical gospel, nor a mathematical gospel, nor a metaphysical gospel; it is not a gospel confined to scholars and men of genius, but a poor man’s gospel, a ploughman’s gospel; for [...]
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By these and other like testimonies, it is manifest, that the same other mean whereby we do apprehend and take hold of the grace of Justification, is neither works, neither the worthiness of any quality of course, but faith in Christ, unto which our salvation and everlasting life also is attributed by many testimonies of [...]
Here is an interesting snippet. I have a long-standing and almost thorough disagreement with Herman Hoeksema and the PRC; Recall I used to be a member of the EPC (Australia) which has a “less than sister church” relationship with the PRC of America.
This book by de Jong was very helpful when I first read it. [...]
Continue reading about Herman Hoeksema on what constitutes a true “offer”
1) The gospel offer, as it creates the dynamic situation of decision, is such a serious matter because the offer is part of the minister of reconciliation in which Christ and the Spirit of Christ are daily engaged. The offer is not par of the reconciliatory work itself as if the believing response of the [...]
Continue reading about A.C. de Jong on the Call of the Gospel in Response to Herman Hoeksema
We have Christian “myths” that we live with and do not even know it. One of the most prevalent myths is the idea that our external circumstances are the result of making God happy or mad at us.
We live in on a roller coaster controlled by indwelling sin that takes us down [...]
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