Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday, the closest Sunday to October 31, the date on which Martin Luther posted his 95 theses about disputed practices within the church. Protestant Churches use the date to commemorate and give thanks for the broader events of the period of the entire reformation. The year marks the 496th Less and less …

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Tullian Tchividjian again on the idea that law keeping and lawlessness are not polar ends of a spectrum with the Gospel in the middle, but that they are properly understood as being two sides of the one self-righteous, rebellious coin, to which the Gospel is God’s redeeming and renewing response. This is helpful because it …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 42 Chapter 25 – Of the Church Cont. (Paragraphs 4-6) IV. This catholic Church has been sometimes more, sometimes less, visible. And particular Churches, which are members thereof, are more or less pure, according as the doctrine of the gospel is taught and embraced, ordinances administered, and public …

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Conrad Mbewe (known to some as the African Spurgeon) speaks about the damaging outworkings of Christian theologies which claim extra-biblical revelation at John MacArthur’s Strange Fire conference. This time Cripplegate blog provide notes on his address. Additionally, Tim Challies’ notes are here. Reading Mbewe’s experiences will sadden any Christian. Realising that what he describes echoes …

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