Some helpful clarification. With emphasis and reformatting by Michael Johnson of the Desiring God blog. We strongly reject, therefore, every explanation of the death of Christ which does not have at its centre the principle of ‘satisfaction thorough substitution’, indeed divine self-satisfaction through divine self-substitution. The cross was not: —a commercial bargain with the devil, …
Never Alone is a song that we haven’t used yet. A midi file would help me on Sunday nights. Maybe I’ll see about a backing mp3. Sunday mornings, well we’ve been busy. By my reckoning it’s the last really top line song that’s emerged from the EMU studio. (Rob Smith’s You Never Change is my …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 13 Q & A 23 Q What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer? A Christ, as our Redeemer, executes the offices of a prophet,*1 of a priest,*2 and of a king,*3 both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. Q & A 24 Q How doth Christ execute …
Here are a couple of statements that contrast evangelical theology with ‘evangelical liberalism,’ as it is developing. Albert Mohler’s review of ‘Love Wins’ includes this statement about the Gospel: We have no right to determine which “story” of the Gospel we prefer or think is most compelling. We must deal with the Gospel that we …
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