Just read a suggestion from [Saint] Ben P on Facebook that we address our Christian friends at church this Sunday as ‘Saint Gary’ or ‘Saint Margaret’ as an evangelical response to Mary Mackillop being accorded that status. It’d get boring, but it could be fun for a while.
Over the last weekend I listened to someone who was once very prominent in Australian Christianity as he visited our town. He had a lot to say that questioned his old understanding of the Christian faith, particularly songs that he had written. I think the critique of the distinctives of the movement that he was …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 33 Q & A 88 Q. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion? A. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the coming-to-life of the new*1. Q & A 89 Q. What is the dying-away of the old self? A. It is to be genuinely sorry for …
Last week I quoted a blog post by Ray Ortlund about the danger of falling into the tendency of the Judaisers from the book of Galatians: adding anything to being saved by grace through faith in Christ alone as being necessary to be truly saved and acceptable. I quoted Ortlund’s piece in full and with …
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