The heart of the Bible is not about emulating heroes. It’s about convicting you about, Jesus, the hero you need. From Aaron Earles: If we are honest we are ourselves, we can easily find ourselves in the pages of the Bible—just not among the heroes. We are the failures, the rejects, the idolaters, the sinful, …
Westminster Confession of Faith – Lord’s Day 2 Chapter 1 – Of The Holy Scripture Cont. (Paragraphs 4-7) IV. The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, depends not upon the testimony of any man or Church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the Author thereof; …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 39 Q & A 155 Q How is the Word made effectual to salvation? A The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of enlightening, convincing, and humbling sinners; of driving them out of themselves, and drawing them unto Christ; …
Being a Christian is a corporate experience with individual implications, not an individual experience with corporate implications. Peter Adam is writing a brief series about preaching. Here he addresses what it means to understand the Bible (and preaching) is “mainly addressed to God’s people, not to individuals.” Individualism in preaching [that is, merely addressing individuals] …
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