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Originally posted on The Reformed Reader:
This is a very helpful discussion of effectual calling/regeneration: If you believe that the natural state of human beings today is that of moral and spiritual neutrality, so that they can do good or…

BY NICK BATZIG, http://www.reformation.org Over the past week, I’ve seen more appeals to the second half of Matthew 22:39 than I’ve seen artist postcards in a hipster coffee shop. “Love your neighbor as yourself” (which is the second greatest command, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Reformedontheweb's Blog:
Their foot shall slide in due time (Deut. Xxxii. 35). The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this. “There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment…

Originally posted on The Reformed Reader:
The Westminster Confession says this of the elect: “[God] chose them out of his free grace and love alone, not because he foresaw faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of these, or…

Originally posted on The Reformed Reader:
I recently started reading this resource in my Logos library: T&T Clark Companion to Reformation Theology.  One article that stands out is Chad Van Dixhoorn’s work on election.  In this essay, Van Dixhoorn talks…

IF YOU FEAR GOD YOU NEED FEAR NOTHING ELSE! Compiled by Michael Jeshurun The fear of God will be or should be one of the favorite topics of the Christian. Unfortunately, it’s very misunderstood. This may be partly because it…