First, Has baptism any such instituted connexion with he Lord’s supper as to be a prerequisite to it? No Baptist will deny it to be a duty incumbent on believers, but he may consider it
Endurance in the Christian Life A mark of the Christian life is endurance, but endurance necessarily assumes time. As this post notes, "The Christian life is all about endurance: Persevering, learning, and growing.One thing we
Kettering, Aug. 30, 1810. My dear Friend, As it is very doubtful whether I shall be able to attend your ordination, you will allow me to fill up the sheet with brotherly counsel. You are
How Hyperbole Dulls Our Spiritual Discernment Here, Tom Schreiner notes that hyperbole can be effective, but how it is currently be abused is concerning, "Hyperbole and exaggeration can be effective rhetorical devices, grabbing our attention
[Written in 1799.] I have been a good deal impressed with a persuasion that in our missionary undertakings, both at home and abroad, we shall not be remarkably successful, unless we enter deeply into the
The Danger of Theological Tribalism Tribalism is an increasing phenomena, and that is not a good thing. As Blake Long, the author of this post notes, "I’m not sure if you’ve seen it, but social
Loyalty Matters: The Misunderstood Virtue In this post, Matthew J. Hall differentiates between a proper and improper understanding of loyalty and the benefits of a proper understanding. He writes, "Any healthy organization rightly expects that
Mr. Hall, in his justly admired Sermon on modern Infidelity, has brought forward some very plausible objections to President Edwards’s definition of virtue, but which appear to be founded in misapprehension. The definition itself is
Conspiracy Theory or Gospel Truth? In this post, Clint Archer lays out the often foolishness of conspiracy theory, then shifts to show how there is really only one conspiracy theory that must be debunked. Show
The ends which the death of Christ accomplished. In them, though there is much which is peculiar to himself, yet there is also much in which we are made conformable to him. Did he satisfy