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Elyse Fitzpatrick on Parenting & the False Notion that Our Kids’ Salvation Depends on Us

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August 4th, 2011

Another insightful excerpt from the new book, Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick & Jessica Thompson: _____________________ Works righteousness is a deadly and false variation of godly obedience. Godly obedience is motivated by love for God and trust in his gracious…

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Still a Fundamentalist at Heart: My Stance on Roman Catholicism

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February 25th, 2011

Some readers of my blog dismiss me as having in effect abandoned the faith. They are so committed to certain fundamentalist practices and positions that they refuse to look on me with any grace. I am a hopeless liberal to them, and have abandoned important implications of the Gospel, and…

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Quotes to Note 21: Melancthon & Zwingli on the Fruit of Faith

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November 30th, 2010

The following is excerpted from Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings by James R. Payton Jr. (IVP, 2010), pg. 124-125. Today many mistake the Reformation emphasis on “sola fide” (“faith alone”) with an easy-believism where faith is all that matters and works are downplayed to the extreme that some…

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Quotes to Note 20: Ulrich Zwingli on the Gospel

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October 15th, 2010

Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings by James Payton Jr.

The following is excerpted from Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings by James R. Payton Jr. (IVP, 2010). The quotes by Zwingli are from his Commentary on True and False Religion, written in 1525. Ulrich Zwingli also stressed the mercy of God for the justification of unworthy sinners. He…

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Quotes to Note 18: C.J. Mahaney on Legalism

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August 23rd, 2010

The other day, I picked up C.J. Mahaney’s excellent little book Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing. I came across his excellent description of legalism once again and thought I’d share it here for my readers. When I first read through an earlier version of…

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We Believe (#9): The Justifying Act of God

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October 21st, 2007

Part 9 in a series of Sunday posts celebrating the glorious Truth we believe as Christians. The readings are quoted from the Elder Affirmation of Faith, of my church, Bethlehem Baptist (Pastor John Piper). I’m doing this because every few weeks our congregational reading is an excerpt from this document,…

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