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Canons of Dort
For it was the entirely free plan and very gracious will and intention of God the Father that the enlivening and saving effectiveness of his Son’s costly death should work itself out in all the elect, in order that God… Continue reading
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Matthew Henry Monday
It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus that there is therefore now no condemnation to them. He does not say, “There is no accusation against them,” for this there is; but the… Continue reading
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Without A Willing Audience, Foolish Talk Dies
Speaking wicked words is folly, but so is listening to them. Without a willing audience, foolish talk dies. But with listening ears, it spreads. Listening to wicked lips is the behavior of an evildoer. In fact, the listener is himself… Continue reading
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God is at the Center of Counseling
God is sovereign, active, speaking, merciful, commanding, and powerful. The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is the central focus of counseling and the exemplar of the Wonderful Counselor. The Word of God and the work of the Holy Spirit are… Continue reading
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Who Should Read the Scriptures in Worship?
This public reading of the Scripture is treated with such seriousness because it has the capacity to bind the whole community to the same principles—the principles operative for life under the new covenant. By the reading of Scripture, the people… Continue reading
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Sharing In His Death and Resurrection
Even our weakness, suffering, and dying have been appointed by God to transform us into the likeness of our crucified and risen Savior. In this message, Sinclair Ferguson expounds on the fruit of our union with Christ in His death… Continue reading
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Matthew Henry Monday
In these verses the apostle opens the design of the whole epistle, in which he brings forward a charge of sinfulness against all flesh; declares the only method of deliverance from condemnation, by faith in the mercy of God, through… Continue reading
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Fleeing Worldliness
Worldliness is when I absorb and embrace a way of thinking and living that is not submissive to God but is instead contrary to God. Worldliness is what the apostle John calls “the lust of the flesh, and the lust… Continue reading
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The Solution to a Troubled Heart
And so in the beginning of chapter 14 Jesus anticipates the sorrow of their already breaking hearts, and He gives them comfort upon comfort. As we read Jesus’ words in the first six verses we discover how deeply He cared… Continue reading
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Matthew Henry Monday
God spake to his ancient people at sundry times, through successive generations, and in divers manners, as he thought proper; sometimes by personal directions, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by visions, sometimes by Divine influences on the minds of the prophets.… Continue reading
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