2010
Redemption Assured Bible Studies in Ruth – Lesson 9
Chapter 3: The Final Turning Point In chapter 2 Samuel gives the account of Boaz and Ruth’s first meeting. In chapter 3 the reader discovers the couple’s second meeting, the most pivotal circumstance of the whole story. Like the...
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Book Review The Bookends of the Christian Life
By Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington
Published by Crossway Books, 2009
160 pages, $14.99
Available on Amazon.com This little book is truly a great treasure. Weighing in at only 160 pages and attractively bound in a compact, pocket-sized volume,...
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Book Review In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement
By J. I. Packer and Mark Dever
Published by Crossway Books, 2007
188 pages, $16.99
Available on Amazon.com One of my friends always makes fun of me for my hyperbolic tendencies. I’m always saying that “this book is the best ever”...
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Book Review Piety’s Wisdom: A Summary of Calvin’s Institutes
Piety’s Wisdom: A Summary
of Calvin’s Institutes with Study Questions by J. Mark Beach Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2010 368 pages. $20.00 paperback. Available on Amazon.com Dr. J. Mark Beach’s summary of the...
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Bavinck the Dogmatician: The Doctrine of the Trinity (3)
Thus far my treatment of Bavinck’s view of election and covenant has been largely based upon what he teaches explicitly regarding these subjects in his principal theological writings, the four-volume Reformed Dogmatics and his popular...
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Looking Above A Series on The Revelation of Jesus Christ Revelation 13:11–18
The Beast from the Earth As if the dragon in Revelation 12 were not enough—that great fiery red dragon who makes war with the saints of God, we were introduced in the opening verses of Revelation 13 to the beast from the sea. And as if...
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Reformed Youth Services Convention 2010: Rock Solid
Reformed young people may sometimes feel as though they are a minority in the world. However, after attending the Reformed Youth Services Convention in Newberg, Oregon, perhaps they felt like Elijah when he discovered that there were seven thousand...
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Bible Studies on the Life of Abraham Lesson 11: Speaking Face to Face Genesis 18:16–33
Some time ago I was at an outdoor flea market in North Carolina. The sky was getting darker; thunder could be heard in the distance. Many of the shoppers, as well as the vendors, were beginning to pack up to leave. I was about to do the same...
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The Crystal Cathedral Megachurch Goes Bankrupt
Considering that Robert Schuller pioneered the current megachurch movement, the recent bankruptcy of the Crystal Cathedral is no small issue. Are we getting a glimpse into the near future for those megachurches that have followed Schuller’s...
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The Italian Reformation: An URCNA Mission in Italy (2)
“Sometimes, when I watch, as I do now, my beloved wife Sonia and our most beloved Matteo as they sleep, I wonder, how can he grow, as a true believer, in a country like Italy, in such relentless spiritual, social, and political decline?...
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