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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“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent for his Son . . .”
Galatians 4:4a For my family, living in a community with a coal-mining heritage has been a new experience. Since we didn’t grow up hearing the stories about...
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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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