Tag: reformed
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God’s True Covenant People Are Not Pretenders
If Isaiah were alive today, he would call prosperity gospel preachers and most televangelists and megachurch pastors blind, ignorant, useless, greedy and insatiable dogs, just as he called the false shepherds of Israel “silent dogs” who are blind, without knowledge, and who have never enough.
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Jesus the Extreme Street Preacher
“Think positively, because I’m here to talk with you and walk with you along life’s narrow way. Give me all your tears of sadness and all your years of pain, and you’ll enter into life in my name. By being strong-willed, you will be able to overcome the obstacles of a long and winding, dry…
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Liturgy for January 1, 2012
* All those who are able, please stand. * Call to Worship: Psalm 119:49-56 * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 Confession of Sin Reading of the Law: Exodus 20:1-17 General Confession: Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left…
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Chosen, Not to Be Frozen, But …
Our Lord Jesus says that there is no “frozen chosen,” because he has chosen you and ordained you to bear much fruit. Instead, you are the “brazen chosenâ€: bold, zealous and fiery in bearing good fruit for Christ.
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Born to Be “Like His Brothers in Every Respect”
Notwithstanding images of a “super baby†at his birth, Jesus was like any other baby born in this world by a woman. We hear cute little children in Christmas pageants singing, “The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.†No, the baby Jesus did cry.
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“The Son Fulfilled the Righteous Requirement of the Lawâ€
Christ “became a curse†to redeem us from the “curse of the law†(Gal 3:13). He was “born under the law†to redeem us who were “under the law†(Gal 4:4-5).
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Advent Series: Why the God-Man?
This Advent season, I thought that it is then fitting to reflect upon Anselm’s query, “Why did God become man?” from the vantage point of what Scripture says supported by the Heidelberg Catechism.
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Why Obey the Voice of the Lord
In many evangelical churches, pastors invite unbelievers to become Christians so that they may reap material blessings from God. Very few call on the congregation to listen to the voice of God and to seek after righteousness given by Christ.
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Why Does Your Church Have Confession, Absolution, and Communion?
Roman Catholic stuff? For evangelicals, these three words conjure up a nightmare of a confessional, adoration of the host, and other forms of Roman Catholic sacerdotalism. James asked me about these things…
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A Brief Walk-Through Our Worship Liturgy
Because of Christ’s work in offering himself as a sacrifice to cleanse us of our sin, we are fit to enter the heavenly Holy of Holies to worship the Triune God.