For many who come to a Reformed understanding of the gospel, including me, the Five Points of Calvinism are a common doorway. Its neat categorization of key elements of the gospel is quite enriching. Especially when you are coming from an environment that doesn’t think deeply about doctrine. It provides a straightforward answer to key aspects of the biblical gospel which helps one discern how this differs from much of what is proclaimed today.
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A Christ-centred ministry: A new look at C.H. Spurgeon on the Christian life
*Why bother about someone who lived about two centuries ago? As the preface to the ‘Theologians on the Christian Life’ series, of which the book under review is a part, points out, studying past theologians and believers gives us perspective: “We tend to lack the perspectives from the past, perspectives from a different…
Living Words – Abraham Kuyper (1837 – 1920)
If the battle is to be fought with honour and with a hope of victory, then principle must be arrayed against principle; then it must be felt that in Modernism the vast energy of an all-embracing life system assails us, then also it must be understood that we have to take our stand in a…
Calvinism Today, by B.B.Warfield
Here is an article by the great American Pastor and theologian, Benjamin B.Warfield (1851-1921). He presents a compelling exposition of that biblical understanding of reality which is known by the name ‘Reformed theology’ or ‘Calvinism’. It deserves careful reading and reflection. THE subject of this address involves the determination of a matter of fact, about…
The Christian Mind 