Who is to Care for the Poor?

The Church of course.  Yet, we live in a time when the church has come to the point of relying on the government to take care of those that we have been entrusted with to care for.  The Scriptures make it clear that God’s people were always to care for the poor, orphaned, widowed, etc, [...]

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The Theonomy of the Gospel

Dr. Herman Ridderbos writes:
“The disposition of the heart is an indispensable condition of a good deed for the very reason that it is included in the precept of the law and is demanded by God in the revelation of his will. The theonomy of the gospel is subjection to the law, and any attempt [...]

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Important Quote on the “Sermon on the Mount”

Bishop NT Wright says this of this very well know speech of Jesus:
“The sermon…is not a mere miscellany of ethical instruction. It cannot be generalized into a set of suggestions, or even commands, on how to be ‘good’. Nor can it be turned into a guidemap for how to go to ‘heaven’ after [...]

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Adding to the Commandments

It is an interesting point in the story of the Fall that Eve adds to God’s prohibition.  In Genesis 2:16-17, God instructed the man, Adam, not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Then in Genesis 3:3, Eve replies to the serpent concerning the prohibition saying, “…But God did say, ‘You [...]

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Keeping His Commandments

This week I preached from 1 John 2:3-6, 3:21-24, 5:2-3, and the title of my sermon was “Blessed Assurance.”  The reason for the title is that if you take John at face value without having any background understanding, we would all be in question of our salvation.  In 2:3 John writes, “We know that we [...]

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Calvin on “the righteousness of the faithful”

“For whenever Scripture speaks of the righteousness of the faithful, it does not exclude the remission of sins, but on the contrary begins with it” (Commentary of 1 John).

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Life, Eternal life, and Abundant life & Keeping the Law

In my last post on this topic I made reference to enjoying the good things that God has made and given to us as He has commanded us to enjoy them. In this post I want to emphasize the fact that we are to enjoy these things as the Lord has prescribed that they [...]

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The New/ Old Commandment

1 John talks much about loving one another. In a previous post titled “True Christian Love” I explored this. But I would like to note here that this “True Christian Love” has been the love God has expected from His people from the very beginning. In Matthew 7:12, Jesus is recorded [...]

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His Statutes are Firm

“Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days” (PS. 93:5)
     I realize that for not blogging very long I have posted on the Law of God more than any other topic.  This is due to the fact that: (1) Our society has rejected the Law, and many have rejected any sort [...]

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To Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever

     The following quote is an exerpt from Chalcedon’s feature article this month.  It brings up some interesting points concerning the state of the American church.  It discusses the “big idea” of pastor, theologian, author, R. J. Rushdoony as being “to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”  Even if you don’t know who Rushdoony is/was I think that this [...]

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