From Dreading to Delighting in God’s Law: Steve Brown on The Law and Success

How can Christians truly sing Psalm 1:2, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord,” when it still feels like the law condemns, shames, and accuses us? The answer is by understanding the Christian’s new relationship God’s law (or the law’s third use, as Reformed speak would put it.) Listen to Steve Brown [...]

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Jesus’ Obedience to the Law as a Covenant of Works

To understand the distinction between believers’ relation to the covenant of works and the covenant of grace it is necessary to first grasp Jesus’ relation to both. The following quote from Herman Bavinck explains well the former aspect of this question–how the Christ relates to the covenant of works:
Even more, as a human being Christ [...]

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Free Sins for Christians (What!?) Prescribed by a Dentist of Grace

Let’s face it, American Christianity is so strongly addicted to various form of Pelagianism that to speak of grace the way the Bible does is to put one at odds with most Christians. Long gone are the days, or so it seems, when sola gratia had teeth in a large part of the church. A [...]

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Review: Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell

I believe that preaching the Word of God is to be highly valued. Thus Bryan Chapell’s Christ-Centered Preaching (ISBN: 0801027985) delights and challenges my heart to faithfully proclaim the Gospel of grace from the whole of Scripture.
Overview
Chapell’s work is an entry-level introduction to preaching aimed at faithfully unfolding and applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ [...]

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