Salvation
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Today, I wanted to offer some further reflections I’ve had after reading about the life of a man who many people would assume was great; Alexander of Macedonia, the conquering king. By the time he was 26 or 27 years old, depending whose historical accounting you read, this Greek man had conquered his own native…
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My previous post was in many ways a bit redundant, as it is a carry-over of things I have discussed before. However, my concern was establishing the right perspective in order to properly view things disclosed in the Old Testament. Difficulty understanding certain biblical passages arises because of an incorrect outlook. Some examples we might…
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Opening Thoughts… Historically one of the first major heretics to arise out of the Christian faith was a man by the name of Marcion (2nd century; taught 140-155 A.D.). He denied many of the writings of the New Testament (hereafter N.T.) that seemed to share too much affinity with the Jewish faith of old. He…
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“You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord” (Lev 18.4-5; emphasis added).1 As I was traveling home one day after work…
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Today, I want to take what we learned about the five-point covenantal outline found (used) in Scripture and apply it to God’s covenantal relationship with Adam. This is often denoted the Covenant of Works by Reformed theologians and other orthodox teachers of the past. Some deny that there ever was a covenant between God and…
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