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Restoring the Christian Life: A Study in 1 John
Great Expectations Summary This essay argues that much Christian frustration springs from unbiblical expectations—about life, church, and even salvation itself. Drawing on 1 John, it contends that Scripture gives us the “normal” Christian life: assurance rooted in believing and confessing Jesus as the Son of God and Lord (1 John 5:13; Rom. 10:9–10), not in cultural myths or self-invented promises. Historically, even the first-century church faced false teachers and schisms, s
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The Atonement
( First published in the March 1999 Chalcedon report.) A Theology of Sacrifice As a truly Reformed sort of fellow, following the...
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The Puritan Family
Some Thoughts on How the Puritans Lost their Children Perhaps the high point of the Christian family in America was the Puritan...
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Calvin and Powerful Preaching
Rev. Brian M. Abshire Over the years, after listening to a great many men preach a great number of sermons, I have often asked myself, “Why did they bother?” Oh, they delineated their three points well enough, demonstrated adequately their knowledge of the pluperfect, and told their mandatory joke (and received the mandatory chuckle). But frankly, for all their time, energy, and effort, they simply had little to say worth hearing. Their preaching had no point. It is tempting
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