Author: rey
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Should Christians Rejoice Over The Death of the Wicked?
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After some (long) time of hunting, the American special forces have successfully found and killed Osama Bin Laden, fulfilling the mission that was implemented under the command of President Bush. As President Obama echoed the words of said president, the American resolve remained united, and an enemy was stopped. And with the preparation for the…
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Prayer Mondays: BoCP on Thomas Sunday
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This comes from the Book of Common Prayer for Thomas Sunday. Almighty and everliving God, who strengthened your apostle Thomas with sure and certain…
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Prayer Mondays: St. Carson on the Resurrection
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This is a resurrection prayer from DA Carson adapted from a book (ht: Trevin Wax) We rejoice, heavenly Father, in the truth that Jesus…
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Holy Saturday Litury of Basil The Great
Some thoughts from our brothers and sisters in the Eastern Church. Not everything is right and I don’t approve certain practices but the imagery is pretty nice when you consider it as a picture. Rejoice, you heavens, sound the trumpet, you foundations of the earth, shout aloud your joy, you mountains; for see, Emmanuel has…
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An Honest Atonement That Worked
Just like how my faith was rescued by the resurrection of the Son of God, my theology was generally rescued by Christ’s crucifixion. But to see how that works, I have to give some general preliminaries of what others say. I’m not going into the detail of any of the systems. I’m just touching on…
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Questioning Salvation
Narcissism. The web (a blog) is all about Me. Who cares about what I say? Who cares if I’ve gotten to a point with soteriology (that is the study of salvation) where I might tentatively define myself by a label again? No one cares. But I post it anyway. I’ve often said that I write…
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Prayer Mondays: Jeanette Threlfall on Palm Sunday
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This one comes from Jeanette Threlfall. Hosanna, loud hosanna, the little children sang; Through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang. To Jesus,…
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Christ Didn’t Die For All: He Died For Paul
It is patently obvious that we have gotten the atonement wrong this whole time. We keep saying things like Christ died for all but the fact is that this is completely unscriptural and dangerous. Scripture is clear about the extent of the atonement: one man. Note that Paul explicitly points out the particularity of the…