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GRACE GREATER THAN OUR SIN "Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt! Yonder on Calvary's mount outpoured -- There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt. Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold, Threaten the soul with infinite loss; Grace that is greater yes, grace untold -- Points to the Refuge, the mighty Cross. Dark is the stain that we cannot hide, What

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This is a stupendous hymn from 1758! Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Click on the Link, above to see the lyrics & hear a MIDI score)

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This excerpt from the Classic commentary, "Romans: Verse-by-Verse" by William R. Newell, deals with the Gospel's power to save men, through the seeming foolishness of preaching a historical, objective event which has occured, and then relating the doctrine about that event. And this message always works, infallibly, because of the effectual, irresistible call of the Spirit of God in the hearts of

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This is a hymn which recently struck me as a worthwhile one to post. I love it because it asks some penetrating questions that need to be asked. Do I really expect the world to help me on to God? Watts' hymn implies a resounding, "NO! ... what was I thinking??" Am I a Solider of the Cross? (by Isaac Watts) Am I a soldier of the cross? A foll'wer of the Lamb? And shall I fear to own His cause

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I plan to begin posting regularly again, maybe one post a week or so. I am going to try and add a few quotes, hymns, and thoughts, as well as post some short doctrinal points and exegetical comments. I think that this idea of posting regularly, a little bit at a time, will be the most helpful for me and those who read this blog.My next planned post is a hymn by Isaac Watts, and then we will see

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There have been many different sources of revivals since the 1700s. There was the... First Great Awakening Second Great Awakening Charles Finney Welsh Revival D. L. Moody Azuza Street (First Wave of the "Outpouring of the Holy Spirit") Billy Sunday Second Wave (Charasmatic Healers) Billy Graham Third Wave (Super Apostles & Prophets)

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Here is an excellent episode on True Church Discipline: CrossTalk Show Episode with Guest Jeff Noblitt. Just click the link, then select your preferred media type, such as mp3. (By the way, thanks to Lane because I am 99% sure that I found this on his blog or YouTube site.)

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Here is a very important video that helps in understanding some of the people and concepts of the Emerging Church Movement, as well as its roots and goals. It may be more intolerant and purposeful than you think... Voices of the Emerging Church

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Here are a couple of Sermons by Jim McClarty, of GCA. They were preached in a series on Romans. Jim has his own blog and a YouTube profile. I found these to be very helpful in understanding the role which presuppositions play in Biblical interpretation. The Bible is really not a pretext for 1,000 interpretations. Rather, we just need to hear what it says, instead of presupposing our traditions

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Our beloved sister from "Thus Saith the Lord" has posted a very beautiful sermon from Spurgeon that I am compelled to post here: Spugeon's Sermon. I know that she probably gets a lot more traffic on her blog, but if one or two people drop by and learn of this sermon or her blog through this post, it will be worth it indeed!

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This series by Jim McClarty, which I am working through, deals with the question, "Is the Church Spiritual Israel?" It is in 13 parts: Hour 1, 1-7; and Hour 2, 1-6. I will link to the first part here: Hour 1, part 1

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I came across a great series on Sola Scriptura on Youtube. It is in several parts: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, and 2c. I will link to the first part here: 1a.

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The Reformers came out of the darkness of unbelief, and particularly the unbelief of the Roman Catholic Church, into the light of the Gospel. They realized that, despite the world around them (or even what was called the "Church") they had to stand on the basis of Pauline truth. They were not alone. The basic Gospel truths which they received from the Bible were given of God, held by the Apostles

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I came across this valuable study on Biblical discernment which is entitled "The Believer's Call to Judge". It is in several parts: Part 1a , Part 1b , Part 1c , Part 2a , Part 2b , and Part 2c .

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"No amount of earnestness can be condemned when pleading, on straight lines, the cause of God. ... To employ soft words and honeyed phrases in discussing questions of everlasting importance; to deal with errors that strike at the foundations of all human hope as if they were harmless and venial mistakes; to bless where God disapproves, and to make apologies where He calls us to stand up like men

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If a doctrine is not found in Scripture, then it is to be rejected. Historical witness is indeed important, but is quite worthless as a definitive source of certainty outside of the criterion of the Scripture. All things are to be tested by the Scripture and no doctrines are to be received outside of the Scripture. The only certain apostolic witness is in the Scripture. Also, most of the

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"Again, men say that instead of engaging in controversy in the Church, we ought to pray to God for a revival; instead of polemics, we ought to have evangelism. Well, what kind of evangelism is it that is indifferent to the question what evangel it is that is to be preached? ... not the evangelism that Paul meant when he said, 'Woe be unto me, if I preach not the gospel.' No, my friends, there can

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"It makes me weep to watch the growing deception, to cry out against it, and to be heeded by so few and opposed by so many. Why is that essential correction which Scripture so clearly demands left to a few of us nobodies and shunned by church leaders who would be heeded by millions? Write to the most influential so-called evangelical leaders and ask how they can "preach the Word" without

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Do you think this attitude of unbelief and directly denying the Scripture is pleasing to God?: "[Graham's Brother-in-law] was quoted as saying, 'Preach the Gospel, but don't be so negative as to refuse to endorse or work with those who belong to a group that proclaims a different Gospel!' [Graham's Brother-in-law]'s words seem to be an open defiance of Paul's words: 'But though we, or an angel

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Jim McClarty dicusses the Pre-Tribulation Rapture in this series of videos... They are in 5 parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDD_iBC0HzU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFR3SZfeeg&watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHPMil-o_w&watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQkEIVFN4sg&watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHwZiaBJJu4&watch_response

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Here is some of Jim McClarty's teaching on end time events (particularly Amillenialism) from Reformed Voices Blog: http://reformedvoices.blogspot.googlepages.com/examiningamillenialism I look forward to seeing how Jim deals with this issue, and I may post more as I work through the messages.

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The Emergent Church and its philosophies are gaining a much wider audience than I first anticipated. I thought it was limited to a kind of counter-church, counter-culture movement; but it has a wide appeal through the many churches, colleges, and publishers which are supportive of it. It is a direct denial of the Gospel,very similar to liberalism but with an added component of Mysticism. I will

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Here are links that give some insight into the background and character of the Neo-Evangelical movement: http://www.americanpresbyterianchurch.org/new_neutralism.htm http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/fundamen1.htm Neo-Evangelicalism is extremely dangerous because it is designed to preach only those parts of the truth which people can agree on (Or, it speaks the truth in a way that qualifies it and

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All other posts will probably be in "random". Also, these "series" are a little bit more like "categories" because they might not be all in sequence.

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This series will attempt to correctly express that Biblical Sanctification is by grace, through faith. It will also try to provide Biblical insight on how it is wrought out in our lives, and what our responsibilities are in the process.

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This series will consider the nature of Divine, Sovereign, Unmerited Grace.

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This series will attempt to deal with a very painful subject: the loss and opposition of the Gospel by those who claim to be preaching it!

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This series will uphold Sola Scriptura, the belief that the Bible is God's only "God Breathed" special revelation, necessary & sufficient as a rule (or criterion/standard of judgement) for every belief and practice.

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This series will attempt to cover a few of the myriad of mystical movements promoted today. I will try to cover popular movements and movements/concepts which have affected churches.

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Okay, I admit that I borrowed this series title ("Plank of Wood") from one of Jim McClarty's (The Pastor of Grace Christain Assembly) sermon clips that I found on YouTube. And this post title ("Got Wood?") I got from an old statement by Mr. Bush, in the Kerry - Bush Presidential debate. So what in the world am I talking about? This series will dicuss a little about Dispensationalism and

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This Series will deal with how the local church is governed, organized, and functions.

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This series will attempt to discuss some of the rich Biblical fruit that came out of the Protestant Reformation, while also addressing some of the doctrinal areas which the Reformation never even touched, or contradicted the Scriptures in.

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This series will deal with popular Revivals and touted moves of the Holy Spirit, and hopefully also cover Charles Finney, Pentacostalism, and other related teachings.

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This will be a category that deals with Hermeneutics, Exegesis, contextual interpretation, and possibly NT Greek.

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I think I will try to categorize my posts not only by topic, but also into some distinct series which will discuss related important issues.

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Once the blog is underway, I will try to combine some simple good teaching with some lesser considered thoughts, also.

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I will focus on constructing features of the Blog (such as websites, favorite Blogs, etc.) before I will work on posting much.

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