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Christ Our Hope PCA blog - Tony Phelps, pastor
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Reformed, Christ-centered reflections on Scripture and its application to the church & the world - with occasional rants.
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"NOT that, but THIS"
Reformed theology is a wonderful thing. For many Christians who "discover" the riches of Reformed theology - after many wandering years in the Semi-Pelagian wilderness - it's almost like a second blessing... A necessary part...
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A post-modern confession: "I'm spiritual, not religious"
In David Wells' The Courage to Be Protestant, he makes the following apt analysis of post-modern spirituality on p.69: "In an eye-catching reversal [of the rationalism of the Enlightenment]..., by the 1990's, 78 percent of...
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Counting the cost, closing the loop, and Calvin's Institutes
Somewhere, Someone said something about "counting the cost." That would be in the New Testament, Jesus speaking, and specifically Luke 14:28-33. In the context, Jesus teaches about counting the cost of discipleship. He used the...
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Does God still speak via new revelation today? (part 2)
Continuing Budgen on 1 Cor 13:8-13: 6. The word used for the cessation of the revelatory gifts is very strong (Gr. katargeo) - meaning "destroy." It is used in v. 8 re: prophecy & knowledge...
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Does God still speak via new revelation today? (part 1)
Someone inquired recently about how to show from Scripture that God no longer gives new revelation today - contra charismatic views of on-going revelation via tongues / prophecy. He cited the following from Westminster Confession...
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