These are some words from Tertullian’s Against Marcion, speaking against Marcion’s conception of God. Before I get around to commenting on it, I ought to set the scene slightly, and then tell you why on earth you care.
Tertullian lived in the late second and early third century AD. So he qualifies as ‘old.’ One of […]
Those whom God chose, he also gave to the Son; and those he gave to the Son, the Son also called; and for those whom he called, he laid down his life; and to them he gave eternal joy in the presence of his glory. This is the Father’s pleasure.
We can sum upthis great salvation […]
All of Scripture affirms the victory of God in world missions. It is not in question. God has promised. God is sovereign! Because he rules over the hearts of men and is the Lord of his church, his purpose cannot fail! Therefore, giving the Great Commission to the church was not a risk.
- John Piper, […]
[B]y that righteousness being imputed to us, is meant no other this, that the righteousness of Christ is accepted for us, and admitted instead of that perfect inherent righteousness which ought to be in ourselves. Christ’s perfect obedience shall be reckoned to our account, so that we shall have the benefit of it, as though […]
And , if one does not accept His birth from a Virgin, how can he accept his resurrection from the dead? For it is no astonishing, nor marvelous or extraordinary thing if, without being born, He rose from the dead; moreover we cannot [even] speak of resurrection of one who is unbegotten, since one […]
We have often said heretofore that the Gospel, properly speaking, is not something written in books, but an oral proclamation, which shall be heard in all the world and shall be cried out freely before all creatures, so that all would have to hear it if they had ears; that is to say, it shall […]
‘Justification by grace through faith alone raise immediate questions about the justified sinner’s future lifestyle. For some people, it is pleasant to think of justification by grace as making no demands and implying no change of lifestyle.
Paul’s answer to this wrong thinking is to point out that justification and forgiveness are part of the process […]
The crying need of the hour - every hour - is to put the churches on a wartime footing. Mission leaders are crying out, “Where is the church’s concept of militancy, of a mighty army willing to suffer, moving ahead with exultant determination to take the world by storm? Where is the risk-taking, the launching […]
Christ has become our substitute in two senses: in his suffering and death he becomes our curse and condemnation … And in his suffering and life he becomes our perfection
- John Piper, Counted Righteous In Christ, 41
Omnipotence is not a name given to the sum of all power but an attribute of a personal God whom we Christians believe to be the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and off all who believe on Him to life eternal. The worshiping man finds this knowledge a source of wonderful strength for his […]