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Assurance

SERMON – Building for the Glory of God: Nehemiah 3

October 16, 2008

Last Sunday I preached on Nehemiah 3. You can download the sermon, listen to it right here, download the video via the vodcast or by rightclicking on this download link. or read the edited trancript below. You can

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the [...]

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In Christ’s Blood and Righteousness Alone

May 1, 2008

We need to be reminded again and again that our works are useless when it comes to impressing God. This was something that I was reminded of again at New Word Alive when Terry Virgo preached on grace, as well as in my preparation for a sermon I preached a few days before entitled Work, [...]

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NWA08 – Don Carson on 1 John and Assurance

April 14, 2008

Carson closed the conference with his final talk on 1 John. I was home by this time, but I was able to listen to it over the weekend. You can do the same by ordering CDs from the New Word Alive website. I will share some short notes of it here.
Because of his love for [...]

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7th Most Read Post – What is a Reformed Charismatic?

February 2, 2008

No. 7 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on November 26, 2005, and endeavored to explain that curious phenomenon—a charismatic Calvinist or “reformed charismatic.” There was a time when we were considered an oddity and people doubted our existence. Now, at least in England, reformed charismatics are on the ascendancy and [...]

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BOOK – Piper on Wright, Conclusion: What is Justification?

November 21, 2007

I have now come to the end of my series responding to John Piper’s new book, The Future of Justification. Here is a list of the previous posts:

John Piper, N. T. Wright, and Gracious Discernment
John Piper Challenges N. T. Wright on Justification
Piper Explains the Classic View of Justification Versus N. T. Wright’s View
Piper and Wright: [...]

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John Piper on John Owen and Assurance of Salvation

September 27, 2007

There are few places where one can go to study church history more rewarding than Dr. John Piper’s biographical talks. He has a way of opening up the life of a great hero of the faith and showing us what we can learn from them. I’m finding myself in John Owen’s Communion with the Triune [...]

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