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Regeneration Precedes Faith
from R.C. Sproul Apr 08, 2013 Category: Articles
One of the most dramatic moments in my life for the shaping of my theology took place in a seminary classroom. One of my professors went to the blackboard and wrote these words in bold letters: "Regeneration Precedes Faith."
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What Does it Take to Write Well?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Apr 06, 2013 Category: Articles
Though it is most often attributed to the great sports writer Red Smith, no one knows for sure who first bled this great insight—"Writing is easy. You just open a vein and bleed." Like all great metaphors, this one invites us to slow down and examine its many facets. Keep Reading -
4 Truths About Hell
from Tom Ascol Apr 05, 2013 Category: Articles
What should we think of hell? Is the idea of it really responsible for all the cruelty and torture in the world? Is the doctrine of hell incompatible with the way of Jesus Christ? Hardly. In fact, the most prolific teacher of hell in the Bible is Jesus, and He spoke more about it than He did about heaven.
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4 Reasons We Must Preach the Pentateuch
from Daniel Hyde Apr 03, 2013 Category: Articles
Despite the difficulties associated with it, I believe we must preach the Pentateuch for four reasons.
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4 Ways to Respond to the Gay Community
from John Freeman Apr 01, 2013 Category: Articles
Homosexuality has embraced our culture and our culture has embraced homosexuality. It's part of the fallen nature of things, and fallen man has always been an expert at creating ingenuous ways to celebrate his brokenness.
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He Is a Kind Man
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Mar 30, 2013 Category: Articles
Most of the people who know my father know him in one of two contexts, either as a preacher or as a teacher. His skills in both forms need no cataloging by me. They are as obvious as a profoundly obvious thing. His engaging style, whether behind the pulpit, or behind the pen is so personal that many feel like they know him. But while he is genuine and honest as a writer and speaker, those media do not leave much room for displaying genuine kindness. That requires real interpersonal relationship. Keep Reading -
Expiation and Propitiation: Two Important Words This Good Friday
from R.C. Sproul Mar 29, 2013 Category: Articles
When we talk about the vicarious aspect of the atonement, two rather technical words come up again and again: expiation and propitiation.
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Christ Forsaken
from Joel Beeke Mar 27, 2013 Category: Articles
It is noon, and Jesus has been on the cross for three pain-filled hours. Suddenly, darkness falls on Calvary and "over all the land" (v. 45). By a miraculous act of Almighty God, midday becomes midnight.
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Did God Die On The Cross?
from R.C. Sproul Mar 25, 2013 Category: Articles
The famous hymn of the church "And Can it Be?" contains a line that asks a very poignant question : "How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?" Is it accurate to say that God died on the cross?
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Is it True That “If You Don’t Have a Conversion Story You Don’t Have a Conversion”?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Mar 23, 2013 Category: Articles
Sure it is. As long as what we mean by "having a conversion story" is broad enough to include, "I have loved and depended on the finished work of Christ as far back as I can remember." Sadly, it is unlikely this is what people who say such things mean. Keep Reading
