October 21, 2009 @ 3:27 PM | Posted By: Chris Donato
"Mankind is made to resemble God. What, then, does it mean to be made in the image of God?" --Ligon Duncan, "Created in God's Image," Ligonier Leadership Conference The question quoted above is that which Dr. Duncan sought to answer throughout his second discussion at the Ligonier leadership conference. His...
October 20, 2009 @ 5:45 PM | Posted By: Chris Donato
"Jesus hurls great chunks of God's Word at Satan in the wilderness--insurmountable words of resistance: 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" --Sinclair Ferguson, "The Word Is Truth," Ligonier Leadership ConferenceDuring His temptation in the wilderness nothing less than...
March 16, 2009 @ 6:35 AM | Posted By: Chris Donato
"In Jesus' name we pray, Amen." Is this just habit, a formal closing in public prayer? Or, is it a powerful declaration that we who pray in that name are in him to whom that name belongs? Well, Christians from the time of Christ onward have prayed in the name of...
January 30, 2009 @ 6:35 AM | Posted By: Chris Donato
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he...
January 23, 2009 @ 7:15 AM | Posted By: Chris Donato
On October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the academy bulletin board (which happened to be the church door in those days). Essentially, the theses rebuked church leaders for abusing indulgences. Indulgences, he argued, cannot forgive sins. Rather, they are in danger of bringing a false...
November 26, 2008 @ 3:00 PM | Posted By: Chris Donato
"Faith cannot be without a settled peace of mind, from which proceeds the bold confidence of rejoicing," John Calvin wrote in his commentary on Hebrews in the mid-sixteenth century. This point is most striking, and mostly underplayed by many exegetes. How could Calvin write something so...insensitive? And again: "We hence...
