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Calvinism & Enjoyable Christian Experience
from Sinclair Ferguson Jul 02, 2012 Category: Articles
Calvinism—at least in its consistent forms—has never been merely cerebral. The history of Reformed Christianity is also the story of the highest order of spiritual experience.
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Who Can Be Against Us?
from Sinclair Ferguson May 09, 2011 Category: Articles
God has promised to work everything together for the good of His people. If God is for us, it follows that, ultimately, nothing can stand against us. That is logical. Otherwise, God would not be God. If something could rise up against God and overcome Him, that other thing would be God. God would then prove to be a false god—no God at all. But on the contrary Paul is say- ing that in the last analysis, nothing can be against us if God is for us.
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The Marvel of the Gospel
from Sinclair Ferguson Apr 11, 2011 Category: Articles
Guilt is not just a feeling. It is not just a psychological condition, although it can become one. It is a legal standing. When the foreman of the jury in a trial speaks the word Guilty, he is not commenting on the feelings of the accused. He is pronouncing a verdict. He is saying that the accused has been judged to have committed the crimes with which he was charged. The accused is guilty and will be treated accordingly—no matter what he or she may “feel.”
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Glorious Freedom
from Sinclair Ferguson Mar 28, 2011 Category: Articles
You may have been a Christian for some time and yet not grasped your new status in Christ. You may still be intimidated by the domineering character of the tyrant who once ruled over you. Believers sometimes wrongly assume: “I have sinned; therefore, sin still has authority over me. I cannot possibly have ‘died’ to sin.”
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Deserving Nothing
from Sinclair Ferguson Mar 21, 2011 Category: Articles
Religious people are always profoundly disturbed when they discover that they are not, and never have been, true Christians. Does all of their religion count for nothing? Those hours in church, hours spent doing good things, hours involved in religious activity—do they not count for something in the presence of God? Do they not enable me to say: “Look at what I have done. Don’t I deserve heaven?”
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Eating Black Pudding
from Sinclair Ferguson Feb 18, 2011 Category: Articles
It was years ago now, but I still remember the discussion. I was making my way out of our church building some time after the morning service had ended, and was surprised to find a small group of people still engaged in vigorous conversation. One of them turned and said to me, “Can Christians eat black pudding?”
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The Prayer of Faith
from Sinclair Ferguson Feb 11, 2011 Category: Articles
Years ago, the editor of a publishing company asked me to write a book on prayer. The theme is a vitally important one. The publishing house was well known. To be honest, I felt flattered. But in a moment of heaven-sent honesty, I told him that the author of such a book would need to be an older and more seasoned author (not to mention, alas, more prayerful) than I was.
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Discernment: Thinking God’s Thoughts
from Sinclair Ferguson Feb 03, 2011 Category: Articles
Someone I know recently expressed an opinion that surprised and in some ways disappointed me. I said to myself, “I thought he would have more discernment than that.” Keep Reading -
The Old Wine is Best
from Sinclair Ferguson Apr 26, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
It is right to be concerned that the objectivity of the gospel should never be swallowed up by subjectivity, or the church community destroyed by individuality. But the understanding of the gospel and of justification in Luther and Calvin, in Heidelberg and Westminster, provides all the necessary safeguards. The old wine is best. It satisfies both the requirements of biblical teaching and the deepest hunger of the awakened human heart. Keep Reading -
What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part?
from Sinclair Ferguson Jan 12, 2010 Category: Ligonier Resources
In his note on Romans 9:14 in The Reformation Study Bible, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson writes:Paul recognizes that his previous statement, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated,' cannot be allowed to pass without further comment. Could the distinguishing sovereign purpose of God throw into jeopardy His attribute of perfect righteousness?
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