Reformation Theology Blog

Read this if you have difficulty believing you are a hell deserving sinner.

Question: How do I recognise and accept that I'm a guilty sinner deserving of hell forever and there's nothing I can do to save myself because I'm struggling to accept this?

Answer: Thank you for your inquiry.  Before we can rightly understand sin and our need for salvation, we must first have a true understanding of who God is—in the splendor of His holiness, majesty, and absolute perfection. When we see God rightly, we will see why sinful man cannot stand in His presence apart from His grace.

Man does not live by bread alone

And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. - Deuteronomy 8:2-4

What is your preferred pronoun?

You will likely be asked the following questions about gender identity at some point by either your teacher or doctor. How should you respond? Here are some possible answers

Question: What is your preferred pronoun?

Response: I reject the premise of the question. The question assumes that gender is a matter of personal preference, which is a philosophical assertion—not a neutral fact.

You shall remember the Lord your God,

You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” - Deuteronomy 8:18

Overthrowing the Strongholds of Carnal Presumption

by Anthony Burgess

Let us now consider the proper means to overthrow those strongholds into which the carnally confident man retreats, and what way may be taken to undeceive such a one and set him in the path of salvation.

Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt - Jude 5

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. Jude 5 (ESV)

Jude 5 is a fascinating textual variant in the New Testament, with significant theological and textual implications. The main issue concerns whether the original text refers to "Jesus" (Ἰησοῦς) or "Lord" (Κύριος) as the one who delivered Israel from Egypt.

Shadow and Substance

A religion of notions is but a shadow; true godliness is engraved upon the heart by the Spirit. This highlights the crucial difference between intellectual assent to Christianity and true, Spirit-wrought godliness. A "religion of notions" refers to a faith that exists merely in the mind—one that acknowledges doctrine but lacks spiritual transformation. Such a faith is external, superficial, and powerless to save. It is compared to a "shadow" because, like a shadow, it has the form of religion but lacks its substance (2 Timothy 3:5).

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