Contra Sunday – Faith on Wednesday
Posted in Calvin on Mar 11th, 2010
I found a book a while back; no great find, to be sure, as nearly every Reformed Christian in the known world has heard of it before me I am sure, and yet, today, in the wilderness, it spoke to me. It is “Heart Aflame: Daily Readings from Calvin in the Psalms” and it puts [...]
RL DABNEY In our Confession, Chapter III., Section iii., verses 4 and 7, we have this description of it: 3d. “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained to everlasting death.” IV. “These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are [...]
RL Dabney Effectual Calling What is the nature and agency of the moral revolution usually called effectual calling or regeneration? This change must be more than an outer reformation of conduct; it is an inward revolution of first principles which regulate conduct. It must go deeper than a change of purpose as to sin and godliness; [...]
Posted in Calvin, Dabney, Presbyterian, Reformed on Apr 18th, 2007
RL Dabney Original Sin What Presbyterians really mean by terms such as “Original Sin,” “Total Depravity,” and “Inability of the Will” is defined by our Confession of Faith, Chapter IX, Section iii: “Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so [...]
RL Dabney Introduction Historically, this title (“Calvinism”) is of little accuracy or worth; I use it to denote certain points of doctrine, because custom has made it familiar. Early in the seventeenth century the Presbyterian Church of Holland, whose doctrinal confession is the same in substance with ours, was much troubled by a species of [...]
Posted in Calvin, Presbyterian on Feb 6th, 2007
I found this quote over at ‘The Reformed Virginian.”Not only is it a great quote and one I’m very glad to have found today, it’s also a great blogsite and worth a read. The wealth of good and godly stuff available on the internet now is incredible when I look back at what I remember [...]
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