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Forensic Friday: How Sinful Women become Righteous

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 23, 2010

Briefly put, then, one key problem with denying a priority of justification to sanctification is that it makes sanctification something other than what it is. The very character and identity of the Christian life are at stake. As Calvin has stated, when discussing the importance of justification, “For unless you first of all grasp what… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 14, 2010

[The reformers] went beyond Anselm in distinguishing clearly between active and passive obedience in the mediatorial work of Christ, and in recognizing the former as well as the latter as a part of the atoning work of Christ. The God-man satisfied the demands of the divine justice, not merely by His sufferings and death, but… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo (a Day After) Wednesday

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 1, 2010

The office of the Holy Ghost is to produce sanctification in the people of God. This he performs immediately from the Father and the Son. It is for this reason that he is called the Spirit of holiness. The office of the Holy Ghost may be said to embrace the following things: to instruct, to… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 17, 2010

This is a true apostolic saying: What he elsewhere referred to as: “Baptised into Christ’s death and buried with Him in baptism,” he here describes as “planted together into the likeness of His death.” Thus he binds and knits together Christ’s death and resurrection and our baptism, in order that baptism should not be thought… Read More→

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Where’s Waldo Wednesday

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 10, 2010

Article 22: The Righteousness of Faith We believe that for us to acquire the true knowledge of this great mystery the Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes him its own, and no longer looks for anything apart from him. For it must… Read More→

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Was Machen Wrong Not to Appeal to Union?

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 15, 2010

Writing on Gal. 2:19 (“For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God”), a verse smack dab in a passage where Paul talks a lot about being “in” Christ, Machen writes the following: The law . . . led men, by its clear revelation of what God requires, to… Read More→

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The Return of This and That

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 10, 2010

Hide it under a bushel? No! But under camouflage? Yes. At least that the implied message of the new “Camo” edition of the American Patriot’s Bible. (Thanks to our mid-West correspondent.) This pocket version of the popular American Patriot’s Bible reminds Christians of the Bible’s living legacy in the history of America, a nation built… Read More→

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