Gill: Of the Liberty of the Sons of God
Among the several effects, or privileges of adoption, liberty is one, and a principal one; and requires to be treated of particularly and distinctly. “Then are the children free”, as our Lord says in...
Author: W. C. Newsom
F. F. Bruce: Does it Matter if the New Testament Documents Are Reliable?
Does it matter whether the New Testament documents are reliable or not? Is it so very important that we should be able to accept them as truly historical records ? Some people will very...
Matthew Henry On “Degradation of Women” Decrees in Esther
Though [the king] was very angry, he would not do any thing in this matter, till he advised with his privy-counsellors; as he had seven chamberlains to execute his orders, who are named, (v....
Jonathan Edwards: Love is the Opposite of Selfishness, Not Self-Love
I would show the nature of that selfishness of which charity is the opposite. — And here I would observe, 1. Negatively, that charity, or the spirit of Christian love, is not contrary to...
The Gospel Coalition Misreads Esther to Accommodate #MeToo Movement
The Gospel Coalition, working hard to polish its shining reputation as a tool of the Cultural Marxist Left, has published a new article reinterpreting the Biblical narrative of Esther as a book where “the...
Hodge: Sola Scriptura
Sola Scriptura BY A. A. HODGE 1. What is meant by saying that the Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice? Whatever God teaches or commands is of sovereign authority....
Luther: The 95 Theses
OCTOBER 31, 1517 Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther,...
Calvin on Faith: ‘Fallen Man Ought to Seek Redemption in Christ’
BY JOHN CALVIN (Through the Mediator, God is seen as a gracious Father, 1-2) 1. ONLY THE MEDIATOR HELPS FALLEN MAN The whole human race perished in the person of Adam. Consequently that original...
Luther on Salvation By Grace Alone
So he [Paul in Titus 3:5-7] discards all boasted free will, all human virtue, righteousness, and good works. He concludes that they are all nothing and are wholly perverted, however brilliant and worthy they...
Machen: ‘Christianity Must Pervade Not Merely All Nations, But Also All of Human Thought.’
“We are accustomed to encourage ourselves in our discouragements by the thought of the time when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. No less inspiring is the other...
