CHAPTER 14. THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE. To illustrate what has been already said, and show what kind of righteousness ...
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 pol, I. Sources 1. The Acts 2. The Thirteen Epistles (1) Pauline Authorship (2) Lightfoot's Grouping (a) First Group (1 and...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
CHAPTER II. THE RECONCILIATION OF MAN TO GOD, OR THE APPLICATION OF REDEMPTION THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. SECTION I.?THE APPLICATION OF...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
Sexuality, Human Foundations This essay is based on the following premises: (1) Those functions founded in the unfallen created order that God proclai...
Zechariah, Theology of Introduction. Authorship. The book of Zechariah falls naturally into two parts: chapters 1-8 and 9-14. In the first part we fin...
CHAPTER 2. OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES. This chapter consists of three principal parts.--I. A brief explanation of certai...
Chapter?20All things being prepared for the solemn promulgation of the divine law, we have, in this chapter, I. The ten commandments, as God himself s...
XII. THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS AND THE LARGER HOPE1 The doctrines of Calvinism formulated in the Westminster Standards are represented by many perso...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 _VIII. The Speeches in Acts._ This matter is important enough to receive separate treatment. Are the numerous speeches rep...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
CHAPTER IV. TRINITY IN UNITY. Athanasius: Contra Arianos; De Decretis Synodi Nicaenae (Oxford Library, Tr.). Augustine: De Trinitate; De Civitate, X...
CHAPTER II. DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. In the nature of the one God there are three eternal distinctions which are represented to us under the figure ...
Chapter?1In this chapter we may observe, I. The preface and introduction to the whole epistle, to v.?16. II. A description of the deplorable condition...
Chapter?2There are two great ordinances which divine wisdom has instituted, the wretched profanation of both of which is complained of and sharply rep...
CHAPTER 6 Ephesians 6:1-24 . MUTUAL DUTIES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN: MASTERS AND SERVANTS: OUR LIFE A WARFARE: THE SPIRITUAL ARMOUR NEEDED AGA...
Leadership [N]The Old Testament. In the earliest days of the Old Testament, leadership of the people of God was by the family head or patriarch, to wh...
CHAPTER 1 - Of The Holy Scripture Being The True Word of GodCANONICAL SCRIPTURE. We believe and confess the canonical Scriptures of the holy prophets ...