The following post was originally published on the Place for Truth blog here. “God hath appointed a day, wherein he will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father” (WCF 33.1). So opens the final chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith, “Of the […]
The Essential Law of the Vineyard
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog at placefortruth.org. The metaphor of God’s kingdom as a vineyard is one that has Old Testament vintage, which is appropriate when talking about a vineyard. Long before Christ’s first advent, the prophet Isaiah described the Kingdom of Judah as a vineyard well-supplied to […]
The Order of Salvation: Regeneration
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. Do you remember the moment when the Spirit of God effected your regeneration? Can you pinpoint the instant in which you were “born again” (1 Ptr. 1:3, 23)? You have probably heard testimonies describing a sudden […]
The Order of Salvation: Predestination & Election
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. In our theological lexicon, two words in particular stand out as notoriously confusing, potentially offensive, critically important, and profoundly comforting all at the same time. The terms ‘election’ and ‘predestination’ – which have nothing to do […]
Majoring in the Minors: Nahum
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. At our once-rural (now-suburban) church, we have two weekly prayer meetings. On Wednesday nights, we gather to pray for an hour, structuring our time around praise, confession of sin, and supplication. On Lord’s Day afternoons, we […]
The Promise: The Lord Will Keep You from Harm
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. The United States Secret Service is the federal law enforcement agency primarily responsible for protecting high-profile government figures and for conducting investigations into criminal activity targeting the country’s financial infrastructure. In the 2021 fiscal year, the […]
