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  • Bible Art Malachi 1-4 They shall be mine says the LORD of hosts

  • Bible Art Zechariah 8-14 He will give them showers of rain

  • Bible Art Zechariah 1-7 Sing and rejoice O daughter of Zion

  • Bible Art Haggai 1-2 He who earns wages does so to put them into a bag of holes

  • Bible Art Habakkuk 1-3 If it seems slow, wait for it, it will surely come

  • Bible Art Zephaniah 1-3 He will exult over you will loud singing

  • Bible Art Nahum 1-3 The Mountains Quake before Him

  • Bible Art Micah 1-7 What does the LORD require of you?

  • Bible Art Obadiah 1 As you have done, it shall be done to you

  • Bible Art Jonah 1-4 Salvation belongs to the Lord

  • Bible Art Amos 6-9 O Lord, Please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!

  • Bible Art Amos 1-5 The lion has roared who will not fear

  • Bible Art Hosea 8-14 By the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice and wait

  • Bible Art Hosea 1-7 In Righteousness and in Justice, In Steadfast Love and in Mercy

  • Bible Art Daniel 10-12 They shall stumble by sword and flame by captivity and plunder

  • Bible Art Daniel 4-6 May your God whom you serve continually deliver you!

  • Bible Art Daniel 1-3 He changes times and seasons

  • Bible Art Ezekiel 46-48 Water was flowing from below the temple

  • Bible Art Ezekiel 43-45 Put away violence and oppression and execute justice and righteousness

  • Bible Art Ezekiel 40-42 Hear with your ears and set your heart

Bible Art Malachi 1-4 They shall be mine says the LORD of hosts
Bible Art Zechariah 8-14 He will give them showers of rain

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Book Reviews

Book Review – DeSilva, D.A., Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture

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This book greatly helps its readers to understand the dominant cultural influences on the early church and serves as an excellent set of lenses by which to to interpret the New Testament. I recommend this [ Read More … ]

Book Review – Gilbert, G., What is the Gospel? (9Marks)

December 5, 2017

Book Review – Wright, NT., Paul Fresh Perspectives

December 2, 2017

Book Review – Luther, M., Bondage of the Will

November 17, 2017

Series

Calvins Institutes – 3.3.7 – Perpetually urge him to adopt a different plan of life, that he may be able to stand securely at that judgment-seat

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Calvin gives his definition of repentance. His understanding of repentance is that it is an ongoing process whereby a person turns to God, cutting out sin in the power of the Spirit. This is part [ Read More … ]

Calvins Institutes – 3.11.2 – A man is said to be justified in the sight of God when in the judgment of God he is deemed righteous, and is accepted on account of his righteousness

June 13, 2017

Calvins Institutes – 3.11.1 – Christ given to us by the kindness of God is apprehended and possessed by faith, by means of which we obtain in particular a twofold benefit

June 13, 2017

Calvins Institutes – 3.4.6 – We pronounce every man to be anathema who does not confess himself a sinner before God

May 22, 2017

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