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  • Bible Art Proverbs 10-12 But the desire of the righteous will be granted

  • Bible Art Proverbs 7-9 Reprove a wise man and he will love you

  • Bible Art Proverbs 1-3 Trust in the LORD with all your heart

  • Bible Art Psalms 146-150 The LORD watches over the sojourners He upholds the widow and fatherless

  • Bible Art Psalms 140-145 Everyday I will bless you and praise your name

  • Bible Art Psalms 133-139 Even before a word is on my tongue

  • Bible Art Psalms 119.89-176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep

  • Bible Art Psalms 119.1-88 Give me life that I may keep your testimonies

  • Bible Art Psalms 115-118 O Lord, not to us but to your name give glory

  • Bible Art Psalms 108-114 From the rising of the sun to its setting

  • Bible Art Psalms 106-107 Thank the LORD for his steadfast love and his wondrous works

  • Bible Art Psalms 103-105 Forget not all his benefits

  • Bible Art Psalms 96-102 The LORD reigns Let the earth rejoice

  • Bible Art Psalms 90-95 The Most High who is my refuge

  • Bible Art Psalms 86-89 Do you work wonders for the dead?

  • Bible Art Psalms 80-85 The LORD God is a sun and shield

  • Bible Art Psalms 78-79 A wind that passes and comes not again

  • Bible Art Psalms 74-77 You have made summer and winter

  • Bible Art Psalms 70-73 Prosperity of the wicked

  • Bible Art Psalms 66-69 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy

Bible Art Proverbs 10-12 But the desire of the righteous will be granted
Bible Art Proverbs 7-9 Reprove a wise man and he will love you

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Book Reviews

Book Review – Westerholm, S., Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme

2017-03-062019-06-24Josh

Link: Amazon Length: 99 Difficulty: Medium to Easy, Popular Topic: Theology, Paul Audience: Mainstream Christians Because I am sympathetic to the New Perspective interpretation on Paul’s use of justification I take it upon myself to [ Read More … ]

Book Review – NT Wright, What Saint Paul Really Said

February 20, 2017

Book Review – Stendahl, K., The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West

February 11, 2017

Book Review – Bolt, Payne, Women Sermons and the Bible Essays interacting with John Dicksons Hearing Her Voice

February 3, 2017

Series

Calvin’s Institutes – 2.10.4 – The Gospel declares nothing more than that sinners, without any merit of their own, are justified by the paternal indulgence of God

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Calvin doesn’t go out of his way to properly outline the content of the gospel in his Institutes. Occasionally he will give a throw away line which reveals his thoughts. Today I give one of [ Read More … ]

Calvin’s Institutes – 2.7.17 – For the rites of ablution and sacrifice, by which the Jews were consecrated to the Lord, separated them from the Gentiles

March 21, 2017

Calvin’s Institutes – 2.7.1 – By the Law, I understand the whole system of religion delivered by the hand of Moses

March 18, 2017

Calvin’s Institutes – 2.2.25 – Every thing which our mind conceives, meditates plans, and resolves, is always evil

March 4, 2017

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