by Justin Marple | Feb 2, 2012 | Systematic Theology, TEACHING
The task of identifying essentials has been a debate within the Presbyterian Church for some time now. The failure to identify essentials and exercise discipline concerning such essentials has been blamed for the lack of theological unity of the mainline...
by Justin Marple | Sep 6, 2011 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
There has been a considerable amount of feedback in the comments on my first post regarding the teaching of Scripture and the Westminster standards as to some sins being worse than others in the sight of God. Though, as that post notes, these principles are also...
by Justin Marple | Sep 1, 2011 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
One of the most common misconceptions of Christians, including those who describe themselves as evangelicals, is that all sins are equal. This is an unexamined position on the part of most, in that they have not stopped to think about how it does not square with...
by Justin Marple | Oct 18, 2008 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
Too many conservative Christians view the Bible the way Muslims view the Qur’an — they act as if the Bible fell out of heaven in a heavenly language. But our God is a God who works in history. And in the incarnation, the Son of God came down from heaven...
by Justin Marple | Sep 22, 2008 | Systematic Theology, TEACHING
1 Peter 1:10 “Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and...
by Justin Marple | Jul 17, 2008 | General Teachings, Systematic Theology, TEACHING
Apparently there has been a debate lately on the question of whether the Reformation is over. I heard Carl Trueman speak eloquently about how it most certainly is not. Let me add the following observations to the debate (though I suspect I am saying nothing...
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