Charles Hodge is a thorough scholar, his Systematic Theology numbering over two thousand pages. Thus, we are not surprised when we find that before he gets to practical matters of prayer, he wants us to understand the “assumptions” we make whenever we pray. Giving voice to these is helpful for it both encourages [...]
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Charles Hodge on Prayer – Part 2 – Prayer and Providence
Posted in Prayer, Sanctification, Sovereignty on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Owned
Posted in Christ is Lord, Cross, Gospel, Sermon, Sovereignty, Worship on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In yesterday’s sermon, Daniel Baker read 1 Peter 2:9-10 to describe our responsibility and privilege to worship God:
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once [...]
The Sovereignty of God and the Reality of Evil
Posted in Bible, Books, Evil, Peter Rollins, Scott Oliphint, Sovereignty, Theology on March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is right that wrestle with things that are difficult, especially when such things are important. The “problem of evil” is one of those things. Anyone is stretched to reconcile a Christian view of God–sovereign, infinite, eternal–and the reality of murder, treason, adultery, child abuse, war, divorce, jealousy, racism, and the million variations on all [...]
