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Continuance in Justification by C. John Miller, 11 April 1979
I wish to affirm that faith alone is the exclusive means for the believer’s continuance in justification. In the divine act of initial justification, faith alone obtains God’s once-and-for-all pardon and free acceptance. The same is true for justification as an ongoing manifestation in the life of the believer. My sins that are daily confessed…
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Abandoning the Idea of a Calvinist Remnant
This morning I listened to a Glenn Beck interview with Voddie Baucham. Using the Old Testament concept of a “remnant,” and quoting Reformed leaders J. Gresham Machen and Abraham Kuyper, these men uncritically presupposed a remnant theology to support their views of the world today. Since Christians often assume a “remnant theology” to support our…
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Arrived in Vicenza
Sunday, I preached at New Life Vicenza from Mark 14:27–31 (Luke 22:31–34). I will be preaching this week from Mark 14:32–42. NLV has been working through the book of Mark and I am coming alongside them and joining in what they are already doing. While I greatly enjoyed preaching the gospel Sunday morning, I enjoyed…
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A New Life Conference at Faith OPC in Long Beach
https://www.faithopc.org/Newlife Here are links to the three talks on Friday and Saturday at A New Life Conference in Long Beach, CA held on April 1–2, 2022. Talk 1: A New Life: Evangelism and the Foundations of Discipleship: https://youtu.be/IrmJaRB-f5w Talk 2: Praying—Together—the Promises: https://youtu.be/WeuWt0Y8Z8k Talk 3: Continuance in Justification: https://youtu.be/B7Vio433lw0 Here is a link to the…
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The Primacy of Faith—A Sermon with My Personal Testimony
In the Fall of 2020, as part of a new course I was developing from my research— “A New Life: Evangelism and the Foundation of Discipleship”—a number of people at Hickory Grove Church blessed others by publicly sharing testimonies. On November 22, the person scheduled to share their testimony had an emergency. So I took…