john-1:14

The Message of its Five Chief Preachers : A re-examination IN theology, as in any other science, we should avoid or escape from many serious errors were we more carefully to collate and to compare all the relevant facts before forming theories. In these papers we wish to examine the statements of Ho... Read More

ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM AUGUST 2003 IN ONE FILE Engraved! (John MacDuff, "The Immutability of Christ" 1874) "Behold! I have engraved you on the palms of My hands!" Isaiah 49:16 "Behold," says Immutable One, "I have engraved you on the palms of My hands." Not on the mountains, colossal as they are, ... Read More

The term Bibliology (from Greek biblos meaning “book”) refers to the study of the nature of the Bible as revelation. It often includes such topics as revelation, inspiration, inerrancy, canonicity, illumination, and interpretation. Revelation We use the term “revelation” to translate the Greek term ... Read More

The term “christology” (from Greek christos meaning “anointed one” or “Christ”) refers to the study of Christ. It often includes such topics as the preexistence and eternality of Christ, OT prophecies about Christ, Christ’s humanity, deity, and incarnation, as well as the issue of his temptations an... Read More

Introductory So much has been said and written on this subject, so various and conflicting have been the opinions expressed, so widely divergent are the meanings even, given by scholars to the very word baptism, that one naturally hesitates to write on such a theme. But a verse in the only Book that... Read More

"If Christ to His throne had not bidden farewell, Sad indeed were the tolling of life's passing bell; If Christ on the cross had not suffered and died, Dark indeed were the passage of death's somber tide. If Christ from the grave had in triumph not risen, Bleak indeed were the dungeons of that dread... Read More

Some of the most deeply spiritual truths are taught in connection with the tabernacle. I. It is a type of Christ. "And the Word was made flesh, and tabernacled among us" (John 1:14, R. V.). II. It has its fulfillment in His saints. "What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?" ... Read More

Someone recently said, “Mention one way in which you and Jesus are different. I bet you can’t!” This type of thinking is becoming quite prevalent among those who are talking about God, Jesus, oneness, union, grace etc. I praise God for the renewed interest in God and spiritual things. But individual... Read More

The Theses Theological Disputation 1. This is the catholic faith, that we confess one Lord Jesus Christ, true God and man. 2. From this truth of the double substance and the unity of the person follows the communication of attributes [communicatio idiomatum], as it is called. 3. So that those things... Read More

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." (v. 14) For reading & meditation: John 1:1-18 We continue meditating on the fact that the Christian faith is unique in that it is the Word not of a prophet but of the Son of God Himself. And when I refer to the Son of God I mean also God the So... Read More