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Archive for October 27th, 2011

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Updating and Refining the 1689 Baptist Confession: Adding Important Doctrinal Affirmations

Creeds and confessions are usually born out of circumstances that threaten the doctrinal and practical integrity of the church. Historically, they have been the church’s response to erroneous or heretical teachings that arise from within or without the church. In the Early Church, the debates focused largely on Christology. Hence, the great Christological creeds of Nicene and Chalcedon. Read more »

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Man’s Chief End as Enjoying God: What About the Fear of God?

Hopefully, my readers will agree that the Puritan and Piperian depiction of man’s chief end as the enjoyment of God is Scripturally warranted (see below for all seven parts of this series). There is, however, yet one more potential objection I need to address. Read more »