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Language and Dominion: Results of the Image of God (Part 3)

(2) Language and Creativity as the image of God: The following two views are seen by their proponents as being the imago dei. I would like to demonstrate that although these views come close to hitting the mark, they fail to see the difference between the the results of man ...

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Is Free-will the Image of God? (Part 2)

The introduction gave us the biblical foundation for the discussion of the image of God. Before going into the view that sees free-will as the image of God, I would like to stress one thing. When we speak on the “image of God”, we are not going to be emphasizing ...

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The Biblical doctrine of the Image of God (part 1.)

Introduction: Scriptural legwork for the doctrine The doctrine of the imago dei, or the image of God in man, has many Scripture texts to give a sound foundation as a matter doctrine and application. We first hear of God creating man in His image in Genesis 1:27, ...

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John Calvin on the duty of kingdoms to submit to Christ

Writing to Sigismund Augustus (the King of Poland) in 1549, John Calvin instructed him to submit to the Lordship of Christ and to his law-word, rather than to the imaginations of men: This may possibly be also a new encouragement to your Majesty, who is already engaged in the work of ...

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Against the World – The Myth of Neutrality

Welcome to this week's edition of "Against the World" with Jerry Johnson. Join Jerry as he discusses how the modern humanistic state has pulled the wool over the eyes of the Christian church.   WATCH VIDEO HERERelated Blogs

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The Two-Kingdoms Theology as a Divided-Personalities Psychology

I haven’t had the chance to read John Frame’s The Escondido Theology yet. If it is anything like what Dr. Frame has written before, it will be a very good book, I am sure. In fact, I already know it is a very good book, even without reading it. How do ...

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Calvin’s Influence On The Founding Fathers (Video) – Joe Morecraft

Dr. Joe Morecraft Reports on the Influence of Calvin's Reformation on the Founding Fathers from Vision Forum on Vimeo. At the Reformation 500 event hosted by Vision Forum, Dr. Joe Morecraft reports on the immense impact the thinking of the Reformation, as articulated especially by John Calvin, had on the mindset ...

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FREE eBook – The Religious Affections By Jonathan Edwards

Written in 1746 during the First Great Awakening, Religious Affections remains an important and challenging Christian treatise. Concerned that many people do not display true "religious affections," Jonathan Edwards attempts to "discern...wherein true religion does consist." Balancing between extreme "intellectualism" and extreme "emotionalism," Edwards argues that emotions are an important part ...

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The Puritan Approach to Worship

It is sometimes said that evangelicals are not interested in worship. If by worship one means the technicalities of liturgical study, this may be true. But I do not suppose that I am the only evangelical who finds that the actual exercise of worship, the deliberate lifting of one's eyes ...

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The Rule of Law Must Be Upheld What the Constitution Really Says About Establishment of Religion

Editor’s Note: Contrary to popular opinion, the actions of Chief Justice Roy Moore were not civil disobedience, but strict observance to the rule of law. It is the federal Judges and those who have used their offices to support the removal of the monument and the suspension of the Chief ...

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