Baptistic Congregationalist. Credal, Sacramental, Covenantal. Student of Puritans. Striving to be cheerful & charitable. Member of Grace Life Church, Ankeny
Joined March 2011
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If you have no care of your tounge, all your religion is vain.
“If any among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tounge, this man’s religion is vain.” —James 1:23
—Thomas Watson, A Plea for the Godly, Pg. 212
Andrew Owen retweeted
In line with this, Tertullian argued that Adam's sleep prefigured Christ's death, and that Eve's formation from Adam's side anticipated the formation of the Church (the true mother of the living) from Christ's wounded side. (A Treatise on the Soul, Ch 43)
Andrew Owen retweeted
God "built" (בָּנָה) Eve with the rib of Adam.
So, he also builds the temple of Jesus' body.
Out of this Last Adam, he builds the temple of Ezekiel, of the church, and of the new Jerusalem.
"What is the house that *you* will build for *me*?"
Andrew Owen retweeted
The Calvinist is the man who has seen God, and is filled on the one hand with a sense of his own unworthiness…and much more as a sinner, and on the other with adoring wonder that nevertheless this God is a God who receives sinners.
—B.B. Warfield
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Andrew Owen retweeted
Central to the Lord's Supper in 1 Cor. 10 are three words, each used twice, translated as “communion” or “participation” which refer to receiving only the ritual (Christian or pagan) but the spiritual reality that it points to. Paul never says our communion is merely around or based on the blood or body of Christ. Rather it is communion with the body and blood itself. In other words, when we partake, we receive Christ himself in some sense.
Andrew Owen retweeted
Seeing ourselves as primarily Baptist rather than Reformed won’t stop outflow but rather enhance it.
Most don’t become 1689 to be more Baptist. It’s to be more Reformed. This is true of both baptistic and P&R inflow.
It’s that we’re the pinnacle of the Reformed faith.
Andrew Owen retweeted
Drove all the way to my local polling place and there was literally nowhere on my ballot to vote against a 24 team College Football Playoff and a 76 team NCAA Basketball Tournament. Had to write it all in
Andrew Owen retweeted
The White House is posting salvation by God's grace in Jesus Christ. Massive W.
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Andrew Owen retweeted
We don’t come to church primarily to work, we come primarily to have our faith strengthens by receiving Christ through the ordinary means of grace of Word and sacrament.
Andrew Owen retweeted
“It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.”
- Gal 3:1
“Of old the apostles did not preach Christ by painting, but they painted him by preaching; they did in so lively a manner represent him.”
- John Owen, commenting on Gal 3:1
Andrew Owen retweeted
It is quite remarkable how easily we become bored with the very things God has promised to use for our good.
We want something extraordinary, something exciting, something that will make this Sunday feel different from every other Sunday.
Perhaps the problem isn't that God has given us too little. Perhaps we've just forgotten how wonderful His grace really is.
Andrew Owen retweeted
Being “Reformed” does not simply mean believing in the doctrines of grace as some would surmise. It is much deeper and grander than that. The Reformed Christian is:
Calvinistic in their soteriology.
Covenantal in their interpretation.
Confessional in their practice.
Andrew Owen retweeted
"The great concern of the New Testament is not about the size of the Church, but the purity of the Church." - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Andrew Owen retweeted
Satan is the great accuser of the brethren. Always pointing fingers. Always fault finding. Always looking for reasons to condemn. Always seeking to stain your obedience with accusations of self-serving motives and personal ambition. Don’t be ignorant of his designs.
