In Affliction, Consider Christ
ReceiveTheWORD focuses on the absolute sufficiency of that Word; proclaiming and proceeding, as it does, from an all-sufficient Godhead. Pastor Joel Beeke's article at the Reformation21 blogpost addresses the perennial issue of affliction in order to show that the Bible is enough. This will serve to move the believer toward godly understanding of and response to such trials. Read prayerfully. Willingly. Thankfully.For extended reading on this general theme read the following by Philip Ryken - especially Part 3:
Two Dangers That Lead To Destruction - The Crook In the Lot Part 2
Why God Allows Suffering - The Crook In the Lot Part 3
What Can We Gain From Calvin Today?
One answer comes from Doug Wilson, Pastor of Christ Church, Idaho:
We gain, he says, "His rock solid, absolute confidence in the Bible."
He goes on to say that Calvin is not like "a modern day inerrantist who says the Bible is technically true but is still somehow apologetic over the fact. He doesn't have his hat in his hand, trying to persuade someone to please accept him even though he believes the Bible."
"The Bible is not something that takes a test from the world. The Bible is, in Calvin, that which administers the test to the world."
From Cornelius Van Til
"The Bible is authoritative in everything it addresses, and it addresses everything."
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