John Piper on Augustine and Lust

For Christians who strugle with lust, this video is very insightful!…

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Sins of Ignorance from M. Henry

Matthew Henry states in his commentary on Hebrews:
“Sins are errors, and great errors, both in judgment and practice. We greatly err when we sin against God; and who can understand all his errors? They are such errors as leave guilt upon the conscience, not to be washed away but by the blood of Christ.”
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Calvin on Despair

This puts a new perspective on despair…
“But while the unrighteousness and condemnation of all are attested by the law, it does not follow that we are immediately to give up all hope and rush headlong into despair. No doubt, it has some such effect upon the reprobate, but this is owing to their obstinacy. With [...]

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They took the bread…

Following up on the post about Jesus and Temptation, I’ve made a list of people in the Bible that fell for temptation and “took the bread” (list not exhaustive):
Adam and Eve and the fruit (Genesis 3:6)Esau, the bowl of soup and pagan women (Genesis 25:32-34, 26:34-35)Israel and the comforts of Egypt (Numbers 14:2, and several [...]

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Sins of Ignorance from Owen…

This if from Owen’s commentary on Hebrews and he explains more on this subject…
“That which he offered for. It was their “errors,” or their sins. The Socinians, some of them, —not for want of under standing, but out of hatred unto the true sacrifice of Christ, —contend from hence that the anniversary sacrifice on the [...]

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Follow up…

Doug Wilson has a post today that explains in a little better detail more about the subject of ignorance here. In fact he has a whole series on this topic here. He does a lot better job of explaining it than me!

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Sins of Ignorance

“But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance” – Heb. 9:7
The phrase ‘sins of ignorance’ is one that has been very confusing, and has accomplished everything from sparking debate among commentators to causing tender [...]

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The "really bad sins"…

One reason I created this blog was to work through some of the hard passages on sin mentioned in Scripture. I didn’t create it to make a blog that suffered from morbid introspection, but instead one that took an honest look at the text in it’s original context. As we all know some [...]

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Cool Christmas Lights

Can’t have Christmas without cool Christmas light videos! Enjoy!

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Christmas Concert…

I haven’t been able to post anything for the past couple of days because my job requires a week of training, plus all of the Holiday stuff. So if there is anybody out there reading this blog (I hope!), I apologize. I will try to pick back up this weekend.
But until then, my wife and [...]

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