Monthly Archives: June 2010

Immortalized as a Calvinist

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Okay, okay. Perhaps immortalized is a word that Calvinists or Reformed guys like me shouldn’t use this side of glory; nevertheless, I am blessed, honored, privileged, pleased as punch, and tickled pink (I think the pink comes because I’m pleased as punch) to have been added as a Calvinist right alongside such names as Paul Walker, John MacArthur and R.C. Sproul on the FAQ page of Jeff Peterson’s The Lighthearted Calvinist. Jeff’s FAQ page is my favorite FAQ page on the blogsphere (and as Jeff noted, I probably do need to get out more). Continue reading →

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The Prudence of God in Election

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

In the apostle’s answer to this objection, the first thing that might come to mind for some of us is that the heart of such a person must truly be hardened to ask a question like that. We might say, “What pride there must be in the sinful heart of man to shake a defiant first at God and say, ‘Who do you think you are to will and choose the way you do?’ I certainly would think twice about standing next to that person on the Day of Judgment… or even in an electrical storm.” Continue reading →

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A Truly Humble Man

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God… Continue reading →

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Authentic Christianity

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” —Matthew 10:8

When the Lord Jesus called the twelve disciples and sent them out to the house of Israel (Matthew 10:1, 6), He also “gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction” and to “heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons” (Matthew 10:1, 8, ESV). Continue reading →

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Choose Your Words Carefully (via The Author Of My Faith)

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Even Moses, the most meek man of all the people on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3), occasionally lashed out with his words: “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” (Numbers 20:10).

I pray that I may consider my words daily. Continue reading →

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Christian Behavior 18

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Second, The duty of correction.

1. See if fair words will win them from evil. This is God’s way with His children (Jeremiah 25:4-5).

2. Let those words you speak to them in your reproof, be both serious, few, and pertinent, adding always some suitable sentence of the Scripture with it; for example, if they were to lie, then recite such verses as Revelation 21:8, 27; or if they refused to hear the Word, such a Scripture as 2 Chronicles 25:14-16. Continue reading →

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Be Ye Therefore Perfect

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” —Matthew 5:48

Sung in 7.7.7.7.7.7. Meter to the tune of “Toplady.” A familiar hymn sung to Toplady is Augustus Toplady’s famous hymn, “A Living and Dying Prayer for the Holiest Believer in the World,” or more popularly known as “Rock of Ages.”
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God’s Remedy for Dejection

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“What is God’s remedy for dejection at apparent failure in our labours? This— the assurance that God’s purpose cannot fail, that God’s plans cannot miscarry, that God’s will must be done. Continue reading →

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Sowing

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.” —Jeremiah 4:3 Continue reading →

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Don't Go Away, We'll Be Right Back!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Join us at Justification by Grace when we resume our regular broadcast week on Tuesday, June 29th— as we hear Satch and Skeeter explore some particulars surrounding particular redemption: Continue reading →

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