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The Normal Christian Life, Chapter 3: the Path of Progress: Knowing
Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. “If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold they are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). The Cross terminates the first creation, and out of death there is brought a new creation…
Read MoreLaw and the Saint
[This is an example of the traditional evangelical view —that the moral law is not cancelled in the N. T.] It has been said that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of a Pharisee. This is true; and it is equally true that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of an Antinomian. This is the…
Read MoreObedience-Oriented Education, Part 4
V. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES MUST BE REALISTIC The Lord pronounced His Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 in urgent, authoritative military terms: “All authority is given me… go therefore and make disciples…” It leaves no room for excuses; it demands simple, direct obedience. We should establish realistic objectives for mobilizing obedient disciples from the very beginning of…
Read MoreObedience-Oriented Education, Part 5
VII. WE MUST HOLD PRACTICAL WORK CLASSES The theological institution, resident or extension, formal or informal, must deal regularly with the student’s practical work. The pastoral student must continually orient himself in sessions which deal with his reports and plans. His teacher supervises his activities and enables him to apply everything he learns. Everything taught…
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