The knowledge of faith consists in assurance rather than in comprehension – Calvyn
Christene moet lesers wees!
Hoekom is dit belangrik dat Christene gereeld moet lees? Tim Gombis gee vier redes:
Die beste rede om boeke te lees, is om God te leer ken.
Justification is an understandably strange doctrine to those who have substituted self-realization for salvation – C. Fitzsimons Allison
Sola
[Sola = solus Latyn = alleen, slegs]
It therefore behooves us to be very certain about the distinction between God’s power and our own, God’s work and our own if we want to live a godly life – Martin Luther
Die Bybel en ons basiese lewensvrae
Elkeen van ons het sekere basiese lewensvrae. Dit is interessant dat ons geen antwoord op hierdie vrae in die wetenskap kry nie. Die Bybel help ons:
The root of every heresy in history is adding something of our own to the work of Christ – C. H. Spurgeon
Uitdagings vir die kerk
Die National Religious Broadcasters Convention is pas in die VSA afgehandel. In een van die praatjies identifiseer Pete Briscoe drie sake wat die moderne kerk uitdaag: