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Beat Up By Moses
Samaria & Boaz I am planning to preach on the hope we have in Christ’s return from Titus 2:13. In my preparation I have been considering verse 14 which explains that Jesus Christ, “ga… more →
Pound of Nard
Why should all people acknowledge Christ as Saviour?
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neilrobbie wrote 3 weeks ago: In our human rights based, multi-cultural, individualistic society, most people function with a high … more →
Human rights or responsibilities?
neilrobbie wrote 1 month ago: The disastrous effect of human rights on the gospel. It’s been 61 years since the United Natio … more →
Ebenezer Erskine on neonomians
neilrobbie wrote 2 months ago: When grace and works are mixed, believers look at their walk, witness and works and say “I am … more →
Advice to weak and strong believers
neilrobbie wrote 2 months ago: There’s a danger, particularly in cities, of homogeneous churches forming within social networ … more →
The Shack - what to make of it?
neilrobbie wrote 2 months ago: I wasn’t going to read The Shack, there’s lots of other books further up my reading list … more →
Robert Haldane on objective faith
neilrobbie wrote 4 months ago: I love this quote from Robert Haldane (1764-1842) as it turns believers inside out. As I said yester … more →
When faith is weakened by the law
neilrobbie wrote 4 months ago: There is a constant battle in the soul of every Christian believer between the lure of neonomian fai … more →
James Durham on the Covenant of Works
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neilrobbie wrote 5 months ago: I recently stumbled upon a really useful blog, James Durham Thesis, (exploring the views of James Du … more →
Assurance of faith and assurance of sense
neilrobbie wrote 6 months ago: I posted yesterday on baptism as “an outward sign of an external reality.” This extract … more →
Antinomian, neonomian or pure gospel?
neilrobbie wrote 6 months ago: As a lapsed neonomian and a Scotsman, this extract from Joel Beeke’s introduction to The Beaut … more →
Why faith is not like the bush tucker trial
neilrobbie wrote 7 months ago: Many people imagine that God runs a scheme along the lines of the bush tucker trial on “I … more →
More benefits of faith union with Christ
neilrobbie wrote 7 months ago: I led a session on our lent course, The Cross Centered Life, on meditating on the the benefits of fa … more →
Justification by faith alone without works
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: I recently posted Benjamin Keach’s seven ways in which people misunderstand justification and … more →
God is not a circus ringmaster
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neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: Lots of people think of God like a circus ringmaster and that religious people are like those poor a … more →
Human religious instinct and racing pigeons
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: The gospel frees people from trying to earn God’s acceptance through religious observance but … more →
Religion and football on a bungee
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: Following religious traditions and laws (going to church, being good, giving to charity, not smoking … more →
The fruit of the Spirit and legalism
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: In Matthew 7:16-20 Jesus teaches his disciples to watch out for false prophets, “you will reco … more →
Understanding and behaviour; doctrine and life
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: One of the prayers in the 1662 prayer book is that ministers should teach by both their life and doc … more →
On recovering from Neonomianism
neilrobbie wrote 8 months ago: I vividly remember saying to my wife in bed one night, “you know, I don’t think you need … more →
