Posts by Scott Roberts (Page 29)

Article to read on Politics, Religion, and Life

Due to the Office move and construction this week at the church, I do not have the time to make any recommendations from this list, however, I will repost the FRC Social Conservative Review here for you to peruse and get a different angle than the media normally gives: http://www.frcblog.com/2017/08/social-conservative-review-august-1-2017/

Church, Culture and some articles worth reading

Here are some articles worth reading about contemporary issues that you may have missed: Cakes and Conscience Biblical Values and America’s Founders Hate group labels and Christian endangerment Basic Bioethics: How to illuminate the Christian Perspective The Four Crises every marriage must make it through For those wanting to read more articles or explore other…

The necessity of prayer

“It is, therefore, by the benefit of prayer that we reach those riches which are laid up for us with the Heavenly Father. For there is a communion of men with God by which, having entered the heavenly sanctuary, they appeal to him in person concerning his promises in order to experience, where necessity so…

Faith, works and salvation by grace

Here are some thoughts from John Calvin on the relationship between faith and good works.   we define justification as follows: the sinner, received into communion with Christ, is reconciled to God by his grace, while, cleansed by Christ’s blood, he obtains forgiveness of sins, and clothed with Christ’s righteousness as if it were his…