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	<title>Historia Salutis</title>
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	<description>Biblical Theology in the Tradition of Geerhardus Vos</description>
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		<title>Union Tuesday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And the faith which has the true stamp upon it accepts Christ not only as a justification but also as a sanctification : in fact, the one is impossible without the other.  For Christ is not to be divided and His benefits are inseparable from His person.  He is at the same time our wisdom and our righteousness, our sanctification and our redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). Such He became for us of God and as such He was given us by God.
The sanctification which we must share, therefore, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/03/16/union-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>The Calvinist Cage-Stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I once heard R.C. Sproul, Jr. speak about the Calvinist &#8220;cage stage.&#8221;  This is that typical period when a young Calvinist, so zealous for the truth, starts blasting people with the more explicit predestinarian texts.  Sproul, Jr. suggested that when someone becomes a Calvinist, they be locked up for two or three years until they relax.  I couldn&#8217;t help remember this comment when I saw the following comics.


Visit calvinisticcartoons.blogspot.com for a host of others.
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		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/03/09/the-calvinist-cage-stage/</link>
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		<title>The Shepherd-Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest offering from Westminster Seminary is the fine volume by the seminary&#8217;s professor of Practical Theology, Tim Witmer.  The book is called &#8220;The Shepherd-Leader,&#8221; and you can find it here.
I really like this book and think that it has a great deal of strength to it.  Its biblical-theological section and historical section are wonderfully done (well, other than the part about blending together ruling elder and minister &#8211; what we might call the &#8220;two-office view&#8221;).  But there was one thing that jumped off the pages at ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/03/03/the-shepherd-leader/</link>
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		<title>Was Adam an Historical Figure?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pete Enns continued his series on creation in the Old Testament as cosmic battle for the BioLogos Foundation. The latest is titled Adam is Israel.  Enns writes
But there is another way. Maybe Israel’s history happened first, and the Adam story was written to reflect that history. In other words, the Adam story is really an Israel story placed in primeval time. It is not a story of human origins but of Israel’s origins.
Everyone has to decide for themselves which of these readings of Genesis has more “explanatory power.” I (and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/03/03/was-adam-an-historical-figure/</link>
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		<title>A Tour of T4G Libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sovereign Grace Ministries has linked to several video tours of a few impressive libraries.  T4G speakers R.C. Sproul, Ligon Duncan, Al Mohler, Mark Dever, John MacArthur and C.J. Mahaney each walk us through their collections and study centers.
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		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/03/02/a-tour-of-t4g-libraries/</link>
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		<title>Issue Over Israel Shows Real PCUSA Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This  article is quite telling about the current situation in the PCUSA.
From what I gather from the article is that the conservatives in the PCUSA are pro-Israel and the liberals are anti-Israel with regards to the conflict in the Middle East.  
The saddest part of this whole debate in the PCUSA is that its happening at all.  This is telling for where the PCUSA is at.  It is an unfortunate day when this is even an issue for the conservatives in the PCUSA.  
I mean, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/02/25/issue-over-israel-shows-real-pcusa-problem/</link>
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		<title>On Writing Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is from William Zinsser&#8217;s classic On Writing Well.  His comments can just as easily be applied to preaching.
[T]he secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.  Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that&#8217;s already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what &#8211; these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence.  And they ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/02/25/on-writing-well/</link>
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		<title>A Treasure on 1 Peter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leonard Goppelt wrote a gem of a commentary on 1 Peter.  I&#8217;ve been studying it as I prepare to exhort on the amazingly redemptively-historical 1 Pet 1:10-12.  Here is a typical quote from Goppelt on the text:
Prophecy enables the Church to understand the Christ-event preached to it as fulfillment, as eschatological salvation, and, therefore, to appropriate proclamation as gospel.
It makes the biblical-theological heart warm, doesn&#8217;t it?
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		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/02/24/a-treasure-on-1-peter/</link>
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		<title>12 Steps to Productivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a big fan of 12 step programs, but I&#8217;ll except Web Work Daily who have posted a very helpful plan for increasing productivity.  These tips should prove useful for all people.
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		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/02/23/12-steps-to-productivity/</link>
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		<title>Zagat for Churches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ChurchRater is a controversial new website that acts as a Yelp or Zagat for churches.  Here is how ChurchRater describes their purpose.
Every Sunday close to 350,000 churches open their doors to the public. How do you know what you’re walking into? What will the pastor be talking about? What kind of people attend?  ChurchRater lets you read what others say about the church and rate your own experience. ChurchRater lets you talk back after sitting through a sermon. ChurchRater lets you&#8230;  find a church that fits.
ChurchRater is paying reviewers who are accepted through their process. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historiasalutis.com/2010/02/22/zagat-for-churches/</link>
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