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It's the Worldview: Salvation is a Package Deal

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Thursday, August 27, 2009. Salvation is a Package Deal. To review, the Ordo Salutis (order of salvation) is. Redemptive Work of Christ. Another benefit of the Ordo Salutis: it visualizes the idea that salvation is a "package deal." In other words, you get all of it or none of it. You never, ever only get some of it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A Mission to Japan. David Green RUF NE and Midwest. Steve Badorf RUF Hopkins.

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It's the Worldview: A Young Earth That Looks Old

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Thursday, August 20, 2009. A Young Earth That Looks Old. According to the Bible, our planet is about 6000 years old. Yet our world and the universe around it look much older than this. Layers in rock and ice, radiometric dating, non-random distribution of species - all give evidence of a world millions or billions of years old. Astronomic observation reveals a universe that appears to be about 14 billion years in age. Is God a deceiver? Imagine a furni...

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It's the Worldview: Salvation is more than Justification

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Salvation is more than Justification. Another advantage of the Ordo Salutis: it emphasizes that salvation is more than justification. J I Packer writes the following: "Adoption is. The highest privilege that the gospel offers. Higher even than justification. That justification - by which we mean God's forgiveness of the past together with his acceptance for the future - is the. Idea, conceived in terms of. And viewing God as.

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It's the Worldview: Sphere Sovereignty

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Friday, October 2, 2009. Would it be OK for the deacons of my church to wear police uniforms and weapons, patrol the streets, and arrest criminals? Would it be acceptable for the deacons to charge, try, and punish these criminals? I think most would agree that such behavior would be unacceptable, that such an effort on the part of the church to do the state's job would, in fact, violate the separation of church and state. This introduces the idea of.

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It's the Worldview: Joshua as a Type for Christ

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Joshua as a Type for Christ. God chooses the name Joshua for his Son (Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua). So in God's mind, Joshua is obviously an OT type for Christ. The question is how. Perhaps there are other ways in which Joshua is a type for Christ. What do you think? Labels: conquest of Canaan. September 23, 2009 at 3:11 PM. How about in matters of faith and trust? He was head of a house that would serve the Lord.

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It's the Worldview: Ordo Salutis: Definition of Salvation

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Friday, August 21, 2009. Ordo Salutis: Definition of Salvation. Order of salvation) commonly lists the following twelve steps:. God knows (loves, sets his love upon) some of the people he will create (though not because these people are better than those he decides not to love). Redemptive Work of Christ. Through his active and passive obedience, Christ earns the salvation of the elect. God makes the new believer a part of his family (thus the sinner i...

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It's the Worldview: August 2010

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Saturday, August 28, 2010. College: Best Evangelistic Opportunity You'll Ever Have. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity." Colossians 3:5. Until you find yourself confined to a nursing home,. College is best evangelistic opportunity you will ever get. Because you live with them. With the people at work. They don't get to see your faith in Christ lived out 24/7 like your dormmates do. To be distracted from thei...

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It's the Worldview: Arminianism: A Rejection of Sola Gratia

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Saturday, February 13, 2010. Arminianism: A Rejection of Sola Gratia. It strikes me as a bit of a mystery how some Christians believe in justification by faith alone (. But not in salvation by grace alone (. Yet this is the essence of the division between Arminianism and Calvinism. As the opposite of faith is works, so the opposite of grace is merit. Arminianism claims that although our works do not contribute to our justification (we cannot. He had a ...

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It's the Worldview: Appearance of Age in Genesis 2

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Rich Coffeen Reformed Theology Bible Interpretation. Saturday, August 29, 2009. Appearance of Age in Genesis 2. The Bible is supposed to be accessible to children. This is one reason the various tortured interpretations of Genesis 1 are so painful. No child would ever read Genesis 1 and come away with the Day-Age, Gap, or "It's-all-just-poetry-so-it-doesn't-really-mean-what-it-sounds-like-it-means" interpretations. In other words,. They look older than they really are. Or does God have good and necessary...