I can’t agree with Mike more on this subject: Atonement. https://mikeratliff.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/the-our-atonement-through-our-lord-jesus-christ-of-christ/ I looked up on AI for a summary of how the old Westminster Confession describes it. Chapter 8.5 is the key text, and it’s interesting they didn’t actually use the word Atonement, yet fully explain it. In the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), the… Continue reading Doctrine Matters…
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Teaching and Making Disciples…..
Sometimes I feel embarrassed at reposting or commenting so often on Mike’s posts. I’m usually reading these everyday as part of my morning devotions. I do find them more useful than most of the published modern devotional materials, primarily because Mike focuses on the Scripture and does a good job of reviewing the underlying text… Continue reading Teaching and Making Disciples…..
For God’s Glory…..
Great wisdom from two witnesses of the early Reformation, Mike Ratliff does well to present this. Humanism is a form of idolatry. Why? it refuses to submit to the sovereignty of God. It says that the end of all things is the happiness of Man. Genuine Christianity says that the end of all things is… Continue reading For God’s Glory…..
Complete in Christ
A good read…. 8 Beware lest there be any man that spoil you through philosophy, and vain deceit, through the traditions of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:8-9 (1599 Geneva Bible) The Greek word used here… Continue reading Complete in Christ
Rainbow Trout 