Category: Books and Studies

Confessions and Catechisms, Devotional Readings, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Faith and Christianity, Spurgeon

Of Good Works

Ron Francis

I felt encouraged to read closely and pay attention to Mike’s message today…. Some of these are directly inline with some thinking I’m currently working on through… “Some “evangelical leaders” in our time will tell you that transformation is actually part of the gospel and that the evidence of salvation is how busy a person… Continue reading Of Good Works

Catch of the Week, Faith and Christianity, John Bunyan, Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer…or rather our Prayer.

Ron Francis

I appreciate Mike for pointing out these aspects of this important passage. I do confess that Humility and Praying are two of my Spiritual struggles. My wife keeps working on me on that first one and the Pastor in the little Reformed church I’ve started to attend and who runs a real “Bible” study is… Continue reading The Lord’s Prayer…or rather our Prayer.

Confessions and Catechisms, Discernment, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Faith and Christianity, Spurgeon, Three Forms of Unity, Very Long Posts

Doctrine Matters…

Ron Francis

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…