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
Category: Confessions and Catechisms
In Non-Essentials … Liberty
Elizabeth Prata touches on some pretty controversial teachings in this section of the Bible. It’s all part of our need as both women and men for discernment. I’ve got a number of posts under that category. As I’ve grown to a more Conservative Reformed Doctrinal Faith, I’m leaning into the more traditional roles for men… Continue reading In Non-Essentials … Liberty
Doctrine Matters…
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…
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…..