I (Pastor J. Sommer) have often received questions about what I believe about the church. The short answer is that I believe nothing different about the church than that of my Baptist forerunners, like Charles Spurgeon, John Gill, Benjamin Keach, and others. There is nothing new in my thought about the doctrine of the church—evenContinueContinue reading “The Church”
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The Two Natures of Christ
Our satisfaction, Mediator, and deliverer, must be fully divine and yet fully human, while also being only one Person. There is a crucial excerpt from the Athanasian Creed which helps further elaborate upon the two natures of our Mediator— [The Son] is God from the essence of the Father, begotten before time; and he isContinueContinue reading “The Two Natures of Christ”
How Jesus Perfects the Old Blessings
Contrary to the temporal blessings given to the Israelites under the Old Covenant, which resulted from faith and faithfulness, yet nevertheless involved great exertion, Christ accomplishes all the exertion in our place…
The Destruction of the Last Enemy
Christ has secured the destruction of death in reversion. Death was defeated at the cross. But the actuality of death’s defeat will not come to pass until the appointed time…
3 Ways Christ Is Our Peace
The beauty of it all, however, is that God was pleased to lay His wrath upon a perfect Sacrifice—upon His Son—that His elect people should have peace with Him (Is. 53:10-12).