http://youngcalvinist.com Upholding and proclaiming the sovereignty of God Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few days ago I was in Philadelphia, visiting the plethora of historical sites from independence hall to the steps that Rocky made famous. But as I walked through the Independence Museum, listened to the park ranger paint the picture of the first congressional meetings in Independence Hall and examined ... http://youngcalvinist.com/the-glorification-of-christ-in-the-failure-of-american-democracy/ In his book Spectacular Sins, John Piper writes, All that came into being exists for Christ — that is, everything exists to display the greatness of Christ. Nothing — nothing! — in the universe exists for its own sake. Everything—from the bottom of the oceans to the top of the mountains, ... http://youngcalvinist.com/resolutions-for-a-young-calvinist-4-that-god-might-be-most-glorified/ Watch this video and then read on... Jesus says in Matthew 13:44 that "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." Notice the man's reaction to ... http://youngcalvinist.com/treasure-hidden-in-a-field/ Jonathan Edwards from his work Of Satisfaction for Sin: Justice requires that sin be punished, because sin deserves punishment. What the demerit of sin calls for, justice calls for; for it is only the same thing in different words. For the notion of a desert of punishment, is the very same ... http://youngcalvinist.com/jonathan-edwards-on-penal-substitution/ The older I get the more I realize how often I live my life as a disciple of Christ without really living it. After years of living as a Christian, going to church, praying, reading the Bible, the living part can all too often become passive. The fervor for Christ ... http://youngcalvinist.com/do-we-live-in-the-context-of-the-resurrection/ Over at Miscellanies, Tony Reinke tells the story of how Mark Dever, facing a small group of people unsure about Christianity, answered a question by simply stating, "Yes, I do believe in that, because Jesus said it happened, and I’m with Jesus.” Renkie goes on to show how the simplicity of ... http://youngcalvinist.com/everything-goes-back-to-jesus/ I was reading through 1 Corinthians a few weeks ago and I was struck by a passage I have read countless times before. 6:1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not ... http://youngcalvinist.com/why-not-rather-suffer-wrong/