I hope you enjoy

An odd combination of Reformed theology posts, Bob Dylan out takes, gluten-free recipes, thoughts of mine, and anything else I find interesting on the interwebs. I hope you enjoy.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Discipline, Dirty Hands, and the Silent Abolition of Christianity | MOS - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

http://www.mortificationofspin.org/node/38726?utm_source=Mortification+of+Spin&utm_campaign=187a993774-Mortification+of+Spin+combined&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8878352885-187a993774-119261765#.VluetSMo7qA

Follow Me: Christ's Call and Commission to Make Disciples

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1519531508/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_yM3wwb1CPWMMX

AFA.net - Five Freedoms Only Jesus Can Give

http://afa.net/the-stand/bible/2015/11/five-freedoms-only-jesus-can-give/

Mutual Care (Part 1 of 2) - Broadcasts - Truth For Life

https://www.truthforlife.org/broadcasts/2015/11/29/mutual-care-part-1-of-2-b/?utm_content=23636070&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Inside the Incredible Restoration of Dylan Doc 'Don't Look Back' | Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/inside-the-restoration-of-dont-look-back-20151127

Pyromaniacs: Perpetual motion

http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2015/11/perpetual-motion.html?m=1

The Advent of Christ | Reformed Bible Studies & Devotionals at Ligonier.org

http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/advent-christ/

Friday, November 27, 2015

Truth For Life - The Bible-Teaching Ministry of Alistair Begg

https://www.truthforlife.org/

The Contemporary Calvinist: This Week in Calvinism - November 27, 2015

http://www.contemporarycalvinist.com/2015/11/this-week-in-calvinism-november-27-2015.html?m=1

Plough Quarterly

http://www.plough.com/en/subscriptions/quarterly

Seven Sentimental Lies You Might Believe | Desiring God

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/seven-sentimental-lies-you-might-believe

Why Controversy Is Sometimes Necessary by Albert Mohler | Ligonier Ministries Blog

http://www.ligonier.org/blog/why-controversy-sometimes-necessary/

The Gospel of John | Dallas Theological Seminary – Online Courses

http://courses.dts.edu/register/gospel-of-john-registration/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_content=nav&utm_campaign=gospelofjohn

Faith Under Fire - Store - Truth For Life

https://www.truthforlife.org/store/products/cd-series/faith-under-fire-cd/?utm_campaign=Year+End+2015&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=24072323&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BSbphNKcb8Rg2h-1-NtVE3lpCJOYxScWIgMdLoGExaYZ_2PG-cXR5KRcBwXctE128L9mW80zFDFZXy_6oprlApvFwUQ&_hsmi=24072323

Thoughts on smooth things

Isaiah 30:10 - "Tell us Smooth things" ESV

Even in Isaiah's day, the people did not want to hear the truth. "Give us no more visions of what is right" NIV.
Don't tell me truth, don't tell me what God is saying or has said. Just tell me what I want to hear to make me feel good. Sound familiar? It's still happening. Why do so many people flock to these huge churches that keep growing? Why do so many people listen to these "smooth things?" People have not changed. We still want to have our ears tickled and minds satisfied. We don't want to hear of our own sinfulness, and our own depravity. We don't want to hear about laying down our life, our need for repentance, and our need for a Saviour.
It still continues to this day.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Gmail

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/468/#cv/Inbox/1513a5287ea9eafa

Are You a Thankful Person? | TGC

http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/erikraymond/2015/11/25/are-you-a-thankful-person/

Thanksgiving - Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/thanksgiving.html?loclr=fbloc

Presuppositions or Evidences? Yes! | The Reformed Reader

https://reformedreader.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/presuppositions-or-evidences-yes/

Giving Thanks for More Than Just STUFF | Highlands Ministries Online

http://highlandsministriesonline.org/blogs/highlands-blog/giving-thanks-for-more-than-just-stuff/

www.oneplace.com/ministries/the-bible-study-hour/player/why-did-christ-die-496151.html

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/the-bible-study-hour/player/why-did-christ-die-496151.html

For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper

http://www.amazon.com/For-Fame-Gods-Name-Essays/dp/1433504928/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_har?tag=thegospcoal-20+Fame+of+God%E2%80%99s+Name

6 Quotes from G. K. Chesterton on Gratitude and Thanksgiving | TGC

http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/2015/11/26/6-quotes-from-g-k-chesterton-on-gratitude-and-thanksgiving/

Dear Rose on Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/146740055?ref=fb-share

Bob Dylan as You’ve Probably Never Seen Him Before | Kirkville

http://www.mcelhearn.com/bob-dylan-as-youve-probably-never-seen-him-before/

8 Track

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/8_tracks

I Didn't Know I Was an Introvert, I Just Thought I Hated People

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8576530

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Justification

http://www.1517legacy.com/stevenhein/2015/11/justification-you-have-it-all-but-you-always-need-more/

Preaching from an IPad?

http://challi.es/18aFCna

The Self Defending Bible | Place for Truth - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

http://www.placefortruth.org/placefortruth/column/resident-aliens/the-self-defending-bible

www.placefortruth.org/placefortruth/column/resident-aliens/the-self-defending-bible

http://www.placefortruth.org/placefortruth/column/resident-aliens/the-self-defending-bible

Are Christians Scheming Swindlers? - Bible Study and the Christian Life

http://www.biblestudyandthechristianlife.com/are-christians-scheming-swindlers/

Thought of Thoughts | The Christward Collective

http://www.christwardcollective.com/christward/thought-of-thoughts#.VlRu266rRE4

Justified in the Spirit — Life Giving Spirit (Part Two) - Reformed Forum

http://reformedforum.org/rf15_05/?utm_content=buffer63c18&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

courses.dts.edu/register/gospel-of-john-registration/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_content=nav&utm_campaign=gospelofjohn

http://courses.dts.edu/register/gospel-of-john-registration/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_content=nav&utm_campaign=gospelofjohn

Why Ordinary People Matter to God

https://www.crossway.org/blog/2015/11/why-ordinary-people-matter-to-god/

New Issue of TMS Journal - The Master's Seminary

http://www.tms.edu/preachersandpreaching/new-issue-of-tms-journal/

For The Students Of Liberty University — Pirate Christian Media

http://www.piratechristian.com/fightingforthefaith/2015/10/for-the-students-of-liberty-university

The Book Tim Keller’s Read Every Month for 20 Years

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/book-tim-keller-read-every-month-20-years

Why You Should Be Thankful If Your Pastor Behaves Like a CEO - Carey Nieuwhof

http://careynieuwhof.com/2015/11/thankful-pastor-behaves-like-ceo/

Inside Hillsong

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=9057465

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

BeatBuddy Mini | BeatBuddy

http://mybeatbuddy.com/product/beatbuddy-mini/

Saved by Biblical Truth | SermonAudio.com

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=42315036486&target=browser&target=safari

12007214812.pdf Paul Washer

Advent and Lenten Devotionals

http://www.pts.edu/devotional_1

How Job Answers The Central Objection To Calvinism - Therefore, God Exists

http://thereforegodexists.com/how-job-answers-the-central-objection-to-calvinism/

What The Golden Rule Does NOT Mean | The Blazing Center

http://theblazingcenter.com/2015/11/what-the-golden-rule-does-not-mean-2.html

Watch "Significant Insights: Phil Keaggy" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/FCSMbwBVnkY

ESV Men’s Devotional Bible

http://www.challies.com/book-reviews/esv-men%E2%80%99s-devotional-bible

Chick-fil-A’s Classic Chicken Sandwich Went Up Against Fancy NYC Version—Here’s Who Came Out on Top

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/11/479343-chick-fil-a-versus-momofuku-david-chang-chicken-sandwich/?author=rm&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=food&utm_term=ijreview

10 Christian Clichés To Avoid Like the Plague

http://redeeminggod.com/10-christian-cliches-to-avoid-like-the-plague/

www.christwardcollective.com/christward/thought-of-thoughts#.VlRu266rRE4

http://www.christwardcollective.com/christward/thought-of-thoughts#.VlRu266rRE4

The Importance of Enjoying Your Kids

https://www.crossway.org/blog/2015/11/the-importance-of-enjoying-your-kids/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&utm_campaign=65e9fed0ed-20151124+-+Bible+News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-65e9fed0ed-287154941

How to Be a Gospel-Centered Bible Reader

https://www.crossway.org/blog/2015/11/how-to-be-a-gospel-centered-bible-reader/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&utm_campaign=65e9fed0ed-20151124+-+Bible+News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-65e9fed0ed-287154941

Gmail

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/468/#cv/Inbox/1513b2aa1709f976

Proverbs: Written to Christ, for Christ - Reformation21 Blog

http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2015/11/proverbs-was-written-forto-chr.php

How to get your music in a Spotify or Apple Music playlist DIY Musician Blog

http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/how-to-get-your-music-in-a-playlist-on-spotify-or-apple-music-2/?utm_source=cdbaby&utm_medium=email&utm_content=DIY&utm_campaign=DIY123315&spMailingID=50087689&spUserID=MjY2MTEyNzEyMwS2&spJobID=803189745&spReportId=ODAzMTg5NzQ1S0

Monday, November 23, 2015

Joshua Cripps Photography's Photos

https://m.facebook.com/JoshuaCrippsPhotography/photos/pb.184310398196.-2207520000.1448335405./10153459999118197/?type=3&source=54

Separation, Purity, and Thanksgiving

https://www.gty.org/Blog/B151123

www.oneplace.com/ministries/the-bible-study-hour/player/words-from-the-cross-496148.html

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/the-bible-study-hour/player/words-from-the-cross-496148.html

7 Pastoral Don'ts | Highlands

http://highlandsministriesonline.org/blogs/highlands-blog/7-pastoral-donts/

We are Making History | Highlands

http://highlandsministriesonline.org/blogs/highlands-blog/we-are-making-history/

Viewing Your Children as Future Adults | Highlands Ministries Online

http://highlandsministriesonline.org/blogs/highlands-blog/viewing-your-children-as-future-adults/

Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006N0M86A/?tag=booatagla-20g

Like It Or Not, We May Be 'Meaning Junkies' : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/11/11/455573765/like-it-or-not-we-may-be-meaning-junkies

Warning to an Apostate Nation

http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/1384

Renewing Your Mind | Walking in Their Footsteps | November 23, 2015

http://renewingyourmind.org/broadcasts/2015/11/23/walking-in-their-footsteps

7 Ways Christian History Benefits You

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/7-ways-christian-history-benefits-you

Martin Luther: Fat Reformer? - Reformation21 Blog

http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2015/11/martin-luther-fat-reformer.php

About | Faithful Stewardship

http://faithfulstewardshipblog.com/about/

No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish

http://vitamintalent.com/vitabites/no-you-are-not-running-late-you-are-rude-and-selfish

No, You Are Not Running Late. You Are Rude and Inconsiderate!

http://www.challies.com/christian-living/no-you-are-not-running-late-you-are-rude-and-inconsiderate?utm_content=bufferce714&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Transforming Power of the Word | Grace Community Church

https://www.gracechurch.org/news/The%20Transforming%20Power%20of%20the%20Word

A time of Thanksgiving in the U.S. | Faithful Stewardship

http://faithfulstewardshipblog.com/2013/11/25/a-time-of-thanksgiving-in-the-u-s/

The Mark Heard Lyric Project

http://mhlp.rru.com/

Using Variation and Surprise in Preaching | TGC

http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/erikraymond/2015/11/19/using-variation-and-surprise-in-preaching/

More than a feeling? Machen, Rieff, and Christian Liberalism | MOS - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

http://www.mortificationofspin.org/mos/postcards-from-palookaville/more-than-a-feeling-machen-rieff-and-christian-liberalism#.VlMfU3arSUk

Sunday, November 15, 2015

20 Things We'd Tell Our Twentysomething Selves

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080241334X?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=080241334X&linkCode=shr&tag=barsblo06-20&linkId=P4OHR6NFXOAJT2ZU&qid=1447506372&sr=8-1&keywords=worrall

- Franchise Church Fails (Mike Abendroth)

http://nocompromiseradio.com/episodes/2015/11/12/franchise-church-fails/facebook/?utm_source=hootsuite

5 apologetics arguments Christians should avoid

http://www.thepoachedegg.net/the-poached-egg/2015/05/5-apologetics-arguments-christians-should-avoid.html?utm_content=buffera2fd3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

7 bedtime habits that will salvage your marriage

http://familyshare.com/marriage/7-bedtime-habits-that-will-salvage-your-marriage

Auntie Anne's-Style Gluten Free Soft Pretzels - Gluten Free on a Shoestring

http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/auntie-annes-style-gluten-free-soft-pretzels/

Watch "Sweet Comfort Band " I Need Your Love Again "" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/nUWlAAqRJOA

Pyromaniacs: Sharp men wanted!

http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2015/11/sharp-men-wanted.html?m=1

Justification – Part I by A.A. Hodge

http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/doctrine-theology/justification/justification-part-i-by-a-a-hodge/

Reformed Spirit: “Essentially, election is God’s making the decision for us that we would never have made for Him.” - Michael Scott Horton

http://reformedspirit.blogspot.com/2015/11/essentially-election-is-gods-making.html?m=1

Martin Luther warned about appeasing Islam 500 years ago

http://mobile.wnd.com/2015/10/martin-luther-warned-about-appeasing-islam-500-years-ago/#pwcTkisdi43gAeXT.01

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Super Easy Gluten Free Monkey Bread - Gluten Free on a Shoestring

http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/super-easy-gluten-free-monkey-bread/

Hope | Discovery Series

http://discoveryseries.org/discovery-series/hope/

Reformed Pastor

http://www.jtcochran.com/2015/11/12/the-reformed-pastor-by-richard-baxter/?utm_content=buffer95b80&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word

http://www.amazon.com/Expository-Apologetics-Answering-Objections-Power/dp/1433533790/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446565325&sr=8-1&keywords=expository+apologetics

November 14 (11/14/2015) - Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening - Bible Gateway Devotionals

https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/morning-and-evening/2015/11/14

God or Absurdity Blog: The King James Only Controversy

http://godorabsurdity.blogspot.co.nz/2014/12/the-king-james-only-controversy.html?m=1

Reformed Spirit: We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

http://reformedspirit.blogspot.com/2015/11/we-shall-not-adjust-our-bible-to-age.html?m=1

First Play: Bob Dylan’s Prank Phone Calls - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/first-play-bob-dylans-prank-phone-calls

Falsified Ministries - "Rescue" - An Ed Young Seeker Driven Specialty

http://www.falsifiedministries.com/falsified-journal/rescue-a-seeker-driven-nightmare.html

Reasonable Christian: Cessationism Versus Continuationism: Why The Pentecostal/Charismatic Attack On Reformed and Protestant Theology Fails

http://reasonablechristian.blogspot.com/2008/08/cessationism-versus-continuationism-why.html?m=1

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Falsified Ministries - The Tests for Discernment - Part 3

http://www.falsifiedministries.com/falsified-journal/the-tests-for-discernment.html

The End for Which God Created the World: Updated to Modern English

http://www.amazon.com/End-Which-God-Created-World/dp/1505460433/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1447195493&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=jasdolnet-20&linkId=166a824b2ebb5f5ab90251dd1141d3f6

Faithful Stewardship | Faithful Stewardship

http://faithfulstewardshipblog.com/author/faithfulstewardship/

Why Titus 2 Is a Great Commission Passage

https://www.crossway.org/blog/2015/10/why-titus-2-is-a-great-commission-passage/

Richard Baxter: 400 Years Later, Still a Model Pastor

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/richard-baxter-400-years-later-still-model-pastor

The Love of God to Us by Arthur Pink

http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/doctrine-theology/doctrine-of-god/attributes-of-god/the-love-of-god-to-us-by-arthur-pink/

The Importance of Doing Nothing - Sandra Glahn

http://www.dts.edu/read/importance-of-doing-nothing/

The Forgotten Quotes of Charles Spurgeon | The Blazing Center

http://theblazingcenter.com/2015/11/the-forgotten-quotes-of-charles-spurgeon.html

Monday, November 9, 2015

Martin Luther, Romans, and 1515

http://donsweeting.com/2015/11/09/martin-luther-romans-and-1515/

4 Questions to Ask Before Joining a Church

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-questions-should-i-ask-before-joining-a-local-church

Reformation Theology: The Gospel: Offer or Command?

http://www.reformationtheology.com/2005/10/the_gospel_offer_or_command_1.php

The End Time: Heretical New Age books being promoted as Christian (and Christians are buying them)

http://the-end-time.blogspot.ca/2015/11/heretical-new-age-books-being-promoted.html?m=1

Thelosophy: A misconception about Calvinism

http://thelosopher.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-misconception-about-calvinism.html?m=1

Thelosophy: The difference between Calvinism and Arminianism.

http://thelosopher.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-difference-between-calvinism-and.html?m=1

Comparison of Calvinism and Arminianism

http://the-highway.com/compare.html

Welcome to Lutheran Satire, you poor soul.

http://lutheransatire.org/

Sunday, November 8, 2015

The Bible Study Hour | Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

http://www.alliancenet.org/the-bible-study-hour

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Christ Calls First (Effectual Calling) | The Reformed Reader

https://reformedreader.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/christ-calls-first-effectual-calling/

Savor the Meal

http://www.insight.org/resources/daily-devotional/individual/savor-the-meal?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Ep. 19: Malcolm Gladwell by The Bill Simmons Podcast - Listen to music

https://m.soundcloud.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/ep-19-malcolm-gladwell-1?utm_content=buffer29a08&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

AFA.net - Boy to Man Book, Chapter 17: Finding a Wife

http://www.afa.net/the-stand/fatherhood/2015/11/boy-to-man-book-chapter-17-finding-a-wife/#.Vj-kg3Q0RkQ.facebook

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https://www.truthforlife.org/broadcasts/2015/11/08/the-sacraments-b/?utm_content=22613855&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.truthforlife.org/broadcasts/2015/11/08/the-sacraments-b/?utm_content=22613855&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Pyromaniacs: No regrets

http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2015/11/no-regrets.html?m=1

Glory Books | Subscribe | Free eBook | Glory Books

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Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1433533790/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Watch "The Witnesses- You Must Do Something With Jesus 1965 (720p)" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/mUMNWHh0lOg

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Sovereignty of God

"You're saved by your personal faith and because of the total and absolute sovereignty of God who chose you in Him before the foundation of the world. You're saved because He designed to redeem you before the world was ever created. That's what's known in the Bible as pre‑destination, election and I believe in it absolutely and totally. But I also believe in personal faith and I believe Jesus put them both together in John 6 when He said, "No man cometh unto Me except the Father" what? "Draw him", God does that but He also said this, "Him that cometh unto Me", what? "I will no ways cast out." There you have the balance of salvation. It's total and absolute sovereignty and it's personal faith and how the two meet, I don't know and I'll never know till I see God. That's His problem not mine. I'm just glad He said, "Whosoever will‑‑may come." I'll let Him worry about how He justifies that with His absolute sovereignty. "
(Sermon; Entering into God's rest, 1972)
"This (salvation) is a work of God, solely a work of God, but you will be held responsible if you do not believe, and you are called to believe and eternal life awaits you if you will believe. Those are twin truths that run parallel. May I tell you? They will always run parallel. They will always run parallel. They will never come together. They will never intersect. They will never be diminished; legitimately, they are what they are. The fact that you don't understand how they go together only proves that you're less than you should be. It doesn't say anything about God. Your inability to harmonize those things is a reflection of your fallenness, my fallenness. People ask me all the time, "How do you harmonize those?" And my answer is, "I don't. I can't." They can't be harmonized in the human mind. But realize this, you are a puny mind and so am I, and collectively we are puny compared to the infinite, vast, limitless mind of God. All I can tell you is that in the Word of God, these truths run parallel. And the answer is to believe them both with all your heart. And the one, divine sovereignty, will inform your worship and the other, human responsibility, will motivate your evangelism."
(Sermon; Twin Truths; God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsibility, 2013)
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Your Obedience is Not Just About You | TGC

http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/erikraymond/2015/11/04/your-obedience-is-not-just-about-you/

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Romans Study Notes - John MacArthur

MacArthur: (Study Bible Notes)
Romans 1:18-23
Rom. 1:18 wrath of God. This is not an impulsive outburst of anger aimed capriciously at people whom God does not like. It is the settled, determined response of a righteous God against sin (cf. Ps. 2:5; 12; 45:7; 75:8; 76:6–7; 78:49–51; 90:7–9; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15–16; John 3:36; Rom. 9:22; Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:5–6). is revealed. More accurately, "is constantly revealed." The word essentially means "to uncover, make visible, or make known." God reveals his wrath in two ways: 1) indirectly, through the natural consequences of violating his universal moral law, and 2) directly through his personal intervention (the OT record—from the sentence passed on Adam and Eve to the worldwide flood, from the fire and brimstone that leveled Sodom to the Babylonian captivity—clearly displays this kind of intervention). The most graphic revelation of God's holy wrath and hatred against sin was when he poured out divine judgment on his Son on the cross. God has various kinds of wrath: 1) eternal wrath, which is hell; 2) eschatological wrath, which is the final day of the Lord; 3) cataclysmic wrath like the flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; 4) consequential wrath, which is the principle of sowing and reaping; and 5) the wrath of abandonment, which is removing restraint and letting people go to their sins (for examples of this wrath, see Ps. 81:11–12; Prov. 1:23–31; see note on Hos. 4:17). Here, it is that fifth form, God's abandoning the wicked continually through history to pursue their sin and its consequences (Rom. 1:24–32). ungodliness. This indicates a lack of reverence for, devotion to, and worship of the true God—a defective relationship with him (cf. Jude 14–15). unrighteousness. This refers to the result of ungodliness: a lack of conformity in thought, word, and deed to the character and law of God (see note on Rom. 1:17). suppress the truth. Although the evidence from conscience (1:19; 2:14), creation (1:20), and God's word is irrefutable, men choose to resist and oppose God's truth by holding fast to their sin (cf. Ps. 14:1; John 3:19–20).
Rom. 1:19 is plain to them. God has sovereignly planted evidence of his existence in the very nature of man by reason and moral law (1:20–21; 28; 32; 2:15).
Rom. 1:20 invisible attributes. This refers specifically to the two mentioned in this verse. his eternal power. The Creator, who made all that we see around us and constantly sustains it, must be a being of awesome power. divine nature. That is, his faithfulness (Gen. 8:21–22), kindness, and graciousness (Acts 14:17). in the things that have been made. The creation delivers a clear, unmistakable message about God's person (cf. Ps. 19:1–8; 94:9; Acts 14:15–17; 17:23–28). they are without excuse. God holds all men responsible for their refusal to acknowledge what he has shown them of himself in his creation. Even those who have never had an opportunity to hear the gospel have received a clear witness about the existence and character of God—and have suppressed it. If a person will respond to the revelation he has, even if it is solely natural revelation, God will provide some means for that person to hear the gospel (cf. Acts 8:26–39; 10:1–48; 17:27).
Rom. 1:21 knew God. Man is conscious of God's existence, power, and divine nature through general revelation (v v. 19–20). they did not honor him. Man's chief end is to glorify God (Lev. 10:3; 1 Chron. 16:24–29; Ps. 148; Rom. 15:5–6), and Scripture constantly demands it (Ps. 29:1–2; 1 Cor. 10:31; Rev. 4:11). To glorify him is to honor him, to acknowledge his attributes, and to praise him for his perfections (cf. Ex. 34:5–7). It is to recognize his glory and extol him for it. Failing to give him glory is man's greatest affront to his Creator (Acts 12:22–23). or give thanks. They refused to acknowledge that every good thing they enjoyed came from God (Matt. 5:45; Acts 14:15–17; 1 Tim. 6:17; James 1:17). futile. Man's search for meaning and purpose will produce only vain, meaningless conclusions. hearts were darkened. When man rejects the truth, the darkness of spiritual falsehood replaces it (cf. John 3:19–20).
Rom. 1:22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. Man rationalizes his sin and proves his utter foolishness by devising and believing his own philosophies about God, the universe, and himself (cf. Ps. 14:1; 53:1).
Rom. 1:23 exchanged the glory . . . for images. They substitute the worship of idols for the worship of the true God. Historians report that many ancient cultures did not originally have idols. For example, Persia (Herodotus; The Histories, 1:31), Rome (Varro in Augustine; The City of God, 4:31), even Greece and Egypt (Lucian; The Syrian Goddess, 34) had no idolatry at their founding. The fourth-century a.d. historian Eusebius reported that the oldest civilizations had no idols. The earliest biblical record of idolatry was among Abram's family in Ur (Josh. 24:2). The first commandment forbids it (Ex. 20:3–5), and the prophets continually ridiculed those who foolishly practiced it (Isa. 44:9–17; cf. 2 Kings 17:13–16). Although the false gods which men worship do not exist, demons often impersonate them (1 Cor. 10:20).
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