http://highlands-reformed.com "...that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" Sun, 29 May 2011 01:35:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Background and Review ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fthe-epistle-of-jude-contending-for-the-faith%2F&seed_title=The+Epistle+of+Jude+-+Contending+for+the+Faith Background and Review Written by Jude; the brother of James, the brother of Jesus, to the church in general, for the purpose of refuting certain heretics, or schismatic individuals who were ripping the church apart with both heterodoxy and heteropraxy Jude begins with a “servant’s heart” in that his faith-allegiance ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fthe-epistle-of-jude-his-work-through-us%2F&seed_title=The+Epistle+of+Jude+-+His+Work+Through+Us The Servant’s Heart A.     Background and Review 1.      Written BY Jude; the brother of James, the brother of Jesus 2.      Written TO the church in general 3.      Written FOR the purpose of refuting certain heretics, or schismatic individuals who were ripping the church apart with both heterodoxy and ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fsermon-notes-the-epistle-of-jude%2F&seed_title=Sermon+Notes%3A+The+Epistle+of+Jude+-+A+Servents+Heart Heresies and Heretics: Part One - Introduction A.     Literary Background 1.     Written BY Jude, the “brother” of James, the brother of the Lord Jesus a.      During His incarnation, even the Lord’s own family thought he was “insane” and did not believe His claims (Jn 7:5, Mark 3:21, ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fsermon-notes-the-epistle-of-jude-intro%2F&seed_title=Sermon+Notes%3A+The+Epistle+of+Jude+Intro July 6th will mark our first Sunday at the Silver Lake Motel in Coeur d'Alene. Come join us at 10am, as we gather in the conference room for our Lords Day service. For directions to our new meeting place, you can follow this link to google maps. We hope to see ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fjoin-us-in-coeur-dalene%2F&seed_title=Join+Us+in+Coeur+d%26%238217%3BAlene Some Preliminary Considerations Rev. Brian M. Abshire Introduction Since the time of the Enlightenment, the role of human reason has become paramount in Western thinking. Though initially based on the out-workings of a thousand years of Christian presuppositions, modern man discovered that reason had given him ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Freason-evidence-and-presuppositional-apologetics-2%2F&seed_title=Reason%2C+Evidence+and+Presuppositional+Apologetics Rev. Brian M. Abshire In 1973, God used the witness of men working in parachurch organizations to bring me to saving faith in His Son Jesus and teach me the fundamentals of a Christian walk. While I was encouraged to attend a "Bible believing ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fwhy-i-became-a-presbyterian%2F&seed_title=Why+I+Became+A+Presbyterian I still remember the first time I encountered the doctrine of election. I was in my first semester at a Christian college, taking Theology 101. After dealing with the doctrines of God, Christ and Man, we finally got to salvation. And the professor turned out to be ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fwhy-i-believe-in-predestination-2%2F&seed_title=Why+I+Believe+in+Predestination Introduction Baptism is one of those perennial theological debates in which Christians have been engaged since the 16th century. Sincere believers honestly come to the same Scriptures yet often reach radically different conclusions. All Christians acknowledge that Baptism was instituted by the Lord Jesus as an abiding sign of admission to ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fthe-reformed-doctrine-of-baptism%2F&seed_title=The+Reformed+Doctrine+of+Baptism The Woman as Wife Women share equality of honor with men, but have different functions: "..and grant her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life…" (1 Peter 3:7). God intends most women to be married: "Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good ... http://highlands-reformed.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fhighlands-reformed.com%2Fthe-woman-as-wife%2F&seed_title=The+Woman+as+Wife