This Week in Housekeeping

inclusivism
January’s Credo Magazine was a treasure trove of links on inclusivism. I’ve added all these excellent links to the inclusivism page in the Theological Terms of the Week. 

• Ardel Caneday: Faith Comes By Hearing: Inclusivists’ Abuse of Romans 10:9-17 (On my original post, a commenter argues for the inclusivist view from this passage, so this is an especially good addition to my list of resources.)
• Michael Reeves: The Cruelty of Inclusivism
• Timothy Beougher: Does Belief in Inclusivism Weaken Motivation for Missions and Evangelism
• Todd Borger: Can Inclusivism Be Supported by the OT?

ordo salutis

• Changed the definition. (This is a really old term and the old definition was, frankly, pretty stinky. Let’s hope I’ve become better at defining terms with experience.)
• Got rid of dead links.
• Fixed the formatting.
• Added link to Kim Riddlebarger’s Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Order of Salvation.
• Added link to Tim Challies’ Visual Theology - The Order of Salvation.
• Added link to Monergism.com’s What does the “ordo salutis” mean and why is it important?
• Added related term order of God’s decrees.

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part II: Questions about The Ten Commandments

64. Q. What does the tenth commandment teach us?
        A. To be content with what we have.

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Sunday's Hymn: The Heavens Declare Thy Glory

The heav’ns declare Thy glory, Lord,
In every star Thy wisdom shines
But when our eyes behold Thy Word,
We read Thy name in fairer lines.

The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days, Thy power confess
But the blest volume Thou hast writ
Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.

Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise
Round the whole earth, and never stand:
So when Thy truth begun its race,
It touched and glanced on every land.

Nor shall Thy spreading Gospel rest
Till through the world Thy truth has run,
Till Christ has all the nations blest
That see the light or feel the sun.

Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Bless the dark world with heav’nly light;
Thy Gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right.

Thy noblest wonders here we view
In souls renewed and sins forgiv’n;
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make Thy Word my guide to Heaven.

—Isaac Watts

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: All People That on Earth Do Dwell at Fieldstone Cottage
• O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go at Still Reforming
• Heavenly Sunlight at The Happy Wonderer
• Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise at Rosemary at Home
• Last words of Mary Ann Paton at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 8, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• A Sunday Psalm: The Treasury of David - Psalm 2:7 at Theology for Girls
• Faith Alone - February 19, 2012 at The Upward Call
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The Delusion of the Unbeliever’s “Freedom”

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.