Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: Godthe second title in The Good Portion series.

The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

Thursday
Jun042009

Round the Sphere Again

For Yukoners
If I weren’t immediate family of an employee, I’d enter this draw.

More from the North
Children get up close and personal with thirty or so bald eagles hanging around the backyard.

I’m not sure where in Alaska this video comes from, but I’m guessing that’s a fish cannery in the background, which probably explains why there are so many bald eagles visiting.

Poetry
….or not: 1 Corinthians 13? (Bill Mounce at Koinonia)

Quoting and Excerpting
from a book I’ll be reviewing shortly:

100 Favorite Hymns
at Semicolon

Wednesday
Jun032009

How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in his church under the New Testament?

Under the New Testament Christ hath instituted in his church only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord’s supper.[1]

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Tuesday
Jun022009

Quiz: Subjective Soteriology

Here’s a short theology quiz on subjective soteriology, or the experience of the salvation process in the one being saved. All the answers can be found in Theological Term of the Week posts under the Salvation category, either in the posts themselves or in articles linked in the posts. As always, the right answers in this quiz will reflect the historic Protestant (aka reformedish) faith.

Choose the best answer.

1. A list that places the saving benefits which are applied to the one being saved in an order that shows the relationships between the benefits is called

  • a. an order of decrees.
  • b. an order of worship.
  • c. an order of salvation.
  • d. the pactum salutis.
  • e. none of the above.

2. In glorification, the one being saved

  • a. receives a resurrection body.
  • b. becomes perfectly conformed to the image of Christ.
  • c. experiences the final stage in the salvation process.
  • d. all of the above.
  • e. none of the above.

3. The work of the Spirit in which the sinner’s whole nature is changed by a spiritual resurrection is called

  • a. the new birth.
  • b. regeneration.
  • c. spiritual birth.
  • d. all of the above.
  • e. a and c above.

4. Sinners are justified

  • a. based on their whole life of obedience.
  • b. when they believe.
  • c. by means of faith.
  • d. all of the above.
  • e. b and c above.

5. Those who will be saved are elected to salvation

  • a. in order to show God’s glorious grace.
  • b. in eternity past.
  • c. arbitrarily.
  • d. all of the above.
  • e. a and b above.

6. The work of the Holy Spirit in which the sinner is convinced of their sin and persuaded to embrace Christ is called

  • a. the effectual call.
  • b. the internal call.
  • c. the gospel call.
  • d. all of the above.
  • e. a and b above.

Look for answers on Thursday.


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