We will be meeting at Berean Fellowship’s building on 30th St. East between Palmdale Blvd. and Ave. R. at 2pm. We will be formally constituting as Grace Reformed Baptist Church. There will be no 10am and 6pm services.
Paul’s words in Ephesians 1:8-10 come in an immediate context of praise to the Father (Eph. 1:3). The Father is to be praised due to comprehensive redemption in the Son (Eph. 1:7-12). The Son’s redemptive work affects everything (Eph. 1:10). According to wider canonical teaching, the Son functions as the last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45). He is the one who is head of all things (Eph. 1:22) and sums up [ Read More ]
“Faith, therefore, is a certain steadfast beholding, which looks upon Christ alone, the conqueror of sin and death and the giver of righteousness, salvation, and eternal life…So, if I would find comfort and life, when I am at the point of death, I must do nothing else but apprehend Christ, and look at Him, and say: I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who suffered, was crucified, and [ Read More ]
The period of time between the resurrection and Second Coming of Christ is marked by at least two realities – the wrath of God against sin (Rom. 1) and the grace of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a mixed epoch of history where two worlds exist at the same time – the old world, in which men are born in sin with souls and bodies that [ Read More ]
What does this commonly used phrase mean? There is some confusion over its meaning and use in our day. Here are the first words of Dr. Horton’s article: “If you’ve been in Protestant circles for very long, whether conservative or liberal, you may have heard the phrase “reformed and always reforming” or sometimes just “always reforming.” I hear it a lot these days, especially from friends who want our Reformed [ Read More ]
Here is a link to a discussion about my blog posts and message at the ARBCA GA concerning the Lord’s Supper as Means of Grace. Read it here. This is important.
That Paul views Christ as head of all things created is clear from Ephesians 1:22, “And He [i.e., the Father] put all things in subjection under His [i.e., the exalted Redeemer’s] feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church.” According to my understanding of Ephesians 1:10, the exalted Christ (“Him” at the end of v.9) has been stationed by the Father as the chief executive officer [ Read More ]
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (Eph. 1:3 NASB updated) The words “who has blessed us” modify “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” and are modified by three prepositional phrases: “with every spiritual blessing, in the heavens, in Christ”. How are we to view these prepositional phrases? Are they [ Read More ]
Introduction Our church-plant holds to The Second London Confession of Faith (2nd LCF) otherwise known as The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. Chapter two of the Confession is entitled “Of God and of the Holy Trinity.” It has three paragraphs. The third paragraph covers the doctrine of the Trinity. Before examining it, it is very important to remind ourselves that the Confession is not an innovative document. In other [ Read More ]
I (Richard Barcellos) have invited my friend Jordan Dayoub to answer some questions about the recent Elephant Room 2 discussion between T. D. Jakes, Mark Driscoll, and James MacDonald. There are two reasons why I chose to do this: first, there are some folks in our church-plant with Oneness Pentecostal backgrounds and second, Jordan is a former Oneness pastor. So, here it goes. RB: Jordan, can you describe your history with [ Read More ]
