Covenant Caswell
Writing and preaching of John B. Carpenter, Ph.D., pastor of Covenant Reformed Baptist Church (www.covenantcaswell.org, Danville, VA.)
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Are You Listening? (opens the original)
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My greatest fear is not that people will argue with the Word of God. It is that they will nod along, leave happy, and not change one bit.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3lC8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:goo
Did Classical Dispensationalism Teach Multiple Ways of Salvation? (Part 3) (opens the original)
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Lewis Sperry ChaferThat same year, Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871 –1952), one of the leaders of dispensationalism’s era of “promising propagation” (1900-1950), essentially, pleaded guilty to Allis’ charge of differing means of salvation: “There are two widely different, standardized, divine provisions, whereby man, who is utterly fallen, may come into the favor of God.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQ0e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:st
What Does Your Church Care About? (opens the original)
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The true measure of a church is not the crowd it attracts but its faithfulness to God and its affectionate care for His people.A funeral tells the truth about what people care about. When Mrs. Christine Perry, a former member of our church, died, her family gathered with tears, embraces, comforting words, clapping, hallelujahs, and amens. A young relative said that he had enjoyed the funeral, “but it was sad.” Yes, it was sad. That was why they came. When another member of our church, Mrs. Ann S
Did Classical Dispensationalism Teach Multiple Ways of Salvation? (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Today, claiming that dispensations imply different ways of salvation can result inbeing accused of not having read the primary sources carefully enough. This accusation cannot be leveled against Benjamin Wills Newton (1807-1899). He was a co-founder of the Plymouth Brethren with J. N. Darby, originally a partner with Darby, and yet he came to believe that, if Darby’s theology was followed logically, it impliedtwo distinct and separate ways to salvation. Darby had defined dispensations as“any arr
Do Not Convert Your Fears into Predictions (opens the original)
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If the future looks dark, what do you see? If your business’s accounting shows a coming bankruptcy, do you see a wake-up call, a need to advertise better, lower prices, or change what you offer? Or do you see only coming poverty?<img alt="" class="sizing-normal
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