Author Archives: Jeff Chavez

The LORD’s Day and Christian Witness

‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work,  but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Deu 5:12-14a A church united in its observance of the Lord’s Day will also weekly demonstrate the unityContinue reading “The LORD’s Day and Christian Witness”

Were Ruth and Naomi Lesbian Lovers?

This is a Bible survey of Ruth and Naomi. You can also watch the video here. Were they lesbian lovers? NO! Actually, both of them were identified as heterosexuals in the Bible. The LGBT Bible interpreters maliciously interpreted Ruth 1:14-18 Ruth 1:14-18 14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissedContinue reading “Were Ruth and Naomi Lesbian Lovers?”

Sanctification: Monergism or Synergism?

for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for ● his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13 During the Q & A on our table talk on John Calvin’s Institutes, the question about sanctification as monergistic or synergistic was brought in. While some would say that it is monergistic since God alone gets theContinue reading “Sanctification: Monergism or Synergism?”

The LORD’s Day: A Sanctified Day

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on itContinue reading “The LORD’s Day: A Sanctified Day”

Attack on the Heart of the Gospel

Is the 21st-century agenda Christianity-friendly? Can we really say that Christendom has reached the time where she is safer than the time of the Apostles, martyred Christians, and victims of the crusades? I read a booklet on Postmodernism: Attack on the Heart of Biblical Christianity by Erroll Hulse. It’s a quick read but it willContinue reading “Attack on the Heart of the Gospel”

A Fourfold Wedding

Last January and early this March, we witnessed two covenant weddings of our members. Today, we have another one but it’s not just one couple, but four! It’s a fourfold wedding indeed. It is a memorable and momentous event as we see four of our church couples reaffirm their covenant of marriage before the presenceContinue reading “A Fourfold Wedding”

HGA Episode 7. Book Review On Van TIl’s Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen

Apologetics is the vindication of the Christian philosophy of life against the various forms of the non-Christian philosophy of life. To interpret a fact of history involves a philosophy of history. But a philosophy of history is at the same time a philosophy of reality as a whole. Thus we are driven to philosophical discussion all theContinue reading “HGA Episode 7. Book Review On Van TIl’s Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen”

The LORD’s Day: Blessed are the Ones He Brought Near

Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple! By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthestContinue reading “The LORD’s Day: Blessed are the Ones He Brought Near”