5 Điều…Về Việc Làm Cha Mẹ
- Nuôi dạy con cái là sứ mạng thiêng liêng mà Đức Chúa Trời đã giao phó cho bạn.
- Học vâng phục thẩm quyền là nền móng quan trọng.
- Tấm lòng là nguồn của sự sống.
-Tripp
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(GSiV: GSiV Resource Page; Grace and Marriage: Base love on promises not performance; Những Nguyên Tắc Trong Hôn Nhân Có Đấng Christ Là Trung Tâm)
Errors of New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)
This so called “Reformation” has nothing to do with the historic Protestant Reformation kicked off by Luther in 1517.
“The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) elevates personal experiences over Scripture, leading believers away from the gospel’s true focus. Its emphasis on power, cultural dominance, and man-centered teachings distorts biblical truth, urging Christians to return to the authority of the Bible alone.”
-Living Waters
Watch more here
(GSiV: NAR and church worship music: dangers abound; Is “Being Slain in the Spirit” biblical?; Prosperity Gospel? ; Được Thánh Linh Dẫn Dắt của ông Elliff–part 5; Interpreting impressions like “God told me…”; Elliff)
Justification and the Reformation: sự xưng công bình
‘Rao giảng và sống bày tỏ sự xưng công bình chỉ bởi đức tin mới tôn vinh hiển Đấng Christ, giải cứu tội nhân đang tuyệt vọng, khích lệ những thánh đồ bất toàn và củng cố các Hội thánh yếu đuối. Đây là một chân lý đầy kinh ngạc — Đức Chúa Trời xưng kẻ có tội là công bình bởi đức tin. “Còn kẻ chẳng làm việc chi hết, nhưng tin Đấng xưng người có tội là công bình, thì đức tin của kẻ ấy kể là công bình cho mình” (Rô-ma 4:5). Lịch sử chứng minh rằng: Rao truyền lẽ thật này sẽ tạo ra, cải cách và phục hưng Hội thánh.’
-Piper (tienphong.org)
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(GSiV: Luther, Calvin, Farel, Reformation; Sanctification;
Reformation History: Five Onlys–part 10; Baptist; GSiV Resource Page; Grateful for the Reformation; What is Reformed theology?; A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith)
Original Sin & Total Depravity series–part 13
Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại
(bại hoại / depravity)
What Is Original Sin?
‘The term “original sin” doesn’t refer to the first sin, committed by Adam, but to the result of that first sin. The Bible asserts not only that we sin a lot but that we’re sinful by nature. Therefore, writes Richard Phillips, “We have an inborn tendency to commit sin.”
As Paul wrote, “Sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned” (Rom. 5:12). All people, both in Paul’s day and ours, have sinned in the past. When did we sin? When Adam sinned. In his first sin, Adam represented his descendants with devastating results.’
-Bateman
Read more
(GSiV: Provisionism: Did God save people or just provide salvation?; Original Sin & Total Depravity series–part 12;Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại–part 1; A Few Confessions of Faith in Vietnamese; Gospel Grace Versus Dead Religion–part 6; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith–part 19; “Thế Nào Là Một Hội Thánh Khỏe Mạnh?”; Năm Luận Điểm: Ông John Piper–part 12; Nguyên tội và Hoàn toàn bại hoại–part 11)
Missions and the long patient journey
‘They may be ordinary and unflashy, but healthy churches are the consecrated common sense that builds for eternity. They’re the Bible’s missions strategy. Just as the gospel “sounded forth” from the first-century churches in Macedonia and Achaia (1 Thess. 1:8), so it continues to sound forth from churches today. Sometimes God moves in surprising ways, but generally the harvest doesn’t come immediately. It’s “first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear” (Mark 4:28). The sower doesn’t even know how the seed sprouts. “By itself,” the earth produces grain.’
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(GSiV: Thinking through methods and missions; Expecting Rapid?; Debate about methods of church planting and discipling; Unreached People Groups and Overemphasis on Speed; A Plea for Gospel Sanity in Missions; Dangerous Desire for Church Growth; Miller: Success, Failure, and Grace; Church Growth, Planning, and Multiplication; Starting Churches: Making Disciples; Analysis of T4T; Phương pháp ‘Môn Đồ Hóa Dựa Trên Sự Vâng Phục’ là chủ nghĩa luật pháp phải không?; Rapid; Missions: Success, faithfulness, rapid, deception)
Thinking through methods and missions
Methods matter in ministry. They matter in overseas ministry too. Consider this article to think through key issues.
- ‘We long for (good) results and are prone to succumb to mechanistic ways of thinking–If only we implement A and B, then the strategy will lead to C.’
- ‘Listening to God’s word chastens triumphalist or mechanistic thinking, reminding us that, in the work of missions (or parenting or pastoring, for that matter), the success of our labors depends not on our carefully honed methods but on the authority of him who calls.’
- ‘The effectiveness of their ministry does not depend on the latest strategy and how well they can implement it, nor does it depend on the winsomeness of their speech or the depth of their sociological research.’
- ‘When the going is slow, when the soil is hard, don’t look first for a new method to advance the gospel.’
- ‘No amount of human strategy or ingenuity can twist the arm of his sovereign strength.’
Read the whole thing here
(GSiV: Expecting Rapid?; Debate about methods of church planting and discipling; Unreached People Groups and Overemphasis on Speed; A Plea for Gospel Sanity in Missions; Dangerous Desire for Church Growth; Miller: Success, Failure, and Grace; Church Growth, Planning, and Multiplication; Starting Churches: Making Disciples; Analysis of T4T; Phương pháp ‘Môn Đồ Hóa Dựa Trên Sự Vâng Phục’ là chủ nghĩa luật pháp phải không?; Rapid; Missions: Success, faithfulness, rapid, deception)
Spurgeon on the atonement
‘Let the Christian feel that the teaching which lowers the work of Christ or makes it dependent upon the will of man as to its effect, puts the Cross on the ground and says, “That blood is shed, but it may be shed in vain, shed in vain for you”–let us all feel that such teaching comes not from the Spirit of God! That teaching which, pointing to the Cross, says, “He shall see of the travail of His soul and shall be satisfied.” That teaching which makes the Atonement a true atonement which forever put away the vindictive Justice of God from every soul for whom that Atonement was offered, exalts Christ and, therefore, it is a teaching which comes from the Spirit of God! When your heart is brought to rest upon what Christ has done. When, laying aside all confidence in your own works, knowledge, prayers, doing, or believing, you come to rest upon what Christ has done in its simplicity–then is Jesus Christ exalted in your heart and it must have been the work of the Spirit of Divine Grace! The Person, then, and the work of Christ are exalted.’
-C. H. Spurgeon
“The Spirit’s Office Towards Disciples,” (No. 3062)
A Sermon Published on Thursday, October 17, 1907
Read the whole thing here
(GSiV: Spurgeon; TULIP: Possible translations in Vietnamese; Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security; Salvation;Evangelism and Calvinism; TULIP; A great brief summary of Calvinism (in English); Arminianism ; TULIP là gì?; The Joys of Definite Atonement ; Phúc Âm cho Người Cơ Đốc (Spurgeon)–phần 6; Spurgeon)
TULIP là gì?
“TULIP. Cách tóm tắt giúp nhớ năm điểm trong giáo lý của phái Calvin khẳng định tại Hội nghị Dort (1618-1619):
- Hoàn toàn bại hoại (Total depravity),
- Sự lựa chọn vô điều kiện (Unconditional election),
- Cứu chuộc có giới hạn (Limited atonement; [Particular redemption])
- Ân điển bất khả kháng (Irresistible grace; [Overcoming Grace])
- Sự bền đỗ của thánh đồ (Perseverance of the saints; [Perseverance of the Savior]).”
–Sổ tay Thuật Ngữ Thần Học Anh-Việt (Ấn bản thứ 2), tr. 236.
(GSiV: TULIP: Possible translations in Vietnamese; Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security; Salvation; Evangelism and Calvinism; TULIP; A great brief summary of Calvinism (in English); The Joys of Definite Atonement )
The Joys of Definite Atonement
Definite atonement is also called particular redemption and specific atonement. One theologian of the past helpfully asked, “When Jesus died, did he have a specific people in mind?” We think the Bible answers “Yes.” In other words, God didn’t merely “provide” salvation; he sent Jesus to die for the elect. Below are some other details by another pastor-theologian to help us think biblically:
‘It is important. Sometimes it is called “limited” atonement, which is an unfortunate designation, because it seems to minimize or diminish the work of the atonement. In fact, what we are arguing for is not something less than others believe but for something more. This what I mean: The Bible speaks about God loving the world (John 3:16). And he speaks about Christ being “the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe” (1 Timothy 4:10).’
-Piper
Listen or read more here
(GSiV: GSiV Resource Page; No Free Will: Bondage; The human will in bondage to sin; Traditionalism/Provisionism; ĐỨC CHÚA TRỜI VÀ SỰ CỨU RỖI: Tín Lý Về Ân Điển Quyền Năng (Gi. 3:16); How do we stop loving the darkness?; How the gospel works–election; A God who can’t be stopped; Provisionism: Did God save people or just provide salvation?; If the saved need God to will for them, how much more the lost; Original Sin & Total Depravity series–part 3; If Calvinism is true…part 3;; Praising God’s purpose and plan: to get glory (Eph 1:5-14); TULIP: Possible translations in Vietnamese; Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security; Salvation; Evangelism and Calvinism; TULIP; A great brief summary of Calvinism (in English))
Thưa anh em, Đức Chúa Trời là Phúc Âm
‘Kể từ khi quyển sách này được xuất bản vào năm 2002, tôi suy nghĩ đến một vài chân lý mà trong đó có lẽ thật về Đức Chúa Trời là Phúc Âm. Điều đơn giản mà câu này muốn nói là sự tốt đẹp nhất ở trong Tin lành là chính Đức Chúa Trời. Khi đặt niềm tin vào Phúc Âm, bạn đang nếm biết và nhìn thấy Chúa là tốt lành và món quà quý nhất mà Chúa đã chuộc lại cho bạn qua sự chết của Con Ngài là được vui hưởng chính Đức Chúa Trời.’
-Piper (Tien Phong)
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(GSiV: Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; Phúc Âm Là Gì?; Đức Chúa Trời là Phúc âm, Piper–part 1; Piper; Năm Luận Điểm; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; Prosperity Gospel?; Elliff; More Resources)
Doing Church God’s Way: who can women teach?
‘Spiritually mature womanhood should disincline a woman from taking opportunities to teach men (including mixed adult groups) wherever that role would embody the kind of authoritative engagement that would be like the teaching and authority of an elder in the church. That’s the principle that I try to follow.
Or, to put it positively, spiritual women should fill their lives with Christ-exalting ministries that come alongside the leadership of spiritual men and find their fruitfulness in ways that support and complement that leadership. There is a fitness in the nature of things, by virtue of creation and God’s design, that causes women to flourish under the strong, humble, spiritual leadership of men, which is not true about men under the leadership of women. I think that’s implied in these texts.’
-Piper
Read (or listen to) the whole thing here
(GSiV: Unity; Pastors; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; More Resources; Nữ và vai trò mục sư)
Explaining doctrine of election over a meal or coffee
Here are a few verses that pastor John Piper uses to kindly persuade those struggling against this beautiful doctrine:
- “God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 4:6).
- “Even when we were dead in our trespasses, God made us alive” (Ephesians 2:1, 5).
- “The Lord’s servant must be patient and correct with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance, leading to a knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:24–25).
- “…no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father” (John 6:65).
- “As many as were appointed to eternal life believed” (Acts 13:48).
- “Even as he chose us [he elected us] in him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4).
- Also see Romans 8:30, Romans 9:11, Romans 11:5, and 1 Corinthians 1:23-24.
Listen or read the whole thing here
(GSiV: A Mindset All Reformed Folks Need; GSiV Resource Page; Election ;
QUYỀN NĂNG CAO CẢ CỦA ĐỨC CHÚA TRỜI Ở VIỆT NAM (Ê-phê 1:4-5) 