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In this lecture we begin our discussion of the doctrine of Justification.

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In "The Work of Sanctification, Part 3," Pastor Robert McNutt preaches Romans 8:13 (from the reading of Romans 8:12-17) to answer one question: how do I become more like Jesus? Sanctification, he teaches, is a Spirit-wrought process in which the regenerate Christian must actively cooperate, the commanded work being to "by the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body." Distinguishing the physical body (the remaining seat of sin) from the flesh, he shows that residual sin twists natural, God-given instincts into inordinate affections, calling the believer to lifelong discipline (1 Corinthians 9:27). McNutt rejects two false paths to holiness - monasticism, which flees the world through asceticism (as Luther and Whitefield learned in vain), and legalism, which trades a changed heart for external rules - and points instead to the Spirit's power already resident in every believer, so no Christian may claim he lacks the ability to obey. Practically, mortification means grasping our heritage in Christ, refusing to grieve the indwelling Spirit, abstaining from sin, and dealing with temptation's first motions at once - "nip it in the bud" (James 1:13-15) - while walking in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16) and supplementing faith with virtue and self-control (2 Peter 1:5-11). He warns the change takes a lifetime, but as believers cooperate they grow more like Christ and adorn the gospel.

According to popular legend, the frontiersman Daniel Boone first laid eyes on the bluegrass region of central Kentucky on June 7, 1769. To gain this initial sight, Boone and his companions scaled a 700-foot sandstone outcrop called Pilot Knob, which gives a commanding view over the surrounding dense forest. After weeks of traveling over forbidding mountains, fording raging rivers, and narrowly escaping imprisonment by hostile Shawnee warriors, their ascent of this tower-like hill must have given the haggard frontiersmen a sense of relief. The expansive view of what he called "ample plains [and] beauteous tracts below" must have been mingled with hopes for future blessing and security in what would be his new home in subsequent years. Pilot Knob is now a Kentucky state nature preserve, and the summit still provides stunning views of this rugged region, with the addition of (on clear days) the skyline of the city of Lexington 40 miles in the distance. I had this spot, which I had the pleasure of hiking earlier this year, in mind as I was setting the text of Psalm 46 for congregational worship. The language of a "refuge," a "help in trouble," a fortress amid mountains, rivers, and hostile enemies paired in my mind with this lonely outpost where American settlers first found a refuge in the land the natives called a "dark and bloody ground." While not as venerable a setting of Psalm 46 as Luther's EIN FESTE BURG, I hope that the bluegrass inspired PILOT KNOB has helped you engage with this beautiful text from the Scriptures over these past few weeks. —Henry C. Haffner

Welcome to the first class in our series: The Book of Psalms. We will go over an introduction on the meaning of Psalms, why it is important for Christians, reasons to study the Psalms, timeline, and interpretive approaches.

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Dr. Schmidt examines America's 250 years of existence and the biblical challenges the country faced over its existence, in contrast to the future millennial kingdom on earth when Jesus Christ will inaugurate His literal theocratic kingdom on earth.