Here’s one reason: “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith — more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire — may be found to result in praise and glory and honor […]
What Does it Mean that the Christian is Simultaneously Just and Sinful?
Sometimes, the truth that we are just and sinful at the same time is misunderstood. It is rightly recognized that, even as Christians, we still sin and still have sinful dispositions. So the “sinful” part of the picture is usually understood correctly. But the “just” part of the equation is sometimes understood to mean to […]
Christianity is a Religion of the Affections
Wilberforce: We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs that it is the religion of the affections which God particularly requires. Joy is enjoined on us as our bounden duty and commended to us as our acceptable worship. A cold, unfeeling heart is represented as highly criminal. […]
Spurgeon on the Necessary Connection Between Doctrine and Practice
Spurgeon in Counsel For Christian Workers: His way went wrong after his thought had gone wrong. You cannot deviate from truth without ere long, in some measure, at any rate, deviating from practical righteousness. This man had erred from right acting because he had erred from right believing. Suppose a man shall imbibe a doctrine […]
Edwards: Many Who Mean Well Actually, Through Lack of Knowledge, Do Great Harm
A good exhortation from Edwards on the importance of learning about the practical dimension of life and our vocations: Many who mean well, and are full of a good spirit, yet for want of prudence, conduct themselves so as to wound religion. Many have a zeal for God, which doth more hurt than good, because […]
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