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The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards in Categories

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As I’ve been working on my book on gospel-centered productivity, Jonathan Edward’s resolutions have been very relevant and significant. Edwards is an example to us of true productivity—he shows us that true productivity is about a life well lived and that, even more, a life well lived is a God-centered life. Edwards also shows us that […]

Jonathan Edwards' First Resolution

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I love Jonathan Edwards’ first resolution: “Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriad’s of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think […]

What is Supplication?

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The Bible talks often about supplication as a substantial type of prayer (Philippians 4:6, etc.). But what is supplication? It is not simply asking God for things. Rather, it is making a case before God. JP Moreland explains this well in Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life […]

Frontline Missions

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Andy Naselli posts about 4 DVDs from Frontline Missions that have deeply impacted and challenged he and his wife. I’m looking forward to watching them myself at his recommendation. Here are two endorsements of the videos: Are you afraid to open your eyes and see death and destruction in the world? Dispatches from the Front […]

JI Packer on the Problem of Unanswered Prayer

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JI Packer, in Knowing Christianity: We need not be discouraged by the problem of supposedly unanswered prayer. I say “supposedly” because I challenge the supposition. While God has not bound himself to hear unbelievers’ prayers, his promises to answer the prayers of his own children are categorical and inclusive. It must then be wrong to […]

Every Christian is a Minister in Their Own Sphere

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More good counsel from Spurgeon’s Counsel For Christian Workers: According to Christ’s law, every Christian is to be a minister in his own sphere; every member of the church is to be active in spreading the faith which was delivered not to the ministers, but delivered to the saints, to every one of them, that […]

Tim Keller on Revival

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Tim Keller has a good post seeking to address the question: How do seasons of revival come? After discussing briefly whether we can have any influence at all over whether revival happens, he then carefully discusses “some factors that, when present, often become associated with revival by God’s blessing.” He mentions four from William Sprague’s […]