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 […]
3 Things to Remember When Critiquing Someone's Theology
Justin Taylor: Critique — done well — is a gift to the one being criticized. We should welcome the opportunity to have our thinking corrected and clarified. We see through a glass dimly, and God has gifted the church with teachers who often see things more clearly than we do at present. In God’s providence […]
What Does it Mean to be Pure? Or, How We Often Minimize What Jesus Really Means When He Says We are to Be "Pure in Heart"
Our daughter’s name is Kate, which means “pure.” The other night I came in to tuck her in a bit late, and she said “I just got done praying.” Which is fantastic (she’s 6). I said to her “what did you pray for?” One of the things she said was: “I prayed that I would […]
What Does it Mean that the Earth Will be Filled With the Knowledge of the Glory of God?
It means that the earth will be filled with Christians. To see this, we need to go back to Genesis 1:26, where God gives his purpose in creating people: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of […]
John Piper: "Don't be Afraid of Doctrine — Be Afraid of Disconnected Doctrine"
Great comments by John Piper from his latest sermon: “But you do not believe, because you are not part of my flock. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. […]
Spurgeon on Whether God Requires Faithfulness or Fruitfulness
Spurgeon: The reaping time will come. Our chief business is to glorify God by teaching the truth whether souls are saved or not; but still I demur to the statement that we may go on preaching the gospel for years and years, and even all our lifetime, and yet no result may follow. They say, […]
"But God…"
From the introduction to Casey Lute’s encouraging book, But God…The Two Words at the Heart of the Gospel: This is a book about two words. Concerning them, the late James Montgomery Boice wrote, “May I put it quite simply? If you understand those two words — ‘but God’ — they will save your soul. If […]
The Pattern of the Christian Life
The pattern of the Christian life seems to be trial, deliverance, trial, deliverance, trial, deliverance: “. . . my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ […]
In What Ways Did Jesus Suffer?
Jesus’ sufferings were more than just physical. He experienced the full range of human suffering, to the greatest extent: He was betrayed: “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” (Luke 22:48). He was taken captive: “Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him” (Matthew 26:50). He was […]
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