Posted in Puritans, Shepherding, Witnessing on Mar 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
I have argued here before that ’shepherding’ is the highest duty of the Christian. Yes, all Christians, in all stages of life and maturity, have a duty before God to be shepherding somebody. Some will be responsible for shepherding their children, some the flock of God in the local church, some their brothers and sisters, [...]
Posted in Misc on Mar 28th, 2009 5 Comments »
I apologize for the slow-posting as of late. Let me provide a brief update and schedule for the future:
Today is the day my wife is due to give birth to our second child. Obviously, I’m blogging and not otherwise occupied, so it looks like she will be late. Nevertheless, because of the pregnancy I have [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Devotional, Puritans on Mar 21st, 2009 3 Comments »
It was 6 years ago this month that the Lord first worked grace and repentance in my heart. Before I was converted, I was, like all the unconverted, an exceedingly wicked and profane person. But unlike some others I had little restraint in my outward manifestation of my wickedness. So upon my conversion there was [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Puritans on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Hope
by Jeremiah Burroughs
Binding: Hardcover
Page Count: 150
Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria
ISBN#: 9781573581714
Summary: A warm, devotional exposition of 1st John 3:3, “everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
Though Jeremiah Burroughs is personally not my favorite Puritan to read, I find him to be one of the the very easiest of Puritans to [...]
Posted in Calvinism, Misc on Mar 12th, 2009 4 Comments »
Wow. Check out this article.
Thanks Richard Barcellos for the link.
I might share a few thoughts on this. Check back later for an update.
**UPDATE** – Here are a few of my thoughts on the article:
I’m a little disappointed in these phrases:
“utterly sovereign and micromanaging deity”
“before time’s dawn, God decided whom he would save”
These phrases make God [...]
Posted in Puritans, Witnessing on Mar 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
Have you ever had one of those discussions as has happened to me before when sharing the Law with the unbeliever to demonstrate sinfulness, ‘Oh, are you telling me that you don’t sin, that you don’t also break these commandments? I try not to live an upright life; why are you better or different than [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Covenant Theology, Dispensationalism, Law/Gospel, Theology on Mar 6th, 2009 6 Comments »
The book Five Views on Law and Gospel “explores five major approaches to the relationship between the law and the Gospel, each author presenting his particular perspective on the issue and responding to the other four.”
The contributors and their respective positions are as follows:
Wayne G. Strickland: Dispensational
Dr. Walter C. Kaiser Jr.: ‘Evangelical’
Douglas J. Moo: ‘Modified [...]
Posted in Devotional, Jesus Christ, Puritans on Mar 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear…” – Col 3:4″
Life here is, by a metonymy, put for the author of life.
We have shewed that Jesus Christ, He is first the author of a believer’s spiritual life… “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
Secondly, Jesus Christ, he is the matter of a believer’s [...]
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