Posted in Christian Living, Devotional, The Gospel on Jun 18th, 2010 2 Comments »
The picture above has been in the news this week, as this heart-breaking image of two slave children just recently surfaced. In God’s providence, I have been reading a very good book this week, Surprised by Grace, and the book closes with an illustration of our freedom in Christ that brought this picture to mind.
There’s [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Law/Gospel, Theology on Sep 23rd, 2009 8 Comments »
I’ve read a lot of treatments/books on the 10 commandments, but J. V. Fesko’s The Rule of Love surpasses them all. It’s wonderfully Christ-centered; it continually views each commandment through the the gospel –through the lens of Christ’s fulfillment of the Law on our behalf; it’s precise yet broad in its application; and it’s even [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Worship on Jul 19th, 2009 32 Comments »
Since my readers are well aware that I’ve spent a significant amount of time discussing the Sabbath Commandment here at Shepherd the Flock, I thought the following article was relevant in answering many of the questions that often come up. Namely: what does New Testament Sabbath keeping look like?
Tim Challies posted an excerpt from Don [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Christian Living, Jesus Christ on Jul 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Do you remember the WWJD craze? What Would Jesus Do? Seems as though the fad has pretty much ridden off in the sunset now days (at least the marketing aspect; not the theological one). But I remember it vividly. All the cool Christians had the bracelets, T-shirts, and necklaces. In fact, in many ways it [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Trials/Sufferings on Jun 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Trials. Afflictions. Trouble. Frustrations. We all go through them: young or old, rich or poor, saved or lost. And right now there are a few trials and just general disappointments that my family is going through right now. We’re sad over a few providences, disappointed in some endeavors that just haven’t worked out as we’ve [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Misc, Puritans on Apr 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
As I have mentioned before, I have joined Twitter now and am so far enjoying it. One of the things I like about it is that I can share quotes that I come across while reading and get instant feedback from those following me.
Today, I’d just like to collect and share the various quotes that [...]
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 Christian Living, Covenant Theology, Law/Gospel, Puritans, Worship on Feb 28th, 2009 4 Comments »
I have posted on the Sabbath and the Law of God a lot recently, as it is been a particular area of my study as of late. But whenever I’m infatuated with any particular study of theology, whether that be the Law, or eschatology, or thematic Biblical Theology, I always come to a point where [...]
Posted in Biblical Interpretation, Christian Living, Law/Gospel on Feb 19th, 2009 16 Comments »
“For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. For when Gentiles, [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Christian Living on Feb 10th, 2009 No Comments »
There is most certainly a fine balance between abstaining from sin and avoiding situations where temptation may come, in contrast to being ‘in the world but not of the world’ to the extent that our influence on the world is still effective.
And there are always those who will seek to make excuse for their sin [...]
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