Shepherd the Flock

Recently I came across a few comments in Terry L. Johnson’s book Reformed Worship that caught my attention. Specifically, I was intrigued in reading that, “For Lutherans the enemy of faith was works. For the Reformed, the enemy of faith was idolatry.” (P18)
As he goes on to explain, it was John Calvin who insisted that [...]

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For the background of this post, please see my previous post introducing this subject.
Iain Murray, in his excellent book ‘Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism‘, sets forth a few arguments against the altar call that were voiced by men when the practice was just beginning. I thought it would be profitable [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, the ‘altar call’ that is so popular in today’s churches has not been around for long. The practice of prolonging religious services, pleading for a public response, playing emotionally-laden music and using fervent exhortations for people to ‘make a decision for Christ’ got its start with the American ‘Revivalism’ in the [...]

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Antinomianism is a term that literally means ‘anti-law’, but it has morphed into many different forms down through the centuries. Generally speaking, consistent Antinomianism is a heresy, and has been condemned by the church in just about every age of history.
Because I posting sporadic thoughts on the Law of God in the life of the [...]

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Before you read the quote below, let me preface it by saying that I count many people as brothers and sisters in Christ who somewhat align themselves with the doctrine that this puritan is condemning. My reason for posting this is not to call anyone’s profession of faith into question. We must understand that there [...]

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The Genius of Puritanism
Peter Lewis

My first inclination to pick up this book came from an endorsement by the great preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones that caught my eye. Lloyd-Jones’ endorsement read:
“Lewis provides an excellent foretaste of the rich meal that readers of the works of the Puritans can enjoy. His arrangement of the matter—the brief [...]

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I came across an excerpt from Spurgeon the other day which struck quite a cord with me. It is something a little different than what we’re used to reading from him.
Do you agree with Spurgeon below? Why or why not?

“…those who never exhort sinners are seldom winners of souls to any great extent, but they [...]

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Picking up where I left off in Part 1 of this look at George Whitefield, I’d like to point out how Whitefield kept a strict account of his daily actions.
Whether we write down the specifics or not, a daily reckoning before the Lord is absolutely necessary for the Christian life. Daily confession of our sins, [...]

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Over the past few months I have endeavored to study and learn more about Church History. I have found that reading about the saints of old, seeing their trials, their victories, and their battles with sin can be one of the very best means of sanctification in a Christian’s life.
But my recent study of George [...]

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I’ve always been intrigued by the debate concerning old-time athletes and how they would’ve supposedly performed in today’s modern era. With Barry Bonds recently breaking the baseball all-time home run record, this discussion has come up quite a bit as of late: “What would’ve Babe Ruth accomplished if he played in this decade?” And so [...]

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