Posted in Puritans on Oct 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
The Puritan Obadiah Sedgwick, in the highly commendable work Christ’s Counsel to His Languishing Church, gives 7 general directions concerning our attempt to discern truth from false doctrine.
How are we to know truth from error in matters of doctrine?
…true doctrine may be discerned from false doctrines:
By the unity of them
…There is but one way (said […]
Posted in Christian Living, Puritans on Oct 9th, 2008 14 Comments »
Obadiah Sedwick, in his most excellent work Christ’s Counsel to His Languishing Church, an exposition of Revelation 3:2-3, lists 8 causes why Christians find their love of Christ growing cold. They had such an effect on me that I list them below (edited) for your edification.
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: […]
Posted in Christian Living, Puritans on Sep 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
In the excellent work, Precious Remedies for Satan’s Devices, Thomas Brooks lists 8 ‘devices’ or ’schemes’ Satan uses to hinder people from religious services and duties, and he then he follows up with several ‘remedies’ to combat each lie.Regarding Satan’s attempt to hinder our obedience to the faith, I found the 8th device and 4th […]
Posted in Book Reviews, Puritans on Sep 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Biblical Theology
by John Owen
The History of Theology from Adam to Christ
Binding: Hardcover
Page Count: 911
Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria
ISBN#: 9781877611834
To review this book in detail would require much more space than is allotted here. Biblical Theology covers such a broad topic in such great detail, that pretty much any review this size will fail […]
Posted in Church, Worship, Christian Culture, Puritans on Aug 28th, 2008 11 Comments »
I found this John Owen excerpt proper considering yesterday’s post about church gimmicks and boosting attendance:
“…evangelical theology insists that the glory of religious worship is its internal and spiritual nature…To the natural man, therefore, no religious worship is pleasing unless he can see something of glory and splendor.”
“Notional religion must ever devise new rites, novel […]
Posted in Church, Christian Culture, Puritans on Aug 25th, 2008 14 Comments »
It should be widely agreed upon that the American church is largely in a state of apostasy. The evidence for such a statement should be obvious: false doctrine and heresies abound, blatant sins are often casually overlooked, and more people than ever profess Christ and maybe even attend church on occasion –but clearly without evidence […]
Posted in Worship, Puritans on Aug 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve heard it said that John Owen affirmed that to take away the Regulative Principle of Worship would be to take away the entire foundation of Puritanism. To this I would agree, but would add to it that a true denial of the RPW would be to undermine Christianity in its entirety, not simple […]
Posted in Church History, Calvinism, Sovereignty, Puritans on Aug 14th, 2008 12 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Church History, Book Reviews, Puritans on Aug 11th, 2008 No Comments »
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 biographical […]
Posted in Christian Living, Sin, Puritans on Aug 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Below is an excerpt from The Almost Christian Discovered, by the Puritan Matthew Mead. The subject he discusses is how to determine whether conviction of sin is from conscience or from the Holy Spirit. But before we get to his words, I’d like to share what stuck out to me in this passage.
Under point 5 […]
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