To be sure, the Spirit of God quickens within the souls of the redeemed a new desire for worship. But that desire is not something that can be left to the natural course of experience. It must be cultivated. It must be learned in accordance with the directives of sacred Scripture. The worship to which [...]
September 2010
Thanks to Tim Challies for pointing to another great poem from The Valley of Vision. O God of Grace, Thou hast imputed my sin to my substitute, and hast imputed his righteousness to my soul, clothing me with a bridegroom’s robe, decking me with jewels of holiness. But in my Christian walk I am still [...]
Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of your sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and you will die a conqueror; yea, you will, through the good providence of God, live to see your lust dead at your feet. — John OwenOvercoming Sin and Temptation [...]
As a follow-up to the previous post on Yom Kippur I want to present the audio from a portion of Dr. R.C. Sproul’s presentation at Together for the Gospel 2008. The title of his presentation was “The Curse Motif of the Atonement” and it was one of the finest messages I’ve ever had the privilege [...]
This is an excellent post from Jon Bloom, Executive Director of Desiring God. Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is perhaps the holiest day in the Jewish year. The nation of Israel has all but shut down operations. And similar to Easter for non-religious people from Christian backgrounds, Yom Kippur has such [...]
The whole concept of hell is so ghastly and difficult even to comprehend that we have a visceral response of denial to it. We cannot imagine any of our loved ones ever being assigned to such a dreadful place. We also find in our culture a rejection of the whole idea of a final judgment. [...]
Up, then, my Christian reader, to the service of your Lord and Master. Awake you that sleep! Rouse up from selfishness and indolence, and disinter your buried talent. Go to the cross, where, in tears and blood, in suffering and death, your hell was extinguished and your heaven won, and before that cross blush that [...]
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus! (Hebrews 12:2) For every look at self – take ten looks at Christ! Live near to Jesus – and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities. How many millions of dazzling pearls and gems are at this moment hidden in the deep recesses [...]
Who is glorious like our God? And what tells forth his glory, but the Word of God? In the beginning, God gave forth his voice, he spoke the worlds into existence, and by his Word all creation was made (Genesis 1; John 1:1-3); and now, from one day to another, the glories of the sun [...]
Ligonier Ministries recently released the video of a conversation between Dr. R.C. Sproul and Dr. Stephen Meyer, author of the book Signature in the Cell. This was a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion that covered topics such as evolution, intelligent design, philosophy, epistomology, and philosophical theology, among others. As Christians, we have no reason to fear [...]
