Chapter 15.3, 4, part two
iii. Although repentance be not to be rested in, as any satisfaction for sin, or any cause of the pardon thereof, which is the act of God’s free grace in Christ; yet it is of such necessity to all sinners,…
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Chapter 15.3, 4, part one
iii. Although repentance be not to be rested in, as any satisfaction for sin, or any cause of the pardon thereof, which is the act of God’s free grace in Christ; yet it is of such necessity to all sinners,…
Why This Odd Fella Can Be Hard to Love
Have you ever learned or taught a spiritual truth, only to then be challenged by it and fail? Just this weekend, I was deeply moved as I was typing these words for something else I am working on, “Sanctification is…
God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide
A Truly Divisive Pond A Review of Thomas Albert Howard, God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide (Oxford University Press, 2013) PB, $29.95 One of the most striking differences between the USA, my adopted residence, and the…
Chapter 15.1, 2
i. Repentance unto life is an evangelical grace, the doctrine whereof is to be preached by every minister of the Gospel, as well as that of faith in Christ. ii. By it, a sinner, out of the sight and sense,…
Vatican Files no. 19
Left Without Words: How Roman Catholicism is Reshaping the Evangelical Vocabulary “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of words” (Socrates). If you define a word in a certain way you make claims about reality. Our postmodern culture has stirred…
Vatican Files no. 19
Left Without Words: How Roman Catholicism is Reshaping the Evangelical Vocabulary “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of words” (Socrates). If you define a word in a certain way you make claims about reality. Our postmodern culture has stirred…
Strength to Hold On
Every now and then a Facebook post will get ya. Kristie Anyabwile posted this just yesterday (it may be a quote form Nancy DeMoss, as she was tagged in it): “Children will often cultivate an appetite for that which they…
Chapter 14.3
iii. This faith is different in degrees, weak or strong; may be often and in many ways assailed, and weakened, but gets the victory: growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance, through Christ, who is both…
Transgression: the new conformism
Yesterday I found myself in conversation with a student who is currently studying at an august Ivy League institution. This individual is one of the university’s sportsmen who would probably acknowledge that, good as his grades at high school had…