i. They, who are once effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart, and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection, by His Word and Spirit dwelling…
i. They, who are once effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart, and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection, by His Word and Spirit dwelling…
i. They, who are once effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart, and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection, by His Word and Spirit dwelling…
ii. Faith, thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification: yet is it not alone in the person justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith,…
One of the most pressing concerns in Reformed churches today is the importance of getting the gospel right. Recently, Reformed churches have had to oppose the Federal Vision theology, which compromises justification by inserting good works into the definition of…
One of the most pressing concerns in Reformed churches today is the importance of getting the gospel right. Recently, Reformed churches have had to oppose the Federal Vision theology, which compromises justification by inserting good works into the definition of…
So far, as we have pointed to some highlights of Walter Marshall’s justly lauded book, “Gospel Mystery of Sanctification,” we have learned the following from him about growth in grace in the Christian life: 1. Those who have been saved…
In our first highlight from Walter Marshall’s “Gospel Mystery” we saw no antipathy to the ideas of the believer’s duty or to the believer’s aspiration to holiness or to the believer’s endeavor to obey the moral law. Marshall says, to repeat,…
John Murray famously commended Walter Marshall’s “Gospel Mystery of Sanctification” as the best book ever written on the subject. Recently, however, some sound divines have become suspcious of the work, in part because of who is citing it and because…
J. I. Packer’s endorsement of John Owen’s treatment of sin in an introduction to the 1983, Multnomah Press edition of Owen’s writings on sin, Sin and Temptation, contained the following effusive words: He told me how to understand myself as…
