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10 Strengths (and 10 Dangers) of Systematic Theology – Tim Challies

May 10, 2017

Systematic theology is the discipline of looking to the entire Bible to determine what God says about a given topic. It answers the question “What does the whole Bible say about __________ [fill in the blank]?” It is a logical, systematic way of organizing truth. To be skillful, accurate theologians, we need systematic theology, but … More 10 Strengths (and 10 Dangers) of Systematic Theology – Tim Challies

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 10 May

May 10, 2017

FAITH ESSENTIAL Without faith it is impossible to please him – Hebrews 11:6 Even the plowing [lamp R.V.] of the wicked is sin – Proverbs 21:4 Till men have faith in Christ their best services are but glorious sins. – Thomas Brooks A splendid action without faith is but moral, whereas one of much less … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 10 May

Love Your Neighbor

May 10, 2017

When Jesus commanded us in Mark 12:31 (AMP) to; ‘You shall [unselfishly] love your neighbor as yourself’ He even had in mind the following: May 10 Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Larry had developed quite a reputation over the … More Love Your Neighbor

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 09 May

May 9, 2017

SATAN THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD The prince of this world – John 12:31 The god of this world – 2 Corinthians 4:4 The devil shall never lift his head higher than the saint’s heel. – William Gurnall Better starve than to go to the devil for provender {food} – Thomas Watson Satan’s diocese is … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 09 May

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 08 May

May 8, 2017

ATONEMENT Our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement – Romans 5:11 We were reconciled to God through the death of his son – Romans 510 (R.V.) The blood of Christ is the seal of the testament. – Henry Smith The enmity between God and us began on our part, the … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 08 May

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 07 May

May 7, 2017

FITNESS That which is befitting – Philemon 8 (R.V.) By the hand of a fit man – Leviticus 16:21 It was meet – Luke 15:32 A wooden key that opens the door is better than a gold one that cannot. – William Jenkyn He [God] expects not a chapman {customer} to truck with Him, but … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 07 May

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 06 May

May 6, 2017

MISER I have gold my hope – Job 31:24 Thou fool – Luke 12:20 A harvest may as well be looked for in a hedge as true grace in a gold-thirsty heart. – John Trapp The miser deprives himself of this world and God will deprive himself of the next. – Thomas Adams A poor … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 06 May

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING*

May 6, 2017

May 6 Psalms 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Table grace was originally intended to help people turn their attention to God. The meals we share are a gift from God, and He is to be thanked, but we are also to … More PRAY WITHOUT CEASING*

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 05 May

May 5, 2017

SERVICE Your reasonable service – Romans 12:1 His servants ye are whom ye obey – Romans 6:16 They who will not wear Christ’s yoke will much less bear His burden. – William Gurnall An idle servant is in God’s esteem and evil servant. – George Swinnock No true Christian is his own man. – John … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 05 May

PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 04 May

May 4, 2017

FASTING AND FEASTING I wept and I chastened my soul with fasting – Psalm 69:10 Ye…eat the lambs out of the flock…drink wine in bowls…but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph – Amos 6:3,4,6 Gluttony is the sepulcher of the living, and a kind of spiritual drowning of a man. – William … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 04 May