Must be getting old realized this morning I forgot to hit “publish” so this never posted yesterday. WIT, MIRTH AND JESTING A merry heart is a good medicine – Proverbs 17:22 (R.V.) Foolish talking or jesting… are not befitting – Ephesians 5:4 (R.V.) Profane jests will come without calling. – Thomas Fuller Wit unsanctified … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 01 & 02 April
Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Carla couldn’t believe how things were going in her life. She’d always thought Christians didn’t have to face the same kinds of problems everyone else had. What good was being a Christian, if your problems didn’t let … More Wisdom From the Psalms – April 2
THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD AND THE WORLD IN THE CHURCH The saints…that are of Caesar’s household – Philippians 4:22 False brethren privily brought in – Galatians 2:4 (R.V.) He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh – Exodus 9:20 As Christ hath his … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 31 March
What is it that makes a “Reformed Baptist” distinct from other kinds of Baptists and Reformed folks? Reformed Baptists grew out of the English Reformation, emerging from Independent paedobaptist churches in the 1640’s for some very specific theological reasons, and they held to a particular kind of theology. Here are some of the theological identity markers … More What is a Reformed Baptist?
FAITH WITHOUT WORK Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone – James 2:17 Naked faith is no faith. – Thomas Manton Faith believes as if it did not work, and it works as if it did not believe. – Thomas Watson The want of good works makes … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 30 March
SATAN AND SINS The devil sinneth from the beginning – 1 john 3:8 The devil having now put into the heart of Judas…To betray him – John 13:2 Every sin is an election of the devil to be our Lord. – Stephen Charnnock Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 26 March
HEARING AND ATTENTION Give ear, O my people to my law – Psalm 78:1 Doers of the word are the best hears. – Thomas Watson The object cannot apply itself to the mind, but the mind must bring itself to the object. Nehemiah Rogers Unless God come in by the ear, you shall not … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 25 March
The Founder’s Blog Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:20 AM PDT A few years ago, I took a pastoral position with the goal of shepherding that flock faithfully for at least 25 years. I told them as much after a 98-percent vote that put me in the sacred office. It was a mandate, and I pushed … More When God Lavishes You with Uncomfortable Grace
BLINDNESS Blind leaders of the blind – Matthew 15:14 The philistines took him, and put out his eyes – Judge 16:23 Sampson was blind before he was blinded. – Thomas Fuller He that will be blinded when he sins shall be made wise when he suffers. – Thomas Adams A blind eye is worse … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 24 March
March 24 Psalms 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. Beverly felt guilty that she had not been to church for so long. Somehow things had gotten so hectic, and church had just kind of slipped away. Her … More Wisdom From the Psalms
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