Maybe it is worth the strange challenge of asking this simple question: How would I live if I had been saved by merit rather than grace? Continued at Source: If Only I Had Been Saved By Merit! – Tim Challies
It has been a little over a week since my last post. My wife and I went to Puerto Rico to visit my suegra, mother-in-law for her 80th birthday. We were in a dead zone, with no internet, (none at local restaurants either) and intermittent cell and data service. It had been about 41 years … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 03 May
UNION WITH CHRIST I in them – John 17:26 Abide in me and I in you – John 15:4 Take away union and there can be no communion. – John Flavel Adam’s sin profits none but those that are in him, and Christ’s blood profits none but those that are in him. – John Flavel … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 23 April
THE POWER AND WEAKNESS OF THE LAW OF GOD By the law is the knowledge of sin – Romans 3:20 What the law could not do – Romans 8:3 The law may express sin but cannot suppress sin. – John Adams The law thou it have no power to condemn us, hath power to command … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 21 April
UNFAITHFUL PREACHERS My preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom – 1 Corinthians 2:4 We are not fraudulent hucksters of the message – 2 Corinthians 2:17 (Weymouth) Concerning them that would lead you astray – 1 John 2:26 (R.V.) He that is more frequently in his pulpit to his people, than he is … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 19 April
The actions of Adam and Eve in the garden after they had sinned tells us much about mankind. When they heard God walking in the garden they hid themselves. Man has been running from God ever since. Like an ostrich buries its head in the sand to hide from the lion so man attempts to … More Acknowledging God
Phil Newton | April 11, 2017 My sermon betrayed the gospel. I was young, a-theological, and gripped by legalism. That toxic mix led to a litany of don’ts with no hint of the power of the cross, standing with Christ, or certainty of the believer’s sanctification. Instead, it left the hearers with more stuff to … More Some Errors Avoided by a Right Doctrine of Sanctification
UNWORTHINESS I am not worthy of the least of the mercies…which thou hast shewed unto thy servant – Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof – Matthew 8:8 It is part of our worthiness to see our unworthiness. – Thomas Watson The best qualification is to find yourself … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 05 April
HOLY SCRIPTURE The Holy Scriptures – 2 Timothy 3:15 In Scripture every little daisy is a meadow. – Martin Luther Till we are above sin, we are not above Scripture. – Thomas Watson God’s truth always agrees with itself. – Richard Sibbes THE FREQUENCY OF SLANDER I have heard the slander of many – Psalm … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 03 & 04 April
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?
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