COMMENT Last week, we examined what I titled “Death of the Law.” As in today’s Devotional, I relied on John MacArthur’s book, Before the Face of God, and the Baptist Catechism for the foundation of the post. Today, the sources remain the same, as the devotional is another of MaArthur’s from the same book. Here, … More Devotion/Study – “Usefulness of God’s Law” – 09/30/2025
Benjamin Keach Hosea 6:5 Hosea 6 CONTEXT Statement of Hope and Invitation to Repent (6:1–3) Transgression of the Covenant (6:4–11) Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1234. THIS chapter gives an account of some who were … More Friday’s Quote – ” I have hewd them” – 08/22/2025
It may seem a little crazy but when I saw this morning’s Bible verse on my LOGOS home page, my first thoughts were folks think they know what they desire but rarely find what they want. My mind wandered to You’re The One That I Want (From “Grease”) and “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking … More Devotional/STUDY Thought for Today – “Desire” – 11/20/2024
Planted by grace, and owing all to our heavenly Father’s care, we may defy the hurricane, and laugh at the fear of drought, for none that trust in him shall ever be left unwatered. C. H. Spurgeon PSALM 104 PSALM 104:16 CONTEXT GENERAL, REMARKS. Here we have one of the loftiest and longest sustained flights of … More Devotional Thought – “Cedars of Lebanon” – 08/14/2024
ROMANS 5 Romans 5:17 CONTEXT OVERVIEW: Having argued for justification by faith alone, these early modern commentators now turn to explore Paul’s explication of the benefits of being justified by God. First, we have peace with God. Because of what Christ has done, our consciences can be at rest, no longer striving to earn God’s … More Devotional Thought – “Our Nature” – 08/01/2024
. Many folks today get very defensive (or offensive) whenever someone mentions theology with one of the following attached; Calvinism, Covenant, Luther, or Reformed. Yet had the priestly honorable Luther not posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church on October 31, 1517, Christianity as we know it today would be much different. It … More Grace to You Blog Series – Reformation
A Display of Christ – (Part VII) by John Flavel JOHN 17 Chapter CONTEXT from Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete): This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Christ’s prayer. There was one Lord’s prayer which he taught us to pray, and did not pray himself, for he needed not to … More Sunday Sermon Series – 05/14/2023
A Puritan Catechism 34. QUESTION: What is sanctification? ANSWER: Sanctification is the work of God’s Spirit (2 Thessalonians 2:13), whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God (Ephesians 4:24), and are enabled more and more to die to sin and live to righteousness (Romans 6:11). In keeping with the past two … More Sunday Sermon Series – 11/16/2022
1 Thessalonians 4:3 – For this is the will of God, even your sanctification… Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines sanctification as: 1. The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the act of God’s grace by which the affections of men are purified or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to … More Devotional Thought for Today – 04/04/2022
In Ephesians 4:1, the apostle Paul exhorts the Ephesian church to “walk worthy of the calling with which you have been called.” This verse is a call to sanctification—a command to live in such a way that your lifestyle is marked by obedience that matches your identity in Jesus Christ. This pursuit of sanctification, which … More Obsessed with Sanctification: William Wilberforce
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