Tag: Sin

8 Features (and a Few Other Things) You Should Know about Divine Providence

December 1, 2022

Editor’s Note: This post has been adapted from A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, edited by Rob Ventura. The opening chapters of the 1689 London Baptist Confession are concerned with the foundations of the Christian faith. Among these foundational concerns are truths pertaining to the original creation. Chapter 4 (Creation) … More 8 Features (and a Few Other Things) You Should Know about Divine Providence

Devotional Thought for Today – 11/02/2022

November 2, 2022

1 Peter 3 Chapter CONTEXT from MHCC: Wherein the apostle describes the duties of husbands and wives one to another, beginning with the duty of the wife (v. 1-7). He exhorts Christians to unity, love, compassion, peace, and patience under sufferings; to oppose the slanders of their enemies, not by returning evil for evil, or … More Devotional Thought for Today – 11/02/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 11/29/2022

October 29, 2022

ROMANS 7 Chapter CONTEXT from MHCC: We may observe in this chapter, I. Our freedom from the law further urged as an argument to press upon us sanctification (v. 1-6). II. The excellency and usefulness of the law asserted and proved from the apostle’s own experience, notwithstanding (v. 7-14). III. A description of the conflict … More Devotional Thought for Today – 11/29/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 11/24/2022

October 24, 2022

When I read the following devotional this morning my mind went not to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but to the men pictured above. Notre Dame backfield of Stuhldreher, Crowley, Miller, and Layden, known as the four horsemen, was the most fabled quartet in college football history. Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, left halfback Jim Crowley, … More Devotional Thought for Today – 11/24/2022

Is Hell Real?

October 18, 2022

Hell Is Awful What exactly are we talking about when we say “hell”? We hear the word used all the time in a street-level way—“What the hell . . . ?” “Hell no!” But when we stop and consider the actual reality of hell, beneath the irreverent and casual uses of the word, what do … More Is Hell Real?