November 3, 2016 Psalm 2 Psalm 3 Psalm 4 True Spirituality – Francis Schaeffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Spirituality Does believing in Jesus really make a difference? Can God really change lives? After serving as a pastor for over a decade, Francis Schaeffer–founder of L’Abri Fellowship–found himself wrestling with deeply perplexing questions like these. He was tired of not […]

Antinomianism Not to be confused with antinomy or autonomism. Anne Hutchinson on Trial (1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey depicts the civil trial of Anne Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 7 November 1637 In Christianity, an antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by faith and divine grace […]

George Whitefield by J. C. Ryle Who were the men that revived religion in England a hundred years ago? What were their names, that we may do them honor? Where were they born? How were they educated? What are the leading facts in their lives? What was their special department of labor? To these questions […]

3. The absolute necessity of using this means, if we would receive any gift from God, yet farther appears from that remarkable passage which immediately precedes these words: “And he said unto them,” whom he had just been teaching how to pray, “Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at […]

And, in fact, he hath not left us undetermined; he hath shown us the way wherein we should go. We have only to consult the oracles of God; to inquire what is written there; and, if we simply abide by their decision, there can no possible doubt remain. Wesley, J. (1999). Sermons, on several occasions.

6. So little do they understand that great foundation of the whole Christian building, “By grace are ye saved:” Ye are saved from your sins, from the guilt and power thereof, ye are restored to the favour and image of God, not for any works, merits, or deservings of yours, but by the free grace, […]

4. We allow farther, that the use of all means whatever will never atone for one sin; that it is the blood of Christ alone, whereby any sinner can be reconciled to God; there being no other propitiation for our sins, no other fountain for sin and uncleanness. Every believer in Christ is deeply convinced […]

A Sovereign and Personal God by D. A. Carson Prayer changes things. You find plaques promulgating this notion everywhere. You may have one in your home. Countless sermons have been preached, countless prayers prayed, under this assumption: “Prayer changes things.” Or does it? If prayer changes things, how can we believe that God is sovereign […]

The Sole Consideration, That God is God, Sufficient to Still All Objections to His Sovereignty by Jonathan Edwards SERMON II. (dated June 1735) PSALM xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I am God. This Psalm seems to be a song of the church in a time of great revolutions and desolations in the world. […]

The Lord’s Supper by J. C. Ryle “A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup” — 1 Corinthians 11:28 The words which form the tittle of this paper refer to the subject of vast importance. That subject is the Lord’s Supper. Perhaps no part of the […]

Here, with great affection for his subject, Edwards both biblically and rationally lays out the case that the spiritual knowledge and illumination needed to understand the gospel and to internalize the excellencies of divine truth, is imparted directly by God alone. This knowledge is given immediately by God and not obtained through natural means that […]

I hope that from our youth we have known the necessity of dependence upon God, but I am certain that dependence is a growing feeling. Growing Christians think themselves nothing; full-grown Christians think themselves less than nothing. Good men are like ships, the fuller they are the lower they sink in the stream. The more […]

In an earlier post I wrote, “7 Negative Effects of Porn,” I focused on the harmful psychological and sociological effects of pornography. This post will focus on a biblical and grace-centered way to resist the temptation to view porn. This post is primarily aimed at men, but I hope that there is some help here […]

“Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Bible.” ~ J.C. Ryle

Ed Stetzer Wednesday March 7, 2012 Last week I put out a simple question on Facebook and Twitter asking “What is new to consider in the areas of faith and technology?” After sorting through nearly 125 responses, I started to see some trends developing. As I stated yesterday, it was most interesting that there was […]

Ed Stetzer Tuesday March 6, 2012 Last week I put out a simple question on Facebook and Twitter asking “What is new to consider in the areas of faith and technology?” After sorting through nearly 125 responses, I started to see some trends developing. What was most interesting is that there was as much negative […]

Matt Chandler: “Response” (Excerpt, Chapter 4) “We have seen tons of people at The Village who sat here for years just hearing but not hearing, seeing but not perceiving, and then all of a sudden, at some random worship service or Bible study, the Lord just hijacked them.” Jesus puts it simply: “Whoever is not […]