Tag Archives: sanctification

Boo-hoo

7/23/2008 – 2:13 pm

Doulogos: zounds, he doesn’t mince words! “But what of the person who finds themselves with no other alternative but to attend a church where they believe differently? I say, hogwash to that. No other alternative? Pffft. Look you lazy sloth, the Queen of Sheba crossed half the earth to listen to King Saul speak, [...]

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In the midst of pain and hurt

4/11/2008 – 9:37 pm

I thank God and rejoice even for pain and hurt.
I don’t mean I rejoice in pain and hurt, because these might be great evils. But I mean that I rejoice within the midst of pain and hurt, because by his grace I know that God is in the midst with me like he was [...]

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Glow worms

3/24/2008 – 12:17 pm

“‘Lord, we are worms….’ And he paused and he prayed, ‘Lord, make us glow worms.’” Ian Hamilton, speaking of the late (and idiosyncratic) William Still in a prayer meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Sabbath poll

3/20/2008 – 1:14 pm

New poll about the Sabbath in the sidebar. You can check up to 4 options if none of them actually fit what you believe.

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No rest for the wicked

3/19/2008 – 7:00 am

Next in Hebrews 3 we come to a section which implores us to enter into our rest. Strangely, I have seen a few commentators take the result of this argument in Heb. 4:9 and claim that this passage supports the ongoing requirement of Christians to keep the Sabbath (in some sense that includes resting [...]

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Princess theology

3/3/2008 – 9:00 am

Good review of the whole “princess” fad in evangelicalism today. (HT: Challies.)

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Salvation is of the Lord

2/26/2008 – 10:32 am

From C.H. Spurgeon:
“Salvation is of the Lord.” — Jonah 2:9.
Salvation is the work of God. It is He alone who quickens the soul “dead in trespasses and sins,” and it is He also who maintains the soul in its spiritual life. He is both “Alpha and Omega.” “Salvation is of the Lord.” If I am [...]

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Dyspraxic worship, work, and play

1/8/2008 – 1:14 pm

Josh Moody via Justin Taylor: “To be influenced by Edwards means, above all, to live a life of worship in which, instead of worshipping our work, working at our play, and playing at our worship, we radically and truly understand that the greatest experience and joy of life is found in God and him alone.”

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Gospel-Driven Sanctification

10/30/2006 – 4:07 pm

This is excellent. I’ll have to post it on the front page.
Check out Jerry Bridges’s article, “Gospel-Driven Sanctification.”
I’d particularly recommend reading this article if you’re suffering from the fallout of years spent slaving away in a false, works-righteousness centered “ministry” like the University Bible Fellowship.
Speaking of UBF. At first [...]

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Six notes here and there

4/24/2006 – 7:36 am

First, let me point out that I am going to have to close comments on older posts, because the spam is getting to me. I will still leave comments open on newer posts.
Second, I had a sleep study this weekend. I slept very badly on a rock-hard mattress with 28 wires attached to [...]

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