“I entreat you now, in the morning of your life, to seek the Lord and His face” — Rutherford Thursdays No. 31

To Ninian Mure, a parishioner
Loving Friend,
I received your letter. I entreat you now, in the morning of your life, to seek the Lord and His face. Beware of the follies of dangerous youth, a perilous time for your soul. Love not the world. Keep faith and truth with all men in your [...]

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Brief: The Rule of Love: Broken, Fulfilled, and Applied — by J. V. Fesko

Back in July I posted a brief note about Christ the Center’s interview with Rev. Dr. John Fesko on his latest book, The Rule of Love: Broken, Fulfilled, and Applied. Now having had the chance to read the book myself I want to heartily commend this concise 136 page study on one of the most [...]

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Sermon on Psalm 42-43: “The Soul’s Thrist Quenched in God’s Light and Truth”

I delivered another version of this sermon on our last Sunday at my home church, Reformation OPC in Oviedo, FL on 28 June 2009:

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Sermon: Psalm 42-43 — “The Soul’s Thirst Quenched in God’s Light and Truth”

I delivered the following sermon in the evening worship service at Providence OPC on 3 May 2009.
Scripture Reading

Psalm 42-43

Sermon

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“Misspend not your short sand-glass, which runneth very fast, seek your Lord in time.” — Rutherford Thursdays No. 26

To John Gordon of Russo in the Parish of Anwoth

My Worthy and Dear Brother,
Misspend not your short sand-glass, which runneth very fast, seek your Lord in time. Let me obtain of you a letter under your hand, for a promise to God, by His grace, to take a new course of walking with [...]

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“Let no man scant at Christ’s cross, or raise an ill report upon Him or it; for He beareth the sufferer and it both” — Rutherford Thursdays No. 25

To Mr. George Gillespie

(Gillespie died in 1648, at the age of 36. In spite of his youth he had been sent as one of the four ministerial Commissioners of the Church of Scotland to the Westminster Assembly in 1643, where his learning and effective speaking made a great impression. At the time [...]

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“Happy is your soul if Christ man the house” — Rutherford Thursdays No. 24

To William Livingstone
My Very Dear Brother,
I rejoice to hear that Christ has run away with your young love, and that ye are so early in the morning matched with such a Lord; for a young man is often a dressed lodging for the devil to dwell in. Be humble and thankful for grace; and weigh [...]

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On facing exile from his church – To Lady Kenmure – Rutherford Thursdays No. 11

Letter #11: “I desire not to go on the lee-side or sunny side of religion”
Madam,
My humble obedience in the Lord remembered. Know it has pleased the Lord to let me see, by all appearance, that my labours in God’s house here are at an end; and I must now learn to suffer, in the which [...]

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Becoming a Better Pelagian: Horton Reviews Osteen’s Become a Better You

As a follow up to his recent interview on 60 minutes regarding Joel Osteen’s heterodox theology, Dr. Mike Horton published a review of Osteen’s latest book, Become a Better You. The essence of Horton’s review comes as no surprise:

Osteen preaches a health-and-wealth/prosperity Gospel, which comes across even more strongly in this second book (as compared [...]

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Review: The Cry of the Soul by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman

The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Out Deepest Questions About God by Dr. Dan Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman, III
NavPress, 1999; 270 pages; ISBN 1576831809
A Welcome Surprise To My Low Expectations
Though I had pretty low expectations for reading a Christian book on emotions, I was encouraged by the reassuring word in the [...]

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