To Robert Gordon of Knockbrex - Seeing Christ more clearly through tribulation’s lens
My Very Worthy and Dear Friend,
Grace, mercy, and peace be to you. Though all Galloway should have forgotten me, I would have expected a letter from you ere now; but I will not expound it to be forgetfulness of me.
Now, my dear brother, [...]
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Posted in Epistemology, Mortification of Sin, Pilgrim Praxis, Samuel Rutherford, Sola Fide, tagged Christianity, knowledge, Reformed, religion, suffering on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
To Lady Boyd - Knowing One’s Self in Suffering
Madam,
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you.
The Lord has brought me to Aberdeen, where I see God in few. This town has been advised upon of purpose for me; it consisteth either of Papists, or men of Gallio’s naughty faith. It is counted wisdom, in the most, [...]
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Letter #9: “Give Christ Jesus His own court and His own due place in your soul”
Madam,
I determined, and was desirous also, to have seen your Ladyship, but because of a pain in my arm I could not. I know ye will not impute it to any unsuitable forgetfulness of your Ladyship, from whom, at my [...]
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Letter #7
MADAM,
I would not omit the opportunity of remembering your Ladyship, still harping upon that string, which in our whole lifetime is never too often touched upon (nor is our lesson well enough learned), that there is a necessity of advancing in the way to the kingdom of God, of the contempt [...]
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Reforming Pastoral Ministry is a collection of essays written by (mostly) Reformed baptist pastors with the goal of encouraging younger pastors toward Scriptural reformation and revival. The book is supposed to be a modern rendition of Richard Baxter’s classic work, The Reformed Pastor. As a third year Presbyterian seminarian looking to enter the pastoral ministry, [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Ex Pacto, Hosea, Hosea 14, Mortification of Sin, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Sacra Scriptura, Systematic Theology, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, prophecy on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Overview: When Hosea says, “Repent!” is he talking to me?
In this paper I attempt to unpack the covenantal dynamics of Hosea’s call to repentance in Hosea 14. My goal is to help modern readers of Hosea apply the call to repentance within today’s dispensation of the covenant of grace: the church age, or the time [...]
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Posted in Biblical Studies, Book Reviews, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalter, Sanctification, Sola Scriptura, tagged Christian life, Christianity, prayer, soul care, spirituality on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Book Reviews, Christology, Contra Pelagianism, Ecclesiology, Ephesians, Ephesians 2, Hebrews, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Pilgrim Praxis, Sacra Scriptura, Sanctification, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, tagged Christian life, healing, historia salutis, ordo salutis on November 5, 2007 | No Comments »
The Healing Path: How the Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life
by Dan Allender; Paperback; ISBN: 1578563917
Thesis: God even uses hurts to sanctify Christians
Positioning himself in a long line of Christian tradition that seeks to draw Christians onto the “way of life” (i.e. Didache 1:1-2; c.f. Deut. 30:19, Psa. 1:1-2; [...]
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My name is Laurence, and I’m not an alcoholic, but I visited the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at [removed for privacy] for the purpose of evaluating whether AA can be a helpful tool in a Christian minister’s toolbox. I had no prior experience with AA’s methods or teachings, and this was my first ever visit to [...]
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Posted in Colossians, John Piper, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Pilgrim Praxis, Sanctification, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura, Soteriology, tagged Christianity, freedom, guilt, Justification, porn, pornography, repentance, shame on October 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Although the Gospel’s light shines into our deepest darknesses, giving God’s people freedom from sin’s slavery, the dread blackness of shame, especially shame from sexual addictions, constantly deceives Christians into shutting their eyes. Sexual sin leaves one awash in an ocean of guilt, feeling as if the True Light is not already shining. Is the [...]
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