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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sin’
“Happy is your soul if Christ man the house” — Rutherford Thursdays No. 24
Posted in Mortificatio, Mortification of Sin, Pilgrim Praxis, Samuel Rutherford, Sanctification, tagged Christian life, Christianity, religion, sin, temptation on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Way of the Wicked: Psalm 1:1b
Posted in Biblical Studies, Mortification of Sin, Obedience, Old Testament, Pilgrim Praxis, Psalm 1, Psalter, Sanctification, Scriptura sacra, tagged exegesis, Hebrew, sin on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 1:1b1
וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד
“…and in the way of sinners [he] does not stand”
As we enter the next phrase of v. 1, we begin to see a pattern in the Hebrew text. The person who is blessed by God is the one who (a) avoids a fealty-motivated, loving (i.e. loyal) action within (b) a [...]
Free Sins for Christians (What!?) Prescribed by a Dentist of Grace
Posted in Apologetics, Ephesians, Ephesians 2, Pilgrim Praxis, Sanctification, Scriptura sacra, Sola Gratia, Synthesis, tagged Arminianism, grace, guilt, Pelagianism, semi-Pelagianism, sin on October 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Let’s face it, American Christianity is so strongly addicted to various form of Pelagianism that to speak of grace the way the Bible does is to put one at odds with most Christians. Long gone are the days, or so it seems, when sola gratia had teeth in a large part of the church. A [...]
Sin’s Fool Price
Posted in Genres, Mortification of Sin, Pilgrim Praxis, Poetry, Scriptura sacra, Sola Gratia, tagged guilt, pleasure, remorse, shame, sin, temptation on March 8, 2006 | 3 Comments »
A penny of pleasure buys a dollar of pain.
Yet, rarely one sees it as an unfair trade.
For in the hot moment of vivacious passion,
man quickly loses all reasonable fashion.
But, iniquity’s ecstasy melts to thin air,
And sin’s penny pincher becomes guilt’s millionaire.
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too [...]


