Time Mag: New Calvinism 3rd Most Powerful Idea
Time Magazine recently ran an article in their online home, Time.com, entitled "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." Top one on the list is, "Jobs are the New Assets", where it brings to mind, rather brings back the importance of "Jobs." Next on the list is, "Recycling the Suburbs." In essence it's about salvaging the suburbs, saving it from inevitable death from the absence of commercial infrastructures. Now you may be wondering why do I ...
Time Mag: New Calvinism 3rd Most Powerful Idea
Time Magazine recently ran an article in their online home, Time.com, entitled "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." Top one on the list is, "Jobs are the New Assets", where it brings to mind, rather brings back the importance of "Jobs." Next on the list is, "Recycling the Suburbs." In essence it's about salvaging the suburbs, saving it from inevitable death from the absence of commercial infrastructures. Now you may be wondering why do I ...
“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”
Earlier this evening I listened to a sermon preached by John Piper entitled, "I Will Not be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher." It was a sermon centered on the life and preaching of George Whitefield. At first I thought it was a sermon about how a preacher must be straightforward and unapologetic in his sermons. I liked that, I sought for that. But what I heard was completely other. It isn't just about being straightforward, having been ...
“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”
Earlier this evening I listened to a sermon preached by John Piper entitled, "I Will Not be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher." It was a sermon centered on the life and preaching of George Whitefield. At first I thought it was a sermon about how a preacher must be straightforward and unapologetic in his sermons. I liked that, I sought for that. But what I heard was completely other. It isn't just about being straightforward, having been ...
Lord Slay Me, That You Alone May Live.
Of late I've been falling repeatedly in sin and the wants of my flesh. It's a horrible experience and season to go through. Trying so hard to live a holy life for God, yet I slip again and again in sin. Often times I ask God why He would let me fall into this pit of sin and infidelity of living an unholy life. A hypocritical life. But then I've yet again been brought to ...
Lord Slay Me, That You Alone May Live.
Of late I've been falling repeatedly in sin and the wants of my flesh. It's a horrible experience and season to go through. Trying so hard to live a holy life for God, yet I slip again and again in sin. Often times I ask God why He would let me fall into this pit of sin and infidelity of living an unholy life. A hypocritical life. But then I've yet again been brought to ...
“Jesus Died!” Does the Thought Even Matter to You?
He died! The Father gave His Son! When you say things like, "Jesus died", shouldn't you stop for a moment or something? I mean, He died! He really died! And it was His blood shed on that tree---that's the only reason the black filth of your sin can be washed away. That blood on that tree; the slaughter of the Son of God! And that Man, that God, that Man Christ Jesus rose again from the dead and ...
“Jesus Died!” Does the Thought Even Matter to You?
He died! The Father gave His Son! When you say things like, "Jesus died", shouldn't you stop for a moment or something? I mean, He died! He really died! And it was His blood shed on that tree---that's the only reason the black filth of your sin can be washed away. That blood on that tree; the slaughter of the Son of God! And that Man, that God, that Man Christ Jesus rose again from the dead and ...
How Very Little Real Christianity There is Today!
Yes, the life which Jesus lived here upon earth was a life of faith. This has not been given sufficient prominence. In this, as in all things, He is our perfect Model. “By faith, He walked, looking always unto the Father, speaking and acting in filial dependence on the Father, and in filial reception out of the Father’s fullness. By faith, He looked away from all discouragements, difficulties, and oppositions, committing His cause to the Lord, ...
How Very Little Real Christianity There is Today!
Yes, the life which Jesus lived here upon earth was a life of faith. This has not been given sufficient prominence. In this, as in all things, He is our perfect Model. “By faith, He walked, looking always unto the Father, speaking and acting in filial dependence on the Father, and in filial reception out of the Father’s fullness. By faith, He looked away from all discouragements, difficulties, and oppositions, committing His cause to the Lord, ...
“I Have Christ, What Want I More?”
A city missionary in London was called to an old tenement building, a lady was dying and in the last stages of disease the room was tiny and cold and the woman was lying on the floor. This missionary tried to help this lady and asked if there was anything she wanted and this is what she said, I have all I really need, I have Jesus Christ. Well the man never forgot it, and ...
“I Have Christ, What Want I More?”
A city missionary in London was called to an old tenement building, a lady was dying and in the last stages of disease the room was tiny and cold and the woman was lying on the floor. This missionary tried to help this lady and asked if there was anything she wanted and this is what she said, I have all I really need, I have Jesus Christ. Well the man never forgot it, and ...
God Will Not Throw Away His Jewels!
"Lord, I believe---help my unbelief!" ---Mark 9:24 Lord, I see---but enlighten my darkness! Lord, I hear---but cure my deafness! Lord, I move---but quicken my dullness! Lord, I desire---but help my unwillingness! Wherever sin proves hateful---it shall not prove hurtful. What an apology does a sorrowful Savior make for His sleeping saints! "The spirit is willing---but the flesh is weak!" Take a carnal man, and what he can do---that he will not do. Take a Christian man, and what he would do---that he cannot ...
God Will Not Throw Away His Jewels!
"Lord, I believe---help my unbelief!" ---Mark 9:24 Lord, I see---but enlighten my darkness! Lord, I hear---but cure my deafness! Lord, I move---but quicken my dullness! Lord, I desire---but help my unwillingness! Wherever sin proves hateful---it shall not prove hurtful. What an apology does a sorrowful Savior make for His sleeping saints! "The spirit is willing---but the flesh is weak!" Take a carnal man, and what he can do---that he will not do. Take a Christian man, and what he would do---that he cannot ...
Biblical Repentance; Test Yourselves, Lest be Lost!
. . .Repentance consists in two things: humiliation and transformation. [1] Humiliation. ‘If their uncircumcised hearts be humbled.’ Lev 26:41. There is, as the schoolmen say, a twofold humiliation, or breaking of the heart. (1) Attrition; as when a rock is broken in pieces. This is done by the law, which is a hammer to break the heart. (2) Contrition; as when ice is melted into water. This is done by the gospel, which is as ...
Biblical Repentance; Test Yourselves, Lest be Lost!
. . .Repentance consists in two things: humiliation and transformation. [1] Humiliation. ‘If their uncircumcised hearts be humbled.’ Lev 26:41. There is, as the schoolmen say, a twofold humiliation, or breaking of the heart. (1) Attrition; as when a rock is broken in pieces. This is done by the law, which is a hammer to break the heart. (2) Contrition; as when ice is melted into water. This is done by the gospel, which is as ...
If I Should Suffer, Go Unclothed, and be in Poverty. . .
Heavenly Father, if I should suffer need, and go unclothed, and be in poverty, make my heart prize Thy love, know it, be constrained by it, though I be denied all blessings. It is Thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants, for by these trials I see my sins, and desire severance from them. Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows, temptations, if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil, and be ...
If I Should Suffer, Go Unclothed, and be in Poverty. . .
Heavenly Father, if I should suffer need, and go unclothed, and be in poverty, make my heart prize Thy love, know it, be constrained by it, though I be denied all blessings. It is Thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants, for by these trials I see my sins, and desire severance from them. Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows, temptations, if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil, and be ...