Posts Tagged 'Theology Matters'
He Really Believed Hell, Today Most Preachers Don’t
Three hundred years ago, on October 5, 1703, Jonathan Edwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. In honor of God's providence in setting upon us in Church History such a theological giant as Jonathan Edwards, we at New.Demonstration will dedicate this week to the preaching and teaching of the Word through the life and works of Jonathan Edwards. My topic is "The Pastor as Theologian, Reflections on the Life and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards." One of ...
He Really Believed Hell, Today Most Preachers Don’t
Three hundred years ago, on October 5, 1703, Jonathan Edwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. In honor of God's providence in setting upon us in Church History such a theological giant as Jonathan Edwards, we at New.Demonstration will dedicate this week to the preaching and teaching of the Word through the life and works of Jonathan Edwards. My topic is "The Pastor as Theologian, Reflections on the Life and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards." One of ...
Truths That Has Given Me Passion, Comfort and Joy
In the years after my conversion I have been given the tremendous privilege of being taught early the great doctrines of the faith. Doctrines, precepts and Bible truth that an average church goer today would not know until, by God's providence, learns of it late in life. These truths have been a great comfort to me. I have learned early on that promises of Scripture can do little if those promises are not realized to ...
Truths That Has Given Me Passion, Comfort and Joy
In the years after my conversion I have been given the tremendous privilege of being taught early the great doctrines of the faith. Doctrines, precepts and Bible truth that an average church goer today would not know until, by God's providence, learns of it late in life. These truths have been a great comfort to me. I have learned early on that promises of Scripture can do little if those promises are not realized to ...
Essence of Sin: “Not Thinking You’re Good Enough.”
I realize that this is around 3 times a longer post than usual, but please bear with the length as I believe that this will be most helpful especially in this day and age where Christian belief systems are get more vague by the moment, where issues concerning truth and error are not given as much importance anymore because "All that matters is that they love Jesus, we love Jesus, and we're fine." I find ...
Essence of Sin: “Not Thinking You’re Good Enough.”
I realize that this is around 3 times a longer post than usual, but please bear with the length as I believe that this will be most helpful especially in this day and age where Christian belief systems are get more vague by the moment, where issues concerning truth and error are not given as much importance anymore because "All that matters is that they love Jesus, we love Jesus, and we're fine." I find ...
Though a Man is Sincere Should We Ignore His Sins?
...If zeal is true, it will be joined to a deep humility. A truly zealous man will be the last to discover the greatness of his own attainments. All that he is and does will fall immensely short of his own desires, that he will be filled with a sense of his own weakness and be ...
Though a Man is Sincere Should We Ignore His Sins?
...If zeal is true, it will be joined to a deep humility. A truly zealous man will be the last to discover the greatness of his own attainments. All that he is and does will fall immensely short of his own desires, that he will be filled with a sense of his own weakness and be ...
Do You Have an All-Surpassing Desire for God?!
What is Love? I don't believe love is just doing the right thing. I don't believe love is just keeping commandments. I don't believe love is just being patient and kind... That's what love looks like when it walks and talks. But that's not love! Love is passion! Let me ask you a question, do you have a passion for God?! Do you desire him? Do you long for Him? Yes we all go through times in which our hearts are dull. ...
Do You Have an All-Surpassing Desire for God?!
What is Love? I don't believe love is just doing the right thing. I don't believe love is just keeping commandments. I don't believe love is just being patient and kind... That's what love looks like when it walks and talks. But that's not love! Love is passion! Let me ask you a question, do you have a passion for God?! Do you desire him? Do you long for Him? Yes we all go through times in which our hearts are dull. ...
Is Your Zeal About Things According to God’s Mind?
If zeal is true it will be a zeal about things according to God’s mind, and sanctioned by clear examples in God’s Word. Take, for example, that highest and best kind of zeal-I mean zeal for our own growth in personal holiness. Such zeal will make a man continually feel that sin is the mightiest of all evils, and conformity to Christ the greatest of all blessings. It will make him feel that ...
Is Your Zeal About Things According to God’s Mind?
If zeal is true it will be a zeal about things according to God’s mind, and sanctioned by clear examples in God’s Word. Take, for example, that highest and best kind of zeal-I mean zeal for our own growth in personal holiness. Such zeal will make a man continually feel that sin is the mightiest of all evils, and conformity to Christ the greatest of all blessings. It will make him feel that ...
Is Your Zeal Man Centered or God Centered?
When is a man truly zealous in Christianity? If zeal is true, it will be a zeal according to knowledge. It must not be a blind, ignorant zeal. It must be a calm, reasonable, intelligent principle, which can show the warrant of Scripture for every step it takes. The unconverted Jews had zeal. Paul says, ...
Is Your Zeal Man Centered or God Centered?
When is a man truly zealous in Christianity? If zeal is true, it will be a zeal according to knowledge. It must not be a blind, ignorant zeal. It must be a calm, reasonable, intelligent principle, which can show the warrant of Scripture for every step it takes. The unconverted Jews had zeal. Paul says, ...
We Have Banished the Holy God of Scripture
If there is any doctrine that rivals God's sovereignty in importance it is the holiness of God. But do we have any sense or appreciation of the holiness of God in our churches today? David Wells writes that God's holiness weighs "lightly upon us." Why? Holiness involves God's transcendence. It involves majesty, the authority of sovereign power, stateliness or grandeur. It embraces the idea of God's sovereign majestic will, a will that is set upon proclaiming himself to ...
We Have Banished the Holy God of Scripture
If there is any doctrine that rivals God's sovereignty in importance it is the holiness of God. But do we have any sense or appreciation of the holiness of God in our churches today? David Wells writes that God's holiness weighs "lightly upon us." Why? Holiness involves God's transcendence. It involves majesty, the authority of sovereign power, stateliness or grandeur. It embraces the idea of God's sovereign majestic will, a will that is set upon proclaiming himself to ...
A Christian Should Not be Anything but Zealous!
Zeal in Christianity is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. It is a desire, which is not natural to men or women. It is a desire which the Spirit puts in the heart of every believer when they are ...
A Christian Should Not be Anything but Zealous!
Zeal in Christianity is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. It is a desire, which is not natural to men or women. It is a desire which the Spirit puts in the heart of every believer when they are ...