This week the blog is sponsored by RHB Publications and written by Joel R. Beeke. As a teenager, God used Thomas Goodwin’s writings more than anyone else’s to bring me to liberty in Christ and to grow me in Christ. I wept often as I read his “Christ the Mediator” at the richness and fullness of my Savior and Lord. Already then, I dreamt of one-day publishing Goodwin’s entire Works of 12 volumes in a beautiful hardcover edition. Half a …
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May the God of love and peace be with you on this fine day. Logos users, there are some good deals to be had this week, including Epic! Today’s Kindle deals include quite an extensive list of titles. (Yesterday on the blog: A Tribute to Those of Simple Faith) From Meat to Meta: Facebook’s Disincarnate Dreamworld “I find myself strangely grateful to the Zuck for giving me a new appreciation of the beauty of Christ’s enfleshment.” Here’s why one writer …
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God makes us to be different from one another. He makes us to have different gifts and talents, to have different dispositions and personalities. He even makes us to relate to him in different ways, so that some of us most feel God’s pleasure when we are deeply engaged in a worship service and others when we are deeply engaged in serving God by serving others. It takes many parts to make one unified, functioning body. I have observed as …
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Yesterday on the blog: Saved By the Quivering Of an Eye-Lid) We Can’t Talk About Purity Culture without Talking About the 1990s I really enjoy Samuel James’s reflections, whether on the past or the contemporary world. This new one is about purity culture. Every Day I Climb The Mountain “What if this momentary affliction that I experience every year is actually- in my weakness- giving God …
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F.B. Meyer used to tell a story that, while it sounds perhaps just a little far-fetched, makes a great point. He would use it when appealing to unbelievers to repent of their sin and believe the gospel—he would use it to encourage them not to delay until they were sure they possessed a great measure of faith, but to instead simply look to the Lord with what faith they had. Here is what he would say: I was told the …
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