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Two Easy Steps to Memorize the Westminster Shorter Catechism Efficiently and Semi-Safely
One of my resolutions of 2010 was to memorize the Westminster Shorter Catechism as a way to prepare me for future ordination. I began in June and at the end of the year had memorized the entire shorter catechism except … Continue reading
What Book Should I Read?
There are always books vying for my time and attention. Here is wonderful advice given from Richard Baxter: While reading ask oneself: 1. Could I spend this time no better? 2. Are there better books that would edify me more? … Continue reading
An Inviting Read?
From the preface to the reader: Reader, If thou intendest to go any farther, I would entreat thee to stay here a little. If thou art, as many in this pretending age, a sign or title gazer, and comest into books as Cato into … Continue reading
The Warring of God’s Attributes
Another gem from The Marrow of Modern Divinity: Why, here the learned frame a kind of conflict in God’s holy attributes; and by a liberty, which the Holy Ghost, from the language of holy Scripture, alloweth them, they speak of … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, justice, salvation, sin, the marrow of modern divinity, Truth
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How Great Was Adam’s Sin?
I came across this gem in my reading so far of Edward Fisher’s The Marrow of Modern Divinity. One of the characters, Evangelista (a minister of the Gospel), makes the statement that Adam’s sin in the garden was no small … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, adam, edward fisher, fall, sin, ten commandments, the marrow of modern divinity
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The Reformed Pastor – Quoteables (Part 1)
I’ve been working through Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor, and it is excellent. This book is absolutely a must read for any one in pastoral or anyone pursuing pastoral ministry. Many of today’s contemporary and popular books on pastoral ministry … Continue reading
Expositors' Conference 2009
Christ Fellowship Baptist Church has just posted the audio and video files from the 2009 Expositors’ Conference with Steve Lawson and Joel Beeke.
Gospel…
I just started reading through Gospel Worship by the great Puritan, Jeremiah Burroughs, and it is excellent. Here is a list of the “Gospel” series written by Burroughs. You can click on the cover to view it over at WTSBooks.
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Tagged conversation, fear, gospel, jeremiah burroughs, puritan, puritanism, reconciliation, remission, revelation, worship
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Enjoying God through Word and Sacrament
In the Word we hear God’s voice, in the sacrament we have his kiss. The heart being warmed and inflamed in a duty is God’s answering by fire. The sweet communications of God’s Spirit are the first-fruits of glory. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, enjoy, ordinance, puritan, sacrament, shorter catechism, thomas watson, westminster confession of faith, word
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The Greatest Irony of Puritanism
“Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy” (Leland Ryken, Worldly Saints, 1). These words satirically expressed by Ryken give the typical understanding of what people think when they hear “Puritanism”: cold, harsh, legalistic, austere, etc. But … Continue reading
The Preeminence of Christ in Our Hearts
“Now the great aim of Christ in the world is to have a high place and esteem in the hearts of his people; to have there, as he has in himself, the preeminence in all things–not to be jostled up … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, communion, how to spend the day, john owen, preeminence, richard baxter, triune god
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An Antidote to the Inherent Pride of the Preacher
Wise words from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ Preaching & Preachers concerning pride and its antidote: The sum total of all this is that the greatest of all the temptations that assail a preacher is pride. Pride, because he is set up there … Continue reading
Now For the Good Stuff…
With classes wrapping up this week and finals the week after, I am looking forward to some down time as well as getting through some books over break. I am going to post a “book list” in a few days that I … Continue reading
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Tagged carl trueman, communion with god, david calhoun, grace abounding, john bunyan, john owen, pilgrim's progress, puritan, reformed
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The Useless Physician of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
So many pulpits today spew forth “moralistic therapeutic deism” such as: “A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.” “God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as … Continue reading
How to Spend the Day With God – Richard Baxter
A holy life is inclined to be made easier when we know the usual sequence and method of our duties – with everything falling into its proper place. Therefore, I shall give some brief directions for spending the day in … Continue reading
Is The Glory of God and the Good of Man At Odds?
Is the glory of God and the good of man at odds? As Edwards continues to build his case that the ultimate and last end in creating the world was for God’s glory, he anticipates an objection: To suppose that … Continue reading
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Tagged classics, glory, God, good, john piper, Jonathan Edwards, man, pascal, puritan, The End for Which God Created the World
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God's Worship of Himself As Seen Through His Actions Implicates the Worshipper
“And if it be thus fit that God should have a supreme regard to himself, then it is fit that this supreme regard should appear in those things by which he makes himself known, or by his word and works, … Continue reading
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