The Missing Note of Sovereign Joy

A Lesson on Love From Augustine
From Taste and See by John Piper
Few people in the history of the church have surpassed St. Augustine in portraying the greatness and beauty and desirability of God. He is utterly persuaded by Scripture and experience “that he is happy who possesses God.” “You made us for yourself, and our [...]

The Back Door to Hell

What will be this wretch’s shame at the last great day when, before assembled multitudes, the apostate shall be unmasked?…No greater eagerness will ever be seen among Satanic tormentors, than in that day when devils drag the hypocrite’s soul down to perdition. Bunyan pictures this with massive but awful grandeur of poetry when he speaks [...]

Vigilance

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear.
-William Gurnall
ht: A Puritan at Heart

Drifting From the Truth

“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 NLT 

As Christians, we are all in danger of being deceived by false teachers or chasing after the things of the world. We are advised by the writer of Hebrews to intently listen to the [...]

Don’t Add On

ht: Recover the Gospel

Our Power in Drawing Others to Christ

“Our power in drawing men to Christ springs chiefly from the fullness of our personal joy in Him, and the nearness of our personal communion with Him. The countenance that reflects most of Christ, and shines most with His love and grace, is most fitted to attract the gaze of a careless, giddy world, and [...]

John Stott on the NT

“The biblical historians were not historians in the modern sense, writing with scientific detachment. They were theologians too, writing from a divine perspective. They were not morally and spiritually neutral; they were deeply committed to God’s cause. The Old Testament history books were regarded as prophecy, and the four lives of Jesus are not biographies [...]

C.J. Mahaney on the Resurrection

HT: Adrian Warnock

Easter Sign

HT: Zach Nielsen

Resolved Conference 2008

Here is the amazing! trailer for the conference.  You can get more information here.

HT: Sovereign Grace Blog