BLOG: Always Be at it!
Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Do not take a day off from this work; always be killing sin or it will be killing you. We must strike it as an enemy until it ceases living. Sin is...
View ArticleBLOG: A Puritan Prayer for True Christianity
Lord of Heaven,Thy goodness is inexpressible and inconceivable.In the works of creation thou art almighty,In the dispensations of providence all-wise,In the gospel of grace all love,And in thy Son thou...
View ArticleBLOG: Living Under Grace
One of the most significant biblical concepts that revolutionized my thinking as a Christian was understanding the difference between the indicatives and imperatives of the Gospel. The "indicatives" of...
View ArticleBLOG: Not Under Law
Musing on the great truth that "sin will have no dominion over you" - John Murray (1898-1975) observed:"Sin does not rule in the believer. To think so is to deny the lordship which belongs to Christ by...
View ArticleBLOG: Free From Sin's Dominion
When it comes to living the Christian life, there is perhaps no passage in God's Word more foundational to our understanding than Romans 6. One reason for this is due to the fact that this chapter...
View ArticleBLOG: Why Govement Can't Save You
Ten years ago John MacArthur wrote a book entitled Why Government Can't Save You. The subtitle to the book was "An Alternative to Political Activism." As important and timely as this book was when it...
View ArticleBLOG: Gospel Living and a Godly Example
Of all the many conflicts that plagued the Corinthian church, one of their greatest causes of contention centered around the issue of Christian liberty. In fact, the apostle Paul devoted three chapters...
View ArticleBLOG: The Right and Wrong Way to Judge
There is perhaps no passage in all the Bible more misapplied and misunderstood in our day than Matthew 7:1, "Judge not, that you be not judged." Douglas Wilson once remarked that this is the only verse...
View ArticleBLOG: Loving Jesus More than Family
One of the hardest statements that came from the lips of our Lord Jesus Christ, is recorded in Matthew 10:34-37,"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring...
View ArticleBLOG: Why the reaction aganist Calvinism among Southern Baptists?
On May 30th, a document was released on the SBC Today website, entitled, “A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation.” The endorsers to this document have...
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