From a sermon on Deuteronomy 7:20— Courage, courage! He has not brought you out of Egypt that you may be destroyed. What would the heathen say concerning your God, if after all you should fall and perish? You shall win the day, you shall have every inch of the promised land, only be ye strong […]
“Joys that earth cannot afford”
God, the Father of Your people, You have called us to be one; Grant us grace to walk together In the joy of Christ, Your Son. Challenged by Your Word and Spirit, Blest with gifts from heav’n above, As one body we will serve You, And bear witness to Your love. In the garden hear […]
“Soldiers of the cross, have faith…” (Spurgeon)
Charles H. Spurgeon: “Hard and stern hath been the battle up to this point. We have had to win every inch of ground by sheer push of pike. Effort after effort has been put forth by the church of God under the guidance of her heavenly leader, and none has been in vain. Hitherto the […]
"Destroy the love of sin in me"
O Thou who hast our sorrows borne, Help us to look on Thee and mourn, On Thee whom we have slain, Have pierced a thousand thousand times, And by reiterated crimes Renewed Thy mortal pain. Vouchsafe us eyes of faith to see The Man transfixed on Calvary, To know Thee, who Thou art, The one […]
“You Are My God, My Life, My Holy Delight”
“You, my God, are supreme, utmost in goodness, mightiest and all-powerful, most merciful and most just. You are the most hidden from us and yet the most present amongst us, the most beautiful and yet the most strong, ever enduring and yet we cannot comprehend You. You are unchangeable and yet You change all things. […]
Elisabeth Elliot on Discipleship
Elisabeth Elliot explains that the word “disciple” simply means learner. And learning to understand the way of the Cross is difficult. It requires self-abandonment, sacrifice, and trust in the One worth learning from. As a child of twelve, she recalls reading a prayer written by Betty Scott Stam, a missionary to China. It was at […]
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The most famous sermon in American history Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. It’s the most famous sermon in American history. Just ask your high school student. The sermon is included in most English or History curriculum. In this famous homily, Jonathan Edwards sought to eradicate all false views of hell and leave […]
Our “humble theology”
I love this first paragraph in Michael Horton’s new systematic theology titled, The Christian Faith: In 1949, the English playwright and novelist Dorothy Sayers observed the common antipathy in her day toward doctrine: “‘Dull dogma,’ they call it.” According to Sayers, however Christianity is the most interesting story ever told. “And the dogma is the […]
“The gospel calls us back again and again”
Lesslie Newbigin, a Church of Scotland missionary to India, tells us what gospel mission is all about: “The logic of mission is this: the true meaning of the human story has been disclosed. Because it is the truth, it must be shared universally. It cannot be private opinion. When we share it will all peoples, […]
The Great Humility of God
Augustine of Hippo: “The pride of man, which is the chief hindrance against his cleaving to God, can be confuted and healed through the great humility of God. Man learns how far he has gone away from God and what it is worth to Him as a pain to cure him, when he returns through […]