by | Jan 29, 2013 | Bible, Books, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Thomas Adams (1583-1652) remarks that Christ is the “sum of the whole Bible, prophesied, typified, prefigured, exhibited, demonstrated, to be found in every leaf, almost in every line….Christ is the main,...
by | Jan 29, 2013 | Church, History, Preaching, Worship
I highly recommend Iain Murray’s lecture “Conditions for Powerful Preaching,” the first installment in his series “Preaching in History,” which you can download and listen to for free from Sermon Audio. Right after the 36:20 mark, Iain...
by | Jan 28, 2013 | Bible, Books, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: A major principle of interpretation used by the Puritans was the idea, firmly rooted in Scripture, that all of God’s Word points to Christ. As John Owen argued, anyone reading Scripture must always keep in mind...
by | Jan 25, 2013 | Bible, Preaching, Worship
After describing the Jealous Love of the Holy Spirit and calling us to repent as the Holy Spirit gives more grace, James turns his attention to the manner in which we ought to love fellow believers in the Church: 11Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The...
by | Jan 24, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Worship
No only do the Father and the Son love their people with an everlasting love, but James 4:1-5 insists that the Holy Spirit loves us with a jealous love that utterly detests our worldliness because our worldliness is a form of spiritual adultery. The Holy Spirit is...
by | Jan 23, 2013 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Worship
The Jealous Love of God in the Old Testament From beginning to end, the Old Testament proclaims the great love of God for his people. Anyone who caricatures the God of the Old Testament as a God of wrath simply has not read the Old Testament carefully enough. But at...