Archive for October 2010

Oct 31, 2010

The nature of saving faith

The nature of saving faith demands more than facts as a ground — not less, but more.… Saving faith is not mere receiving of facts. […]

— John Piper
Oct 30, 2010

Our hope, glory and confession

The cross insists on our self-humiliation; it insists that we recognize how weak, how lost, how hopeless we are, which is hard for all of […]

— W. Robert Godfrey
Oct 28, 2010

We shall yet burst your bonds, O Death

Jesus has abolished death, overthrown its empire, and delivered its captives; and he has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Therefore be […]

— Samuel Davies
Oct 27, 2010

Wonder!

How often have you wondered why Christ should set His heart upon such a one as you!

— Octavius Winslow
Oct 26, 2010

Why God is gracious

For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they should remain as […]

— Martin Luther
Oct 25, 2010

Risk for the cause of Christ

The strength to risk losing face for the sake of Christ is the faith that God’s love will lift up your face in the end […]

— John Piper
Oct 24, 2010

Knowing our need

All shallow views of the atonement are the consequence of shallow perception of sin and superficial awareness of spiritual need. If we know something of […]

— Donald Macleod
Oct 23, 2010

Our assurance

Believers are assured that everything works together for good because the God who set his covenantal love upon them, predestined them to be like his […]

— Thomas R. Schreiner
Oct 22, 2010

A provision for every sin

If you are truly trusting in Christ, you can’t confess a sin for which God has not provided forgiveness in Jesus. Indeed, if you work at […]

— Mark Dever and Michael Lawrence
Oct 21, 2010

The terms of the gospel bargain

We proclaim the market of grace to be free (Isa. 55:1–3). It is Christ’s last offer, and his lowest (Rev. 22:17). If there is any […]

— Robert Traill
Oct 20, 2010

The gospel remits

The gospel remits the severity of the moral law. Wherein our personal obedience comes short, God will be pleased to accept us in our Surety. […]

— Thomas Watson
Oct 19, 2010

Have you any good news?

What I need first of all is not exhortation, but a gospel, not directions for saving myself but knowledge of how God has saved me. […]

— J. Gresham Machen
Oct 18, 2010

Translating the gospel into our lives

Receiving and resting in the truths of the gospel translates into a Christian life of joy, peace, freedom, and love. So the gospel also gives […]

— Neil H. Williams
Oct 17, 2010

All the approval we need

The gospel brings me explosive news: my search for approval is over. In Christ I already have all the approval I need.

— Dave Harvey
Oct 16, 2010

The gospel and our need

The gospel cannot soak deeply into us unless it is addressing our ongoing need for it.

— Neil H. WIlliams
Oct 15, 2010

This rock will stand forever

Christ’s righteousness is infinitely perfect, equal to the highest demands of the divine law—and therefore a firm, immovable ground of trust. We may safely venture […]

— Samuel Davies
Oct 13, 2010

What the gospel rests on

All the Gospel rests upon the fact that it is God who became Incarnate, and it was God who in Christ has reconciled the world […]

— T.F. Torrance
Oct 12, 2010

A part of this great story

The kingdom of God is the new and final age that began with the coming of Jesus. His kingdom is not part of the present […]

— Neil H. Williams
Oct 10, 2010

Jesus or your rights?

To follow Christ means to see allegiance to him as more significant that any rights we hold in this life. To be faithful to Christ, […]

— Dave Harvey
Oct 9, 2010

A new identity

The gospel is the best news we could ever hear. The gospel is about Jesus Christ and his power to transform our lives and relationships, […]

— Neil H. Williams
Oct 8, 2010

Repentance and the cross of Christ

Christ’s blood is the laver of initial cleansing but it is also the fountain to which the believer must continually repair. It is at the […]

— John Murray
Oct 6, 2010

What is your hope?

What is your hope? Only this — his relentless grace, boundless love, patient forgiveness and unending faithfulness.

— Paul David Tripp
Oct 5, 2010

Christ’s death is the Christian’s life

Christ’s death is the Christian’s life. Christ’s cross is the Christian’s title to heaven. Christ ‘lifted up’ and put to shame on Calvary is the […]

— J. C. Ryle
Oct 4, 2010

The only kind of faith that matters

The only kind of faith that matters in the end is saving faith — the faith that unites us to Christ so that his righteousness […]

— John Piper
Oct 3, 2010

Resurrection vindication

The final bodily resurrection of the saints vindicates them before the on-looking world in that it is an ‘enfleshing’ or ‘incarnation’ of their prior spiritual […]

— G. K. Beale
Oct 2, 2010

Justice revealed and defended

By Jesus’ sacrifice, God reveals and defends His justice in two ways. First, Jesus’ suffering for the sins of His people means that any sins […]

— Thabiti Anyabwile
Oct 1, 2010

Christ, not feelings

Do you want to know supreme joy, do you want to experience a happiness that eludes description? There is only one thing to do, really […]

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones