Archive for October 2010
The nature of saving faith
— John Piper Oct 30, 2010The nature of saving faith demands more than facts as a ground — not less, but more.… Saving faith is not mere receiving of facts. […]
Our hope, glory and confession
— W. Robert Godfrey Oct 28, 2010The 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 […]
We shall yet burst your bonds, O Death
— Samuel Davies Oct 27, 2010Jesus has abolished death, overthrown its empire, and delivered its captives; and he has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Therefore be […]
Wonder!
— Octavius Winslow Oct 26, 2010How often have you wondered why Christ should set His heart upon such a one as you!
Why God is gracious
— Martin Luther Oct 25, 2010For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they should remain as […]
Risk for the cause of Christ
— John Piper Oct 24, 2010The 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 […]
Knowing our need
— Donald Macleod Oct 23, 2010All shallow views of the atonement are the consequence of shallow perception of sin and superficial awareness of spiritual need. If we know something of […]
Our assurance
— Thomas R. Schreiner Oct 22, 2010Believers are assured that everything works together for good because the God who set his covenantal love upon them, predestined them to be like his […]
A provision for every sin
— Mark Dever and Michael Lawrence Oct 21, 2010If 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 […]
The terms of the gospel bargain
— Robert Traill Oct 20, 2010We 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 […]
The gospel remits
— Thomas Watson Oct 19, 2010The gospel remits the severity of the moral law. Wherein our personal obedience comes short, God will be pleased to accept us in our Surety. […]
Have you any good news?
— J. Gresham Machen Oct 18, 2010What I need first of all is not exhortation, but a gospel, not directions for saving myself but knowledge of how God has saved me. […]
Translating the gospel into our lives
— Neil H. Williams Oct 17, 2010Receiving and resting in the truths of the gospel translates into a Christian life of joy, peace, freedom, and love. So the gospel also gives […]
All the approval we need
— Dave Harvey Oct 16, 2010The gospel brings me explosive news: my search for approval is over. In Christ I already have all the approval I need.
The gospel and our need
— Neil H. WIlliams Oct 15, 2010The gospel cannot soak deeply into us unless it is addressing our ongoing need for it.
This rock will stand forever
— Samuel Davies Oct 13, 2010Christ’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 […]
What the gospel rests on
— T.F. Torrance Oct 12, 2010All the Gospel rests upon the fact that it is God who became Incarnate, and it was God who in Christ has reconciled the world […]
A part of this great story
— Neil H. Williams Oct 10, 2010The kingdom of God is the new and final age that began with the coming of Jesus. His kingdom is not part of the present […]
Jesus or your rights?
— Dave Harvey Oct 9, 2010To follow Christ means to see allegiance to him as more significant that any rights we hold in this life. To be faithful to Christ, […]
A new identity
— Neil H. Williams Oct 8, 2010The gospel is the best news we could ever hear. The gospel is about Jesus Christ and his power to transform our lives and relationships, […]
Repentance and the cross of Christ
— John Murray Oct 6, 2010Christ’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 […]
What is your hope?
— Paul David Tripp Oct 5, 2010What is your hope? Only this — his relentless grace, boundless love, patient forgiveness and unending faithfulness.
Christ’s death is the Christian’s life
— J. C. Ryle Oct 4, 2010Christ’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 […]
The only kind of faith that matters
— John Piper Oct 3, 2010The only kind of faith that matters in the end is saving faith — the faith that unites us to Christ so that his righteousness […]
Resurrection vindication
— G. K. Beale Oct 2, 2010The 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 […]
Justice revealed and defended
— Thabiti Anyabwile Oct 1, 2010By Jesus’ sacrifice, God reveals and defends His justice in two ways. First, Jesus’ suffering for the sins of His people means that any sins […]
Christ, not feelings
— Martyn Lloyd-JonesDo you want to know supreme joy, do you want to experience a happiness that eludes description? There is only one thing to do, really […]

