Archive for July 2011
When the devil throws our sins up to us
— Martin Luther Jul 30, 2011When the devil throws our sins up to us and declares we deserve death and hell, we ought to speak thus: ‘I admit that I […]
The power of the gospel story
— Daniel Taylor Jul 29, 2011Once we have heard the gospel story, we are not allowed to stay the same. The gospel story judges our story and finds it wanting. […]
Holiness and the gospel
— John Owen Jul 28, 2011Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing, and realizing of the gospel in our souls.
The King and his subjects
— Henry Law Jul 27, 2011The sway of Jesus rules an innumerable multitude of all nations and kindreds, and people and tongues. He endows them with all He is and […]
Sin and salvation
— John Stott Jul 26, 2011The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against […]
When we see the necessity of the atonement
— John Stott Jul 25, 2011All inadequate doctrines of the atonement are due to inadequate doctrines of God and man. If we bring God down to our level and raise […]
God makes His people strong
— John Piper Jul 24, 2011God magnifies his glory by making you strong with his gospel. God feels no threat from your strength at all. In fact, the stronger you are in […]
He did not close his eyes to the interests of others
— Paul Stromberg Rees Jul 23, 2011Don’t forget, cries Paul, that in all this wide universe and in all the dim reaches of history there has never been such a demonstration […]
Crucified with Christ
— Alfred Poirier Jul 22, 2011A believer is one who identifies with all that God affirms and condemns in Christ’s crucifixion. God affirms in Christ’s crucifixion the whole truth about […]
But Jesus is omnipotent
— Henry Law Jul 21, 2011Satan indeed is a giant in strength, but Jesus is omnipotent. He enters into direct conflict with the vile usurper. He hurls him from his […]
Our greatest need
— D. A. Carson Jul 21, 2011If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was […]
The multitude of the redeemed
— Henry Law Jul 20, 2011Contemplate the multitude of the redeemed around the eternal throne. They are very many; no stretch of mind can count them. They all were once […]
A necessary preparation
— John Owen Jul 19, 2011No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight in heaven who does not, in some measure, behold it by faith in this […]
Jesus never gave in
— Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington Jul 18, 2011Christ’s obedience was tested by temptation (Matthew 4:1–11; Hebrews 4:15), and the intensity of his temptation was greater than we’ll ever experience or ever imagine. […]
Gospel work has a unique significance
— Colin Marshall and Tony Payne Jul 17, 2011Gospel work has a unique significance in God’s plans for the world. We don’t make disciples of Jesus by building better bridges, but by prayerfully […]
God’s plan from the beginning
— Tim Chester Jul 16, 2011Making us like Jesus was God’s plan from the beginning. God ‘predestined’ or planned for us to be like his Son (Romans 8:29). Before God […]
Jesus and the unfolding drama
— Michael Horton Jul 15, 2011The Christian faith is gospel-driven at its core, with an unfolding drama from Genesis to Revelation. Far from a catalogue of eternal principles and timeless […]
A treasure of righteousness
— Henry Law Jul 13, 2011Washed from sin, we escape just wrath; but we need more than the absence of guilt to constitute a claim for entrance into the purity […]
The dust of earth now sits on the throne of heaven
— Philip Graham Ryken Jul 12, 2011Because of the bodily ascension of Jesus Christ, the dust of earth now sits on the throne of heaven.
The mystery of the kingdom
— David Naugle Jul 11, 2011The mystery of the kingdom is the mystery of the cross: salvation through condemnation, victory through defeat, life through death, exaltation through humiliation.
Jesus is Lord
— Michael Horton Jul 10, 2011The claim ‘Jesus is Lord’ is not simply a confession of his deity. It is that and more. The important eschatological point that this claim […]
Preparation for the gospel
— Joe Thorn Jul 9, 2011In exposing our own corruption, the law of God leaves us guilty and points us to our need for redemption. We are lawbreakers and need […]
Death lost its foothold
— Michael Horton Jul 8, 2011Death, the last enemy, lost its legal foothold in creation by the cross.
The countless, blood-bought throng
— Henry Law Jul 7, 2011During the earthly state the redeemed appeared to be a little flock—a tiny speck in a dreary waste, a rare flower in a weedy desert. […]
Limitless forgiveness
— Henry Law Jul 6, 2011He who has fled for refuge to a Savior’s wounds looks out from his high watch-tower, and limitless forgiveness spreads before him. This grace proceeds […]
Punishment and amnesty
— John Stott Jul 5, 2011The cross was an act simultaneously of punishment and amnesty, severity and grace, justice and mercy.
Let all your joys flow
— Charles Simeon Jul 4, 2011A nominal Christian is content with proving the way of salvation by a crucified Redeemer. But the true Christian loves it, delights in it, glories […]
Enlarging the circle
— Dan Cruver Jul 3, 2011The good news of the gospel is that God’s gracious provision of adoption, irrespective of our grievous demerit, is the activity by which he enlarges the […]
God’s plan from the beginning
— Colin S. Smith Jul 2, 2011Christ’s death on the cross was not something that God came up with in response to Satan’s triumph in the garden of Eden or as […]
God gives nothing less than Himself
— Michael HortonIn grace, God gives nothing less than Himself. Grace, then, is not a third thing or substance mediating between God and sinners, but is Jesus […]