Justification is free (Jn. 4:1)
Sanctification is costly (Lk. 14:25-33)
Justification is instantaneous (Jn. 3:8)
Sanctification is a life-long process (Jn. 8:31)
Justification is by faith (Eph. 2:8)
Sanctification is by faithfulness (1 Cor. 4:2)
Justification is not of works (Eph. 2:9)
Sanctification is of works (Eph. 2:10)
Justification involves Christ’s love for me (Jn. 3:16)
Sanctification involves my love for Christ (1 Jn. [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Justification and Sanctification contrasted
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Never be content. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gospel on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“To grow in your passion for what Jesus has done, increase your understanding of what He has done.
Never be content with your grasp of the gospel. The gospel is
life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth. It has more
facets than any diamond. Its depths man will never exhaust.”
- C.J. Mahaney, The Cross Centered Life (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2002), [...]
Worth pondering
Posted in Prayer, tagged Prayer on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What are you praying for that only God can do, so that when He does it, He alone will get the glory?
Do you love the church?
Posted in church, tagged church on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At our church we are studying the distinctives of a Baptist church during our summer Sunday school series. It has been a good study so far on the doctrine of the church even as we have discussed such issues as Biblical authority, regenerate church membership, and church discipline.
What is your view of the church? Do [...]
The blame game
Posted in Christian life, tagged blame, sin on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are great at blameshifting. We do it all the time! Why? Because that is what we have been doing ever since man first sinned. When the first sin occurred in the Garden of Eden, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed Satan, which really meant that Adam and Eve both blamed God. Listen to yourself [...]
Jesus in China
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged China on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight at 9pm Eastern, PBS’s Frontline/World will air a documentary (a joint project with the Tribune) on Christianity in China. Looks interesting.
The Chicago Tribune today published its second cover story in a row on “Jesus in China.” Their articles this week hit on many of the recent issues in Chinese Christianity, including the rapid rise [...]
A chilling development in the abortion battle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, planned parenthood on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Albert Mohler discusses how planned parenthood is launching a new, aggressive strategy targeting more upper class families. Mohler writes about this chilling development here.
The Spirit’s illumination
Posted in Theology, tagged calvin, illumination, Owen on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Word will not find acceptance in men’s hearts before it is sealed with the inward testimony of the spirit. The same Spirit, therefore, who has spoken through the mouths of the prophets must penetrate into our hearts to persuade us that they faithfully proclaimed what had been divinely commanded…
Even if it [...]
The spiritual discipline of silence
Posted in Christian life, tagged Brainerd, silence, solitude on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In The Still Hour, Austin Phelps wrote, “It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did [...]
Take in Romans 8!
Posted in audio/video, tagged Romans 8, scripture recitation on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
