“Sinners need righteousness to stand before God. That is why it is being ‘pursued’ by Israel. That much they got right. But whose righteousness will suffice? The declaration of righteousness before God, called justification, does not rest on a fiction. There is real righteousness as the basis of it. But as sinners we will never […]
“When we call things holy when they are not holy, we commit the sin of idolatry. We give to common things the respect, awe, worship, and adoration that belong only to God. To worship the creature instead of the Creator is the essence of idolatry.” (RC Sproul, “The Holiness of God,” p.55) Have you ever given […]
“For the church to evangelize the world without thinking of the Jews, is like a bird trying to fly with one broken wing.” Franz Delitzsch How many of you are like me that we want to be faithful and obedient to Jesus’ call to evangelize the whole world? How many of you would agree that sometimes our […]
“The Fear of the Lord”(Understanding what A.W. Tozer called, “Astonished Reverence”) Description: As Christians, when we think of what the “fear of the Lord” is, what comes to your mind? Is the “fear of the Lord” something that only super-saints attain? Is it a mystical thing and something that reason cannot grasp? Is it a […]
“Always the most revealing thing about the Church is her idea of God, just as her most significant message is what she says about Him or leaves unsaid, for her silence is often more eloquent than her speech. She can never escape the self-disclosure of her witness concerning God.” (A.W. Tozer, “The Knowledge of the […]
“Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abiju took their censures, put fire in them and added incense: and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord…” “All Nadab and Abiju did was offer some ‘strange […]
“Mistaking the gospel for “right living” is one more common error. Sometimes people think that the news, the message of the Bible, is simply that we should live moral lives. Christianity is sometimes presented as nothing more than virtues—public and private…The gospel, you see, is not simply an additive that comes to make our already […]
“At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: ‘I am called to man’s labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?’” (Marcus Aurelius, “The Meditations,”5.1; both in Farquharson’s […]
“What is the difference between these two statements?“The minimum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”“The maximum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”Only two words: minimum, maximum. But those words constitute a difference as great as night and day. The first statement unfortunately seems to summarize the goal of much […]
Hi everyone, If you have not made your new year’s resolutions, make this one yours. This is good advice from Tim Challies, author of “The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.” Get the book!!! Why do you think reading is important? What has led you to make it a priority in your life? “I regard reading as a critical […]