“But Nourishes and Cherishes It”

“In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.  He who loves his wife loves himself.  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body” [Eph 5.28-30]. In this verse Paul exhorts husbands to [...]

Regeneration

One of my favorite passages from Thomas Watson’s sermon “How We May Read the Scriptures With Most Spiritual Profit” is a quip on regeneration (the new birth, being born again), – The word calls for regeneration; have you the signature . . . of the Holy Ghost [Spirit] upon you?  . . . Is there [...]

Humility

As John Owen opens up our communion with the Holy Spirit, having already advanced many wonderful and difficult truths, and now happening upon what it means that the Holy Spirit is the seal set upon us unto the day of redemption, comes to this humble sentence, I amnot very clear in the certain peculiar intendment [...]

The Implications of the Edwardsian Principle for Evangelism and Preaching (Part II in a Series)

What is the Edwardsian principle, that is, the keystone rule of Jonathan Edwards?  If you have paid any attention to John Piper’s ministry over the last thirty years, you know it.  And I would argue that the principle itself is not original to Edwards or Piper, but is in fact derivative.  It is derivative from [...]

Justin Taylor’s Tribute to John Stott (1921-2011)

Wonderful.  Go here. And another on which one book of Stott’s to read.  Go here.

The Implications of the Edwardsian Principle for Heaven and Hell

What is the Edwardsian principle, that is, the keystone rule of Jonathan Edwards?  If you have paid any attention to John Piper’s ministry over the last thirty years, you know it.  And I would argue that the principle itself is not original to Edwards or Piper, but is in fact derivative.  It is derivative from [...]

“How We May Read the Scriptures With Most Spiritual Profit,” Part III

Watson’s directions, 21-24 and concluding thoughts. Direction 21. Set upon the practice of what you read. . . . The word written is not only a rule of knowledge, but a rule of obedience: it is not only to mend our sight, but to mend our pace. . . . Reading without practice will be [...]

John Piper Addresses Law Students

Blog post by Jonathan Parnell at Desiring God blog.  Questions asked and addressed include: Would you agree with the definition that “righteousness seeks the good of the community?” How do you define righteousness? How do developing countries counter the prosperity gospel? How can we maintain a zeal for God’s glory throughout our work? Should churches [...]

“How We May Read the Scriptures With Most Spiritual Profit,” Part 2

Watson’s directions, 11-20. Direction 11.  Highly prize the Scriptures. . . . The scripture is the library of the Holy Ghost [Spirit]; it is a pandect of divine knowledge, an exact model and platform of religion [true religion, i.e., biblical Christianity].  The Scripture contains in it the credenda, “the things which we are to believe,” [...]

“How We May Read the Scriptures With Most Spiritual Profit,” Part 1

A sermon by Thomas Watson derived from Deuteronomy 17.19, “And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them.” This post is simply his [...]