“True saints have their minds, in the first place, inexpressibly pleased and delighted with the sweet ideas of the glorious and amiable nature of the things of God. And this is the spring of all their delights, and the cream of all their pleasures: it is the joy of their joy. This sweet and ravishing […]
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Today the power was out at work mid-morning. We were sent away to lunch early but then expected to return, and then sent home when it was determined the power would likely remain off for most of the afternoon. so I had twice as many commutes today as I normally do, during which I was
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C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go either wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong; I cannot. If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be
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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” (James 1:17, ESV). We accept the good. But do we except the “evil”? (By “evil”, I mean it looks like a disaster to us. I do not
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(The Sovereign Plan of God in the Incarnation) This is the manuscript of the message I taught tonight at home fellowship as part of our annual Advent series. It’s also the first time I’ve taught grown-ups since my Bible college Homiletics class. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard
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For a special Thanksgiving treat, we’re going to ponder a significant passage by Jonathan Edwards, from a book called Miscellaneous Observations on Important Theological Subjects. Original and Collected, ch. III, “Concerning the Divine Decrees, &c.” (Works Banner of Truth edition, vol. 2, p. 528,): § 10. It is a proper and excellent thing for infinite
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