Eric Liddell, The Disciplines of the Christian Life, p. 31: It is helpful to start each new day with a question like the following clearly before you: “Have I surrendered this new day to God, and will I seek and obey the guidance of the Holy Spirit throughout its hours?” Wait until, with the full ...
Ever since the Great Deluge of Noah’s day, storms and other natural calamities have, in God’s providence, altered the course of, or left their mark on, church history. Building on a plan and notes compiled by Matthew Poole, Increase Mather and, later, William Turner, wrote accounts of such “remarkable providences.” Here are a few notable ...
Lady Margaret Hoby (née Dakins) (1571-1633) was married three times – first, in 1589 to Walter Deverux, who died in the seige of Rouen in 1591; secondly, in 1591 to Thomas Sidney (who died in 1595), brother of the poet Sir Philip Sidney; and third, in August 1595 to Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby. On the ...
Sir William Waller, Divine Meditations Upon Several Occasions: With a Daily Directory, pp. 102-105: Meditation XV – Upon Hearing Good Musick I cannot but think that soul out of tune, that is not affected with musick. For though I am not of the opinion of that fidling philosopher, that defined the soul to be a ...
It is not enough to do good, but one must, by the grace of God, be good in the doing of good. Sir William Waller, in his Daily Directory, writes, Divine Meditations upon several occasions: with a daily directory, pp. 185-186: I would be careful, as to do good, so to do that good in ...
Christine Pyle has launched a new blog of interest to Puritan-minded readers: Into the Wilderness. Building on the title of a famous sermon by Samuel Danforth, A Brief Recognition of New-Englands Errand into the Wilderness, this blog focuses on the American Puritans and aims, during the course of a semester-long reading project, to answer certain ...
What a thing to consider how Moses, the meekest man, was kindled in his fury when he saw the children of Israel singing around the golden calf, so much so that he broke the tablets containing the ten commandments which he carried in his hand. Matthew Henry writes on Ex. 32.19: See what a change ...
(The following is from Crossway.blog): An Interview with Anthony Carter and Richard Doster from By Faith Magazine. Anthony Carter is lead pastor of a new church plant, East Point Church, just outside of Atlanta, Ga. Carter earned his M.A. in biblical studies from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla. And he has authored and edited ...
So say Chuck Smith and Brian Brodersen in the following clip you will hear to which Dr. White responds on the Dividing Line program. By the way, my church, Rockdale Community, gets a ’shout out’ from James right at the beginning of the program as he was just here over the weekend for our Winter ...
Ed Stetzer addresses the sin of knowing apart from doing. In this clip he discusses obedience-based discipleship: Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...