Horatius Bonar on the kinds of men used by the Holy Spirit: 1. They are in earnest: “They lived and labored and preached like men on whose lips the immortality of thousands hung.” 2. They are bent on success: “As warriors, they set their hearts on victory and fought with the believing anticipation of triumph, …
There’s something in Ray Ortlund’s observation below which shouldn’t be diminished with whatever warnings and qualifications you may want to add as riders. The compulsion to use Old Covenant attitudes to New Covenant living is strong, but misguided. And this is because, while Moses and Paul instructed the people of God under two covenants, Moses …
The problem with ‘And always let your conscience be your guide’ is that the human conscience may be able to tell you you’re doing the wrong thing, but it can’t tell you what the right thing is. Ed Welch points out that in addition to an informed conscience you also need an objective source of …
My article for the latest edition of mgpc’s monthly church newsletter, Connexions: Perhaps in the evenings lately you’ve been watching the show featuring over-weight people weeping a lot. Or perhaps you’ve been watching the one featuring over-weight minor celebrities weeping a lot. Those of you who don’t can imagine the sort of thing that goes …
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