This article by Richard Pratt called Broken Homes In The Bible was on Key Life, after having originally been published by Ligonier. It brings helpful perspective. An excerpt: Unfortunately, very few people acknowledge how long and how deeply the human family has been broken. When troubles come to our homes, we almost always pin the …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 29 Chapter 18 – Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation (Cont.) (Paragraphs 3-4) III. This infallible assurance does not so belong to the essence of faith but that a true believer may wait long and conflict with many difficulties before he be partaker of it: yet, being …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 27 Chapter 17 – Of The Perseverance of the Saints I. They whom God has accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be …
A graceless heart can be at the centre of what appears to be a commendable life. Not demonstrably bad, even hardworking and knowledgeable. But graceless hearts grumble. From Jared Longshore at Founders Ministries: Jesus found grumbling so off putting that he lined up three parables to fix it. We are commanded in the Bible to …
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