If you worshipped as a Christian yesterday assured of your salvation, that’s a fruit of the Reformation. Sinclair Ferguson writes about a lesser acknowledged fruit of the Church’s great awakening, by interacting with one of its contemporary critics: Let us begin with a church history exam question. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) was a figure not …
A salvation that is eternal in scope, personal in application, and expresses the character of God. It is not wonder the Scriptures describe it as great. Sinclair Ferguson wonders how a salvation that embraces the past, present, and future could ever be taken for granted: So it is in the Gospel. God has a plan. …
From Ligonier blog: After reading Scripture, we must ask God for light to scrutinize our hearts and lives, then meditate upon the Word. Disciplined meditation on Scripture helps us focus on God. Meditation helps us view worship as a discipline. It involves our mind and understanding as well as our heart and affections. It works …
A curious modern situation: churches that focus on the Bible(though not necessarily reading the Bible, but that’s another post) when they meet , but not on corporate prayer. Megan Hill points out how historically anomalous this is, and how counterproductive in mission: In 1646 John Eliot, a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, began preaching …
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