Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 21 Q & A 75 Q What is sanctification? A Sanctification is a work of God’s grace, whereby they whom God has, before the foundation of the world, chosen to be holy, are in time, through the powerful operation of his Spirit1 applying the death and resurrection of Christ …

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David Prince on the essence of “Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching” that does not fall into an overall message of moralism and ‘try harder’. The meta-genre of Scripture is gospel story and we must read the entire Bible with that genre awareness. Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching will not mute the call to obey the moral and …

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The grace that saved us is the source of the change that takes place in our lives as saved people: The spiritual growth of progressive sanctification concerns something vastly deeper than a greater allegiance to God’s rules. It requires God working to fix what sin has broken, and that brokenness exists in our hearts. Only …

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