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Yesterday, I was reading about the tenderness of the Lord Jesus in A Puritan Theology. The particular Puritan, whose writings were the basis of the chapter, is Thomas Goodwin. Goodwin (1600-1680) was an English Puritan theologian and preacher who also
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Today is the third, and final, post in a series of reflections on the conscience stimulated by a chapter in A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life. First, we thought about the nature of the conscience as first created by God.
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Continuing from yesterday’s post, I’d like us to think for a few more moments about what the Puritans taught concerning the conscience. In this post, consider a summary of six kinds of evil consciences which, again, are drawn from A Puritan
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A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life is a volume that I continue to work through one chapter at a time. The chapter on the conscience is especially helpful, I think, as it explains the nature of the conscience as created
Continue readingThis morning, after spending time in the Psalms, my eye glanced to my left and caught a volume that I’ve not pulled off the shelf in quite some time. So, I picked up A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life and
Continue readingFear is a powerful motivator. Granted, fear is often used by Satan to hold us in his grip, but fear—when connected to the fear of God—can motivate us to turn away from our sin toward Jesus Christ and God’s gifts
Continue readingPaul, the apostle, exhorts us as believers to set our mind on things above, “where Christ is,” rather than on the things of this earth (Col 3:1). This heavenly-mindedness empowers us to continue to live for God while we patiently
Continue readingAccording to J. I. Packer, the Puritans “saw themselves as God’s pilgrims traveling home, God’s warriors battling against the world, the flesh, and the devil; and God’s servants under orders to do all the good they could as they went
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Slowly working my way through A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life; I was recently blown away by the tenth chapter, which is entitled “The Puritans on Providence.” I was already tired enough to go to bed, when I decided to
Continue readingContinuing yesterday’s post on the privileges of adoption in Christ let’s think for a moment about the fellowship with Christ that we experience as adopted children of God and siblings of Jesus (what John Owen called ‘communion with the Son’).
Continue readingI began my day this morning in my men’s Bible reading group. Four Christian brothers and I reflected on the apostle John’s teaching on the love of God for us and the work of His love in us (1 John
Continue readingBy purist definition, “no one is good except God alone” (Luke 18:19). As creatures made in His image all mankind is the recipient of His goodness (Mark 5:45). However, it is only believers in Jesus Christ who fully experience It.
Continue readingSince someone gifted me a copy of the newly released A Puritan Theology, by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones, my goal is to read 1.5 chapters a week so that I can complete all 60 chapters by the end of
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
