Tag Archives: sanctification

more on Grace

further to yesterday’s post, here is an excellent outline by Matt Chandler on what it looks like to “make every effort” to walk the Christian life. We fight sin and grow in godliness by using the weapons grace provides. There … Continue reading

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J.I. Packer on Repentance

Timmy Brister is starting a blog series on the importance of ongoing repentance in a Christian’s life. His post today in that series is this quote from J.I. Packer: “We need to realize that while God’s acceptance of each Christian … Continue reading

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everday Gospel

via Ramblin’ Pastor Man, here is a short video with John Piper explaining that we need the Gospel every day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwn2GLm5MsY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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The Justification Debate

Here is a very useful pdf guide to the differences between N.T. Wright and John Piper on what the doctrine of Justification means. As you can guess, this cuts to the very core of salvation and life as a Christ … Continue reading

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Godly living

this quote from Joel Beeke on ligonier’s blog is a great way to explain the christian walk: The way to godly living is surprisingly simple: we are to walk with God in His appointed way (Micah 6:8), diligently using the … Continue reading

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thought for the day

Part of the quote from Todd B’s site. Tolerance is rightly seen as a virtue. But today what is often implied by the word is relativism, thinly disguised under the positive connotations of the word tolerance. If you do not … Continue reading

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