The Pope has, lately, been most lustily cursing us all. According to his nature, of course, must be his utterances. We could not expect a blessing where no blessing abides; and, if we get a curse, we only receive a polluted stream from a polluted fountain. It is an old saying that England never prospers [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Spurgeon vs. the Pope
Posted in Charles Haddon Spurgeon on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Grief
Posted in Book of Hebrews, John Newton on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your wound, while fresh, is painful; but faith, prayer, and time will, I trust, gradually render it tolerable. There is something fascinating in grief; painful as it is, we are prone to indulge it, and to brood over the thoughts and circumstances which are suited (like fuel to fire) to heighten and prolong it. When [...]
One Generation Praises Another
Posted in John Newton, Richard Baxter on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I lately read a sermon of Mr. Baxter’s (in the fifth volume of the Morning Exercises) on Matthew 5:16. My mind is something impressed with the subject, and with his manner of treating it. Some of Mr. Baxter’s sentiments in divinity are rather cloudy, and he sometimes upon that account met with but poor quarter [...]
The Effects of Long Sermons
Posted in John Newton on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…as to long preaching. There is still in being an old-fashioned instrument called an hour-glass which, in days of yore, before clocks and watches abounded, used to be the measure of many a good sermon; I think it a tolerable stint. I cannot wind up my ends to my own satisfaction in a much shorter [...]
A Rule for Preachers
Posted in John Newton on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems a good rule, which I have met with somewhere and which, perhaps, I have mentioned to you, to fix our eyes upon someone of the auditory whom we judge of the least capacity; if we can make him understand, we may hope to be understood by the rest.
John Newton (1725-1807), the former slave-trader [...]
For the Lord’s Day (6)
Posted in Book of Revelation, For the Lord's Day on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and [...]
On Faith
Posted in Robert Lewis Dabney, Systematic Theology on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dabney week (6)
The special object of saving faith is Christ the Redeemer and the promises of grace in Him. By this, we do not mean that any true believer will willfully and knowingly reject any of the other propositions of God’s Word. For the same habit of faith or disposition of holy assent and obedience [...]
Mediator of the Covenant of Grace
Posted in Robert Lewis Dabney, Systematic Theology on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dabney week (5)
No mediator was necessary in the Covenant of Works between God and angels or God and Adam because, in unfallen creatures, there was nothing to bar direct intercourse between them and God. Hence, the Scripture presents no evidence of Christ’s performing any mediatorial function for them. On the contrary, the Bible implies, always, [...]
Personal Existence After Death
Posted in Robert Lewis Dabney, Systematic Theology on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dabney week (4)
It may be well to note that the immortality of the Bible is that of the whole man, body and soul; and, herein, God’s Word transcends entirely all the guesses of natural reason. And this future existence implies the continuance of our consciousness, memory, mental and personal identity; of the same soul in [...]
The Consequences of Repentance
Posted in Robert Lewis Dabney, Systematic Theology on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dabney week (3)
The Scriptures command us to “bring forth fruits meet for repentance.” These fruits will, in general, include all holy living, for repentance is a “turning unto God from sin, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.” But there are certain acts which are essentially dictated by repentance and which proceed immediately [...]
