At least three accomplishments of Aquinas are worthy of note.
(1) Aquinas provided wisdom and inspiration to numerous philosophers, theologians, and representatives of other disciplines who applied what they learned from him to the new problems and challenges of their own time. Many of these contributions can be useful to many people who study and use [...]
Archive for May, 2008
A Critique of Thomas Aquinas
Posted in Philosophy, Ronald H. Nash, Thomas Aquinas on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Autobiographical Remembrance
Posted in Thomas Boston on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Awakening a long time ere daylight, I found my dream had been sinful. At first, I was rather amazed than truly affected with it, being overwhelmed with sleepiness. I thought to lie waking, and think on it sometimes, and sometimes I thought to pray in my bed: but, while thus minded, the temptation I had [...]
Ebenezer Erskine and the Gospel
Posted in Ebenezer Erskine on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That moment you believe, your cause is carried into a new court; I mean from a tribunal of justice to a mercy-seat, where all the acts and interlocuters that pass are acts of grace and mercy, acts of pardon and acceptance in the beloved. No sentences of condemnation pass in the court of grace: no; [...]
Introduction to Hebrews 12:4-13
Posted in Book of Hebrews on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The great preacher Alexander Maclaren compared Hebrews 12:4-13 to a lighthouse. It gives the kind of teaching that we don’t notice much when the sun is shining. Like the light from a lighthouse, it doesn’t stand out very well in the day. But, when night comes, and storms begin to blast against us, it suddenly blazes [...]
C. S. Lewis and a Literary Mystery
Posted in C. S. Lewis, Richard Hooker on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have mentioned this passionate sermon because, if it were ignored, the wholly different tone of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity might give a false impression both of Hooker’s personal, and of his literary, character. But his other minor works cannot be noticed here, and I must now turn, at once, to the Polity.
The adventures [...]
The Covenant of Grace
Posted in Covenant Theology, Covenants, Creeds and Confessions, Francis R. Beattie on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a distinction is made by theologians between what is called the covenant of redemption and the covenant of grace. According to the former, God enters into covenant with His Son, giving Him a people whom He redeems and assuredly saves. According to the latter, God enters into covenant with His people to redeem and [...]
For the Lord’s Day (19)
Posted in Book of Deuteronomy, For the Lord's Day on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of [...]
Faith and the Believer
Posted in Charles Haddon Spurgeon on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Indeed, to every saved man it is the greatest miracle of all that he is, himself, a believer. When I come to look at the truths upon which I rest, they are very simple indeed and, yet, around them so many doubts are cast by the evil of my own heart that I stand amazed [...]
Great God of Wonders
Posted in Maurice Roberts on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whatever the pressures are to the contrary, the serious Christian must keep a careful watch over the inner state and attitude of his own soul. Just as there are temptations for the careless and the idle Christian, so, too, are there snares for the Christian who becomes too busy. We are too busy whenever we cannot [...]
The Christian’s High Calling
Posted in Maurice Roberts on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Modern society has everything to live with and nothing to live for. Touch a button, and we talk to friends all over the world. Australia and Hong Kong are as close to London by phone as Clacton-on-Sea. Touch another button, and the man with a big enough aerial can watch the television programmes shown in [...]
