Original Sin, Sanctification, and the Gospel

Here’s some more good stuff from Walter Marshall on the powerlessness of the unregenerate, gospel-less man: We are alll by nature, void of strength and ability to perform acceptably that holiness and righteousness which the law requireth, and are dead in trespasses and sins, and children of wrath, by the sin of our first father, [...]

Are there Prerequisites to Salvation?

A new book that I started reading is The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification by puritain Walter Marshall. I picked it up thinking that any book dealing with the subject of sanctification  powered by the Gospel must be a keeper. Of course I haven’t been disappointed in my expectations though I am still just in the [...]

The Ultimate Aim of the Gospel

I’ve picked up Piper’s God is the Gospel once again and thought that I’d share a quote about the aim of the Gospel. It really made me think and I’m starting to agree more and more that God IS the Gospel. SO here’s the quote: The ultimate aim of the gospel is the display of [...]

Jesus Wants the Rose!!! Matt Chandler

John Piper on the Soul’s Delight

Here’s a scary bur realistic quote for us all… Chew on it and go to God in repentance. The true dimensions of a soul are seen in its delights. Not what we dutifully will but what we passionately want reveals our excellence or evil.” – John Piper, The Pleasures of God As I read this, [...]

The Remedy

“If you want to begin immediately to weaken the influence of worldliness in your life, take the sound advice from the great physician of the soul, John Owen:

‘When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits of sin lose their attraction and disappear. Fill your affections with the cross of Christ and you will find no room for sin’”

Interviews with Mark Dever

Mark Dever on the Gospel Mark Dever on the Gift of Evangelism Mark Dever on the Motive of Doing Evangelism