The last chapter of Lloyd-Jones’ book on Preaching talks about the unction of the Holy Spirit, and how it is an essential element of the preacher’s ministry. Thomas Murphy … Read more→
Archive for August, 2011
Reinterpreting Doctrine
As members of the church, we must always be on guard for false teaching. Yet not all false teaching is equally easy to spot. In reacting to the mainline Presbyterian … Read more→
Beware the Sea Monsters
I’ve long thought that Kline’s books are entertaining reads. Moreover, I’ve thought reading them outloud often makes them difficult to distinguish from science fiction and fantasy. Kline will throw in … Read more→
A Guide to Recent Discussions on Justification and Sanctification
Guest post by Rob Edwards
The recent blog exchanges concerning the relationship between justification and sanctification, along with the role of union with Christ in each, is part of a larger … Read more→
A Puritan Prayer for Holiness
This prayer, not completely unrelated to the current discussion on sanctification, comes from The Valley of Vision, p. 72:
“Of all hypocrites, grant that I may not be an evangelical hypocrite,
who … Read more→
Baptism as a Sign of Blessing and Curse
In his wonderful book By Oath Consigned, Meredith Kline argues that baptism should be understood not simply as a sign of covenantal blessing, but also as a sign of judgment. … Read more→
Sanctification and Eschatology
Here are some resources and a (somewhat) brief history to bring you up to speed on the sanctification issue that has garnered a lot of attention recently.
One of Tullian Tchividjian’s … Read more→
Union with Christ, the Duplex Gratia, and the Current Debate: A Pulpit Perspective
The current discussion in the blogosphere concerning union with Christ and the duplex gratia of justification and sanctification is a good one. We should have this debate, so long as … Read more→
Preaching the Fullness of Christ
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The relationship of justification and sanctification has returned to the forefront of the Twitter and blog circles I frequent. William B. Evans rekindled the discussion with a response to Tullian … Read more→
An Education the Same in All Places
Several months ago, I came across this quote from Abraham Lincoln, perhaps one of the most famous autodidacts in American history. Lincoln spent virtually all of his spare time reading, … Read more→