I’ve been thinking regularly about “comfort zones” lately as I become increasingly convinced that the spiritual problems we face are often times more basic than we think. In our study last night at Grace, I heard a good word on the need to learn the secret of contentment (from Phil. 4:11-13). I began thinking about [...]
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Thoughts on Comfort Zone – Contentment
February 23, 2012Atmospheric Repentance
August 17, 2011That’s a new term I learned from Dr. David Powlison after watching the video below. Atmospheric repentance is based on the initial cry of the Reformation as articulated by Martin Luther in the first of his 95 Thesis: When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said “Repent”, He called for the entire life of believers [...]
Good Works Before Men, Righteousness Before God
January 16, 2010Jonathan Edwards says in his book Religious Affections that the chief of all signs of true and saving grace is Christian practice. He makes his argument on numerous texts, beginning with “by their fruits you will know them” (Mat. 7:16). He goes on to say that Jesus gives others the right to judge us on [...]
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