Growth in Grace (Archibald Alexander Quote)
This excerpt is from Archibald Alexander, "Growth in Grace" 1844:...
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Beginning this Sunday we will meet 9:00 am and 10:30 am for Worship...
SUNRISE DEVOTIONS!
Rather than post devotionals here you can get all the Sunrise Devotionals by going to our Vimeo website...
Fleming Rutledge Quote
A quote from Fleming Rutledge, taken from "The Seven Last Words from the Cross...
Sunrise Devotions 1-3
A Video Devotional with Pastor Drew (Presently using the devotional '365 Days With Calvin'...
Let Us Rejoice!
As uncertain and unsettling as times like these may prove to be, my prayer is that these words would serve as a constant reminder to us all that such moments of crisis provide us as believers with not only challenges to overcome but opportunities to learn, grow, and respond in such a way that demonstrates and displays to a watching world that indeed our hope is built on nothing less than the firm foundation of Jesus Christ. ...
Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague: A Letter from Martin Luther
Several articles posted over the past 3 months, in light of the Coronavirus, referencing Martin Luther's letter written in 1527 after the bubonic plague had come to Wittenberg, Germany. ...
J.C. Philpot Quote
There may be circumstances in your earthly lot which at this moment are peculiarly trying......
Calvin Quote
Calvin on the great assurance and delight we take from observing the Lord’s Supper. . Taken from institutes Book 4 chapter 27 section 3...
Calvin Quote
from the physical things set forth in the Sacrament we are led by a sort of analogy to spiritual things. Taken from institutes Book 4 chapter 27 section 4...
Calvin Prayer
Calvin’s final prayer in his commentary on Ezekiel. He died a few days later...
Prayer of Calvin
A prayer of Calvin summarizing as it were his teaching on the biblical doctrine of election ...
Calvin Quote
From Institutes Book 3 Chapter 6 Section 3: The Christian life receives its strongest motive to God’s work through the person and redemptive act of Christ. ...
Calvin Quote
Calvin Quote on Necessity of Being United to Christ from Institutes Book 3 Chapter 1 Section 1...
Christ alone in all the clauses of the Apostles' Creed
Calvin's summary / concluding statement of his discussion on the Apostles' Creed from Institutes Book 2, Chapter 16, Section 19...
The Church will Always Prevail
A quote of Calvin on the perpetuity of the Church from the Institute's book 2 chapter 15 section 3...
Calvin Quote
By his advent Christ … has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.” Quote from Institutes Book 2.9.2...
Calvin Quote
Quote of John Calvin in reference to Psalm 10:4: “In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”“...
Calvin on the Internal Knowledge of God
Calvin on Internal Knowledge of God. (This post is really for the illustration Dr. Calhoun shares in his lecture notes on the Institutes!!)...
Calvin and World Missions 1
Calvin was a man passionate about the gospel and zealous to see it proclaimed throughout the whole world. ...
Calvin's Mission to the World: Calvin and World Missions 2
Calvin’s mission to the world...
Calvin's Theology and Missions: Calvin and World Missions 3
Calvin's theology and Missions...
Lessons from Calvin on Missions: Calvin and World Missions 4
Lessons from Calvin on missions...
Calvin on the Scriptures Veracity
Quote from Institutes on the Unvarying testimony of the church to the Scripture...
On Knowing God and Ourselves: a quote from Calvin
On Knowing God and Ourselves. A quote from Calvin’s Institutes Book 1 Chapter 1.1 &1.2...
Calvin the Ill
A quote of Michael Allen concerning Calvin's persistent struggle with illness and eventual death...
My Study Material
A list of the material i'm reading and watching for my sabbatical study time...
"An Anatomy of all Parts of the Soul"
"An Anatomy of all the Parts of the Soul'. Calvin on studying the Psalms...
The Seven Churches of Revelation [Dr. Vern Poythress Quote]
Below is an excerpt from Dr. Vern Poythress' book, The Returning King: A guide to the Book of Revelation....
Things Are Not What They Seem
"What appear to the naked eye, on the plane of human history, to be weak, helpless, hunted, poor, defeated congregations of Jesus' faithful servants prove to be the true overcomers who participate in the triumph of the Lion who conquered as a slain Lamb."...
A Letter to a Dying Son
A letter from Church of England clergyman and writer, Legh Richmond (1824). He is writing to his dying teenage son. ...
Growth in Grace (Archibald Alexander Quote)
This excerpt is from Archibald Alexander, "Growth in Grace" 1844:...
The Loveliness of Christ (James Smith Quote)
Each Sunday we gather to worship our God and be reminded of the loveliness of our savior, Jesus. Below I quote James Smith (1802...
Good Friday and Christ's Atoning Sacrifice
Good Friday and Easter are about atonement. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood (Rom. 3:25)....
James Boice on Purpose of Palm Sunday
Why did Jesus enter Jerusalem as he did that first Palm Sunday? (James Boice Quote)...
Where is Christ in your Theological System? (C.H. Spurgeon Quote)
Where is Christ in your theological system? ...
Listening to a Sermon (John Piper Quote)
Listening to the Preached Word. Advice from John Piper...
Communion with Christ (Thomas Brooks Quote)
Communion with Christ is that which will make you stand fast, and triumph over all enemies, difficulties, dangers, and deaths....
How Important is Prayer
The following is taken from James Smith, “Sunny Subjects for All Seasons" (1858)....
Future Glory (John Newton quote)
an excerpt from The Present and Future Rest of True Believers by John Newton: "Our most enlarged ideas of our future glory are faint and imperfect. Who can describe or conceive the happiness of Heaven? It will be as unlike as possible ...
Justification and Sanctification: How do they differ?
Justification and Sanctification: How do they differ? an extended quote by JC RYLE...
Re-forming Worship as a Means of Practical Discipleship
Worship is not just something we do on Sunday; it does something to us as well......
Ten Books Every Christian Should Read (Part 1)
Reading is (and always will be) one of the most effective ways of renewing our minds. The Bible, of course, is the most important book we should be reading, but there are many others as well. Here is a list I compiled of ten books that I believe every Christian should take time to read...
The Lost Art of Spiritual Meditation (Psalm 1)
"Spiritual Meditation moves beyond simple rote memorization of key Bible verses. It enters a realm where we allow Scripture to have its way with us as an active and living force...