Category: John Bunyan

"The man, perhaps, will not drink and swear. Why? Because he is setting up and establishing a righteousness of his own, whereby to obtain the favour of God here is but one sin wrestling with another."Tullian Tchividjian8:28 am CTThe Difference Between Legal and Gospel MortificationHe posts this remarkable piece from Ralph Erskine (1685-1752). Saying "He… Continue reading Ralph Erskine – More on righteousness

This morning's post on Justin Taylor's site presents a thoughtful discussion of grace and regeneration. It's worth the time to read and even to purse deeper the original full articles referenced. His post only contains a summary.In our Thursday group, we have just completed the first half of Bunyan's - Discourse on the Pharisee and… Continue reading Gospel Grace and the Pursuit of Holiness

Ever since I read that Puritans loved beer and I began reading John Bunyan I've thought that maybe I have shades of being one in my life.Justin Taylor10:44 am CT - Read the whole post here:The Difference Between Puritans and Evangelicals on Communion with GodA convicting quote I return to again and again:Whereas to the… Continue reading Challenging our Thinking..

There is an interesting thought on the IX Marks site.You can read the entire excerpt here:Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert’s book What is the Mission of the Church?I've been noodling through this idea for awhile, ever since I started thinking about the imfamous misquote of St. Francis. You can read all about that here:Why We… Continue reading Thoughts on Good Works