I had the pleasure of spending two days listening to Mark Dever and Kevin DeYoung expound and proclaim the gospel over and over as part of the Durban leg of the Rezolution 2013 conference. However the final session was preached by Kevin DeYoung and using Hebrews 12:14 he preached on holiness, without which no one [...]
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One of the websites that has helped me very much is gracegems.org. They send out a free daily email with a quote, usually of a Puritan. Each quote is an excellent little gem of truth and well worth signing up for. I have collected a large number of these emails and thought I would promote [...]
Read More»(The following in an excerpt from the diary of James Smith) "Oh, what wretched man I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death!" Romans 7:24 My journey lies along a thorny road–and yet few see the thorns but myself! Ah, the sharpest thorns are unseen by mortal [...]
Read More»"What is it to be a Christian?" 1. To be a Christian–is to depart from iniquity. 2. To be a Christian–is to deny yourselves and take up the cross and follow Christ. – Samuel Davies, ‘The Sacred Import of the Christian Name‘"
Read More»One mark of growth in grace, is increased HUMILITY. The man whose soul is growing, feels his own sinfulness and unworthiness more every year. He is ready to say with Job, "I am vile!" And with Abraham, "I am dust and ashes!" And with Jacob, "I am not worthy of the least of all Your [...]
Read More»One of the sins I noticed in myself in the last couple of months, and that I needed to repent of, is that I tend always to blame others. Then I started noticing in conversations, both with unbelievers and with believers, that people are often quick to blame somebody else for some consequence. Often the [...]
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