It is the Holy Spirit's work to convict of sin and apply comfort. And the Christian can resist these operations. But if it has become...

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose ...

Decide for yourselves which reaction to a wife having Alzheimer's is Christlike: Pat Robertson's advice: Pat Robertson: The Monste...

In the work entitled, A Treatise of the Dominion of Sin and Grace , John Owen describes the antithesis as being in either of two possible...

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all th...

If we define passions as the transition from one emotive state to another or the increase in intensity of such a particular state, then t...

A SONG OF ASCENTS. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,    who stand by night in the house of the LORD! Lift up your han...

I posted this over at FB this morning: I saw a little boy eating leftover fried chicken from a KFC dumpster on my drive to work this mor...

Think of anything that if you lost it you would cease to want to go on living. Done? Alright. That thing you thought of is your idol . ...

For as the surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves, so the only haven of safety is to have no other will, no other wis...

The process of being conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, called sanctification , is a lifelong dynamic of the Holy Spirit rev...

Grungeheads may be familiar with where the title of this post hails from. Hehehehe . Like me, they may also have a peculiar taste for sku...

I write this post from a position of not having experienced a personal tragedy of the magnitude that would rock the foundations of my fait...

Herman Bavinck explains how Adam, in his pre-Fall state, lacked "absolute certainty" regarding his present state of bliss and it...

"Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God." (Luke 18:16)

Martin Luther first made mention of the theology of the cross ( theologia crucis ) in the Heidelberg Disputation. In it, he listed the fo...

The Lord's Day assembly is the day , the place and time, when the Christian hears from the Lord, "You are in My favor, My child. ...

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we al...

Dr. R. Scott Clark has written a 5-part series on John Calvin's theology of consolation . Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part ...

Traversing the pathways and hallways of the metropolis, one cannot help but be confronted with the sad sight of children of various ages, ...