Christian Living
Christian Living
During Family Worship
During family worship, aim for the following: 1. Brevity. As Richard Cecil said, “Let family worship be short, savory, simple, tender, heavenly.” Family worship that is too long makes children restless and may provoke them to wrath. If you worship twice a day, try ten minutes in the morning and...
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The Place of the Law in the Christian Life
As seen above, the Law’s end is in Christ’s work, but the Law is not abolished, nor does the experience of God’s grace detract from the authority and permanence of the Law of God. So, how did the Puritans work out the implications of this in Christian experience? First, the...
Christian Living
The Bible in the Suitcase
A group of young people were visiting their minister and his wife one evening. The conversation was about praying in front of strangers. “What do you think of this?” asked a young woman. “Let’s say, there are two men on a business trip. They share a hotel room and one...
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Circumcision as a Covenant Sign
(1) Its summons; (2) Its symbolism; (3) Its supplanter; (4) Its support...
Church History
Knowing God According to His Self-Revelation
The Puritans rightly believed that though “the magnitude of God’s perfections is well beyond the reach of our finite understanding,” yet “we can know what He has chosen to reveal.” On the one hand, God is incomparable and incomprehensible. “For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?...
Christian Living
The Priority of Prayer
One of the first things that might surprise today’s pastors is the amount of time Puritan pastors devoted to prayer. Many of them engaged in family and personal worship three times a day. John Norton (1606–1663), a colleague of John Cotton (1584–1652), described Cotton’s typical Sabbath schedule while at home:...
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Christ’s Gift
Let us consider what Christ did when He came to heaven and was exalted there. He abundantly made good all that He had promised in His last sermon! He instantly poured out His Spirit, and that “richly” (as the apostle speaks to Titus). “Being by the right hand of God...
Books
Beeke’s BOTM April 2024
Beeke’s Book of the Month for April 2024 is How Do We Plant Godly Convictions in Our Children? From the Cultivating Biblical Godliness Series by Dr. Joel Beeke. Enjoy this brief excerpt from the first chapter to learn about the necessity of faithful biblical parenting. (Note: All of the references...
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To Die
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto...
