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The Puritan Evangelist
The Puritan evangelist brought to his work a unique inward disposition or frame of mind and soul. Co...
evangelism, Holy Spirit
What is True Conversion?
Sermon Text: Psalm 51:10-13 Its comprehensiveness Its sorrow Its joy Its fruits ...
Conversion
What is Puritan Worship?
Historically, Puritan worship traces its roots to the apostles and early church fathers through the ...
Puritans, worship
The Puritans on God’s Holiness and Ours
In our day, few people consider holiness a priority. But for the Puritans, their goal was to bri...
Holiness, Puritans, sanctification
Learning to Pray
Once there was an old man who often said that he never went to bed without saying the prayer his mot...
prayer
Deliberate and Occasional Meditation
The Puritans got it right. So they spent at least a period of time every day in what they called del...
Meditation, Puritans
Be ye kind one to another
Be ye kind one to another. — EPHESIANS 4:32a DEAR CHILDREN, did you know that even if someone is m...
children, kind
Dying Delightfully
Our lives are not just a journey to death. They are a journey to one of two eternal places: heaven o...
death
Dying Demystified
There is a remarkable difference between how an unbeliever and a believer look at dying, death, and ...
Agnosticism, death
Christ came to bring light
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. — J...
Christ, Christmas, Incarnation
Christ came to save sinners
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to s...
Christ, Christmas, Incarnation
Christ came to do the will of The Father
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. — JOHN 6:3...
Christ, Christmas, Incarnation
Spirit-Worked Faith Versus Dead Faith
Alexander Preaching on Living Faith versus Dead Faith Alexander opens his sermon by recognizing that...
Archibald Alexander, faith
Archibald Alexander Life and ministry
The nineteenth century was a time of great change in the churches of Britain and the United States. ...
Archibald Alexander
Twenty Benefits from the Lord’s Supper
Our Reformed and Puritan forebears were fond of calling the Lord’s Supper a feast. They viewed it ...
Lord's Table
Preach Christ
A healthy church is one that is shaped by the gospel. Our people need to see the beauty of Christ. N...
Christ, criticism, preach
The Lord’s Supper as a love feast
The church of all ages has regarded the Lord’s Supper as a love feast in two ways: first, we regar...
Lord's Table
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work.
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work. Yet apart from faith in Christ, prayer is also difficu...
prayer
Taking Hold of God in Prayer
Deep within us, we know that it is impossible to solve prayerlessness by our own strength. The sacre...
prayer
Puritans on Marital Love
Edward Taylor (c. 1642–1729), a pastor, physician, and poet of Puritan New England, wrote, “A cu...
marriage, Puritans
The Cultivation of Friendship in Marriage
Cultivation is rooted in farm work. Seed is sown, and tender plants spring up. They cannot flourish ...
friendship, marriage
The Joel Beeke Interview on Family Worship
We recorded a video interview with Joel Beeke on the topic of family worship, a spiritual discipline...
family, worship
Practical Helps for Reading the Bible
You’re not alone. Let me say first of all: If we are going to be successful in attempting to read ...
bible
Practical Helps for Studying the Bible
…Your reading of the Bible will be greatly enhanced if you study the Bible as you read it. But...
bible
The Law of Love and the Teachings of the Bible
The questions raised by homosexuality are deeply personal, for the most important factors in this co...
homosexuality, Law, love
God’s Principles for Marriage
The Puritans often spoke of “duties,” and Gouge was no exception. By “duty” he did not mean ...
marriage
The Worldview of the Puritans
The Puritans did not use the term worldview, for such terminology did not appear until the late eigh...
Puritans, sovereignty, worldview
Some of My Favorite Puritans
My favorite Puritan-minded theologian from the English tradition is Anthony Burgess; from the Dutch ...
Puritans
What the Puritans Would Say to Modern Pastors
…One of the great motives driving the Puritans was the need to raise up ministers who imitate ...
Pastors, Puritans
The Foundation of Puritan Worship: Knowing God in Christ
Stephen Charnock (1628–1680), a gifted Puritan pastor and theologian, said that we cannot worship ...
worship
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