LORD JESUS, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach; Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of my being. Give me a deeper knowledge of Thyself … Continue reading Another Puritan Prayer
What is the Gospel? There is perhaps no clearer explanation of the gospel than in these first four chapters of Paul’s epistle to the Roman’s. Pastor and author Greg Gilbert suggests that we need to ask 4 crucial questions: 1. Who made us, and to whom are we accountable? 2. What is our problem? In other words, are we in trouble and why? 3. What … Continue reading The Gospel According to Paul
I continue to work my way through Jerry Bridges excellent book called Transforming Grace. Bridges is a great writer with a deep love for God and it shows in his writings. Perhaps his best known book is The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold around 1.5 million copies. Check out what he writes in chapter four of Transforming Grace. “The fact that God deals with … Continue reading GOD’S AMAZING GRACE
