Repentance is perpetual
“[Repentance] is perpetual. . . . The Christian is a new person in Christ, but he is imperfectly renewed. He has died to sin and has been raised to new life. But this mortification and vivification...
View ArticleRepentance must keep pace
“With every increase of mercy you receive from God there will be an accompanying increase of responsibility. . . . As you grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and receive more...
View ArticleHeaven – Home of Gospel-Embracing Repenters
Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Because heaven is a prepared place, our Christian lives should be characterized by rejoicing and anticipating being with the Lord. Because heaven is...
View ArticleForgiveness – is it unconditional or conditional?
A couple of days ago, I pitched this question to folks on Twitter and Facebook. The disagreements on the issue of forgiveness is not one that is divided between conservatives and liberals but between...
View ArticleNo one needs the gospel more than me.
This morning, I enjoyed another meeting with two young men of Grace (my A-team) at Panera talking about being faithful to apply the gospel to our own heart. If I truly know myself, we will be quick to...
View ArticleThose “not far from the kingdom” may be farther than you think
Reflecting on the Pharisee in Luke 18:9-14 makes me think about the temptation to legislate morality by arbitrarily judging which sinners we think are most “savable.” If the Temple that day were a...
View ArticleAtmospheric Repentance
That’s a new term I learned from Dr. David Powlison after watching the video below. Atmospheric repentance is based on the initial cry of the Reformation as articulated by Martin Luther in the first...
View ArticleYour Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done = Repent and Believe
At the very heart of the Lord’s Prayer is the petition, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Like so many other familiar passages of Scripture, I fear that there are...
View ArticleGospel Lessons from a Humiliating Experience Last Week
Thursdays are normally my day off, and due the crazy week that it had been so far, I was particularly look forward to a little break from the grind. However, things did not go according to plan. Sick...
View ArticleMe and My Ninety-Nine
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable:...
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