difficult question

One of the striking features about the mass of biblical evidence about conversion is the huge diversity in the kinds of sinners that have been converted. Blasphemers, thieves, fornicators, murderers, the covetous, the foolish, the pharisaical. All sorts of sins, all sorts of sinners, have been and can be forgiven.
Which makes it difficult to [...]

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some changes

1) – added a new book review (a biography of George Smeaton); click here or find it via the “Books” tab at the top of the page.
2) Behind the scenes, I’ve:

updated the ‘top posts’ selection down on the right hand side of the screen (based on a highly scientific algorithm which weights ‘number of times [...]

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boston’s reasons

[I'm going to beg Boston's pardon and give you a paraphrase rather than a direct quote (of the passage mentioned here).]
Reasons why people remain under the broken covenant of works
(a) It is natural to us. This covenant being made with Adam and with us in him, it is ingrained in the hearts of all men [...]

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the broken covenant

Thomas Boston raises the question of why so many people, even in a Christian context, still “remain under the broken covenant of works”.
Boston’s covenantal theology is obviously far richer than can be adequately explored in a single blog post (he wrote 12 volumes himself after all) – but the covenant of works was the arrangement [...]

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don’t go to moses

There are basically two options for what to do with an uneasy conscience. Given that the conscience is uneasy because it registers that you’re not living up to the standards God requires (never mind actually contravening them), and that guilt always attends sin, one common strategy is to put more effort into conforming better to [...]

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tone contact

Just been listening to a fascinating piece on Radio 4 about India and China competing against each other in a new ’scramble for Africa.’ Someone said the Chinese involvement included lots of unskilled Chinese migrant workers living in their own parts of town, doing menial jobs – and speaking no English.
Which obviously made me long [...]

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what the heavens declare

“The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; but his word and Spirit only do sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto men for their salvation.” Westminster Larger Catechism q2.
Thinking the discussion on the previous post has got a bit unwieldy, I’m putting this out [...]

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amazing discoveries

* New short vowel discovered
* 19th century Spurgeon audio recording discovered
(NB, both are a couple of days late.)

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