raised expectations

For one reason or another I was recently revisiting Matthew Henry’s little book, The Communicant’s Companion. Talking about expecting a blessing from the Lord’s supper, Matthew Henry says this:
“Let us come to this ordinance with raised expectations. … The maker of the feast is God himself, who doth nothing little, nothing mean, but is able [...]

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as moses said to hobab

Two Free Church ministers are already calling for Church of Scotland evangelicals to separate, after the General Assembly’s decision last Saturday. (Blogposts here and here.)
What Free Presbyterian ministers are saying on their blogs is unknown, as they don’t seem to have any, but in real life there has been about the same level of concern [...]

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still difficult

The following quotation comes courtesy of a reader, from the Bible Dictionary edited by Patrick Fairbairn. (To fill up what was lacking here.)
It’s an elaboration of what I think is the standard view of the nature of the unforgiveable sin in my/our Scottish presbyterian tradition (not that that gives it any more intrinsic worth, but [...]

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in all the scriptures

Fascinating discussions ongoing on Christ in the Old Testament. Via Martin Downes, a discussion here of the Angel of the Lord as a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ (ie not as a created angel but as the Messenger of the covenant). Commenting there, someone whose blog I’ll most likely be reading regularly from now on – [...]

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apropos not much

Thomas Watson says:
“Sin is the only thing God has an antipathy against. God does not hate a man because he poor, or despised in the world, as you do not despise your friend because he is sick; but that which draws forth the keenness of God’s hatred is sin: ‘this abominable thing that I hate’.”
Which [...]

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busy week

Sorry folks, I do have things I want to say, but this week is going to be a bit tricky. Calvin, incidentally, I have it on good authority, didn’t follow Augustine on this question here – more to follow shortly I hope. Unless things get really tough, in which case it’ll be something apropos nothing [...]

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