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Proper Pulpit Decorum
The pulpit has become the place for men to glory in, and unless this changes – the ministry is in danger. Rather we preachers must view the pulpit as the place where we are brought to feel our nothingness and insignificance.
War Insanity
HOW LIKE KINGDOMS WITHOUT JUSTICE ARE TO ROBBERIES.
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity. Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, “What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.”
Augustine, City of God, Book IV, Chapter 4.
Illusion & Delusion of Sentimentality in the Cross
Denominationalism: The inevitable consequence of the Fall of Adam
Ecumenicalism: The inevitable catastrophe of the Fall of Adam
The Cross
The Cross holds up the glory of God in our preaching, and it holds down the pride of man in the preacher
The Cross is the foundation of our doctrine and the fountain of our demeanor
Preparing for the Next World
“In another world, both we and the prophets shall live forever, and to prepare for that world ought to be our great cause and business in this world.”
Matthew Henry
Pursuing God
Saul pursued David relentlessly – never giving up. He did it out of envy & jealousy. We should pursue our Lord relentlessly, but out of love & affection & gratitude.
Not an Easy Life but a Blessed Life
“The humble soul will quietly bear burdens; patiently receive blows; and make no complaint”
Thomas Brooks
True Knowledge
"Without the knowledge of God – we cannot know ourselves" – Calvin
Longing for the Cross
The world cannot give us peace & joy except by removing the Cross – but Christ gives us peace through his Cross. So we come to him in our trials & afflictions & the Cross brings sweet peace to us.
