“I freely confess accordingly that I endeavor to be one of those who write, because they make some progress and who by means of writing, make further progress.”
Archives for January 2011
Essential Differences
Hyper-Calvinism is all house & no door; Arminianism is all door & no house; Calvinism is both all door & all house.
A Vision Glorious
Exodus 33:18
In this passage of Scripture, the heart cry of Moses is to have God show him His glory. Moses has had enough experience of God, from the burning bush episode which revolutionized and galvanized his life in a new direction, to the contests with Pharaoh in Egypt, to the Passover deliverance, to the escape from Egypt through the Red Sea, to the giving of the Law of God, and we should not forget the on-going rebellion of the people. In all of these, God had so magnificently demonstrated that He was doing something beyond the powers and abilities of man. Moses had certainly recognized the otherness of God. The gods of Egypt were insufficient and puny and had no power (except the power of darkness) against God. Moses had rejoiced in the giving of the Law, as this was surely a revelation of God like no other. [Read more…]
Right Thinking on Revival
“If we are to obtain a revival, we must go directly to the Holy Spirit for it, and not resort to the machinery of the professional revival-maker.”
Spurgeon – Sword & Trowel, 1866, p. 532
What Do the gods Offer?
It is as Augustine says in his “City of God” that the only cause for the perishing of Rome was that she chose to have guardians that could also perish. Is this not the same for Jerusalem in the days of our Lord? She chose not the Lord to save her, and thus because she trusted in herself and her righteousness – she likewise perished (AD 70). In the same way, what is our country entrusting herself to? Do we not see the influence of pagan idolatry raising once again its ugly head? God has been banished like a naughty schoolboy, but He shall take His vengeance because He is a consuming fire. Great nations perish unless their people (like ancient Nineveh) repent. May we learn this lesson well as Augustine understood it.