It’s time to get back into blogging, through the Puritans and the like…and whatever else I find to be spiritually edifying. It’s been about two years since… Read more “Getting Back On The Horse…and Christian Contentment”
Category: Suffering
He Wages For The Soul
When a tyrant goes to dispossess a neighbouring prince of what is lawfully his own: the men that he employeth at arms to overcome, and get the… Read more “He Wages For The Soul”
Christ Baptized With Sufferings For Us
“Those last sufferings of Christ, were in some respect like a fire to refine the gold. For though the furnace purged away no dross or filthiness, yet… Read more “Christ Baptized With Sufferings For Us”
The Reason For Desperate Plunges
I recently listened to a sermon in which Spurgeon was quoted, stating that parents should teach their children to trust Christ before they teach them to love… Read more “The Reason For Desperate Plunges”
Wherefore, I went to God again….
When John Bunyan was vexed with vehement sorrow thinking he had committed the unpardonable sin, he decides to talk to an older Christian for some encouragement. This… Read more “Wherefore, I went to God again….”
Armchair Sermons: M’Cheyne’s Last Sermon, The Vessels of Wrath Fitted to Destruction, part 1
What We’re Going To Be Doing… I am newly acquainted with Robert Murray M’Cheyne and I already love him! This is the first full sermon of his… Read more “Armchair Sermons: M’Cheyne’s Last Sermon, The Vessels of Wrath Fitted to Destruction, part 1”
Supplications in Walking With God
Owen saw that there were only two things worthy of our supplications toward God in being His enabling us to walk with Him. He is God and… Read more “Supplications in Walking With God”
Readiness For Suffering
We should take the opportunity in the time of peace to prepare ourselves for the time of suffering. Our minds need be trained that they may hold… Read more “Readiness For Suffering”
John Flavel on Suffering
John Flavel (1628-1691), writing in an introduction to his sermon on suffering, encourages us to prepare for suffering that we may embrace it when it comes, not… Read more “John Flavel on Suffering”