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Tag Archives: Ebenezer Erskine
Transforming Grace Top 10 posts for 2013
Each July for the past five years I have posted a top 10 list of what people had been reading on Transforming Grace. I missed it this July, being busy, tired and distracted by other things. So to end the … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged Christian leadership, divorce, Ebenezer Erskine, Jim Packer, Pure Heart, remarriage, transforming grace
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Ebenezer Erskine on What sort of life springs out of the Tree of Life
If you have read this blog for many years, then you’ll know that I take Genesis 2:17 literally. God said “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of … Continue reading
Posted in Death and hell, Grace in Eden
Tagged death penalty, Ebenezer Erskine, hell, justification, tree of life
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10 marks of Christ upon which faith leans
What is Christian faith? Faith is heart-felt, dependent trust in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Here’s Ebenezer Erskine’s 10 marks of Christ upon which faith leans: Faith lives and leans upon the name of Christ; for “his name … Continue reading
Transforming Grace Top 10 (2010-2011)
I’ve been blogging for over three years now. I still enjoy the discipline of trying to crystallise vague thoughts or jotting down useful stuff I’ve read. I also enjoy seeing what people are reading and sharing. This is this year’s … Continue reading
9 marks of our being Christ’s true bride.
Many Christians struggle with the question of assurance. They look at their deeds, actions, performance, thought life and ask, “Am I really a Christian?” Ebenezer Erskine gives 9 Marks of true faith, and they are all centred on Christ. The … Continue reading
Posted in Means of Grace
Tagged assurance, Christ centered, Christ centered life, Christ centred, Christian assurance, Ebenezer Erskine
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Five impediments to the marriage of Christ and his bride
Here’s some classic (abridged) Ebenezer Erskine on the eternal will of God to marry his Son to the elect and the five ways the Son removes the impediments out of deep love for his bride to be. This is truly … Continue reading
Posted in Covenant Theology
Tagged Christ and his bride, Ebenezer Erskine, law and grace, the bride of Christ
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19 wonders of the world to come
Back in the Beauties of Ebenezer Erskine, I found this little gem of a sermon ending. Erskine lists 19 wonders of the world to come for us to think about: What is man ?”—but here a vail [sic] lies between … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of grace
Tagged Ebenezer Erskine, Glory, heaven, puritan sermons, sermon, world to come
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Ebenezer Erskine on what it means to be justified
Here’s a little extract from another Ebenezer Erskine sermon, this time on the wonders of what it means to be justified. It is God that justifies, who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of grace
Tagged beauty, Ebenezer Erskine, Grace, Holiness, inner beauty, justification
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10 ways in which God in Christ is a God of love #10
Here’s the 10th and final abridged extract from Ebenezer Erskine’s 10 point sermon on 10 ways in which God in Christ is a God of love: 10. God in Christ is our God (to crown all). He makes a grant … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of the giver
Tagged Ebenezer Erskine, God of love, God's poeple, love of God
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The wonder of substitutionary atonement: Ebenezer Erkine
Here’s a wonderful little post-Easter series of thoughts on Christ’s death from 18th century Scottish preacher Ebenezer Erskine: Let faith fasten upon the suretyship of Christ, or his substitution in our room and stead. He gave bond, may faith say, … Continue reading