Tag Archives: Gospel and Law

Golf etiquette and the gospel

Posted on June 7, 2011 by neilrobbie

Golf etiquette is a strange thing to the uninitiated.  Rules abound.  Don’t stand on your opponent’s putting line, stand still and don’t talk when others are playing, those who have the honour tee-off first, repair plug marks, replace divots (except … Continue reading →

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Matthew 23:1-4, the gospel in three sentences

Posted on March 29, 2011 by neilrobbie

How would you explain the gospel to a friend?  How many sentences, explanations, pictures or concepts would it take?  Jesus explains the gospel in three sentences, in Matthew 23, using two truths, the law and the gospel. Matthew 23:1-4 Then … Continue reading →

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The Shack – what to make of it?

Posted on September 10, 2009 by neilrobbie

I wasn’t going to read The Shack, there’s lots of other books further up my reading list and I don’t get enough time to read them.  However, I said “if the book raises it’s head locally I’ll read it” and … Continue reading →

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More benefits of faith union with Christ

Posted on April 7, 2009 by neilrobbie

I led a session on our lent course, The Cross Centered Life, on meditating on the the benefits of faith union with Christ.  One of the members of the course sent me this email, which was originally shaped like a … Continue reading →

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Justification by faith alone without works

Posted on April 2, 2009 by neilrobbie

I recently posted Benjamin Keach’s seven ways in which people misunderstand justification and so live impoverished even gospel denying lives. Here, Keach sets out true justification, without works: Thus having given you several dangerous, and corrupt Notions of Men about … Continue reading →

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Human religious instinct and racing pigeons

Posted on March 31, 2009 by neilrobbie

The gospel frees people from trying to earn God’s acceptance through religious observance but human beings are like racing pigeons. Kept in comfortable but cramped coups, racing pigeons are taken away from their confinement and released, given freedom. They are … Continue reading →

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On recovering from Neonomianism

Posted on March 9, 2009 by neilrobbie

I vividly remember saying to my wife in bed one night, “you know, I don’t think you need to do good works to be saved.” Her response was “stop thinking and go to sleep, talk to me about it in … Continue reading →

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How liberalism destroyed true liberty

Posted on January 13, 2009 by neilrobbie

Last week I took my kids to their swimming lessons at a local secondary school. I didn’t notice as we left that my daughter had emerged from the girls changing room without her swimming gear and cardigan. The next morning … Continue reading →

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Bonar on why the gospel does not change the law

Posted on January 5, 2009 by neilrobbie

I’ve heard it said that the coming of Christ alters the law. As far as the Christian is concerned the law is now only what Christ or the Apostles teach in the New Testament. I can see the attraction of … Continue reading →

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Why God’s law is not a burden

Posted on November 10, 2008 by neilrobbie

I am a slow reader. It’s been 11 months since I started my blog with a quote from Thomas Watson’s exposition of the beatitudes, and I’ve just reached the book’s appendix; “His commandments are not grievous.” I blogged last week … Continue reading →

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