Tag Archives: justification

Ebenezer Erskine on What sort of life springs out of the Tree of Life

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

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 →

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Why you don’t need to clean yourself up before God. Matt Chandler.

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

You know that feeling when you’ve offended someone and even after saying sorry there’s a bit of an atmosphere?  Jesus justifies sinners before God so that there’s no more atmosphere, no awkwardness, between God and us.  When Jesus justifies sinners … Continue reading →

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Spurgeon: Feed your kids beside the shepherds’ tents

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

William Still, the Church of Scotland minister under whose preaching ministry I was converted, had a phrase “pastor, feed the sheep on such truth that men are called to Christ” [The Work of the Pastor]. C.H. Spurgeon uses similar language … Continue reading →

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Grasping the threefold love of God

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Reading John M. Frame’s Doctrine of God I came across the following extract from Francis Turretin’s, Institutes of Elenctic Theology, III.8,5 on God’s love. A threefold love of God is commonly held; or rather there are three degrees of one … Continue reading →

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On having a full relationship with God the Father

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

At the heart of Christian life there is a relationship with God as Father.  R.A. Finlayson writes about this relationship in his Reformed Theological Writings: God is Father in a special way to his redeemed people; Christ taught his disciples … Continue reading →

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Ebenezer Erskine on what it means to be justified

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

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 →

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It is a thing most wonderful

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

On Sunday evening, the first Sunday of advent, I preached Romans 5:8-9 on the undeserved kindness of God in Christ. God has shown his love to us Jesus did something wonderful by dying for us We did nothing to deserve … Continue reading →

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