Andrew Fuller Friday: On Preserving Against Backsliding
“What are the best means of preservation against backsliding?” It is usual with us to confine the idea of a backslider to a good man. I apprehend the Scriptures do not use the term always
Around the Horn (April 30)
I’m busy because I’m lazy. "We tend to think of busyness as the domain of the disciplined. We picture the bustling office worker, the fully-scheduled pastor, or the active homemaker who can do it all,
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Prayer and Revival
[Addressed to all who love and long for the coming of Christ’s blessed kingdom, and whose hearts may be inclined to unite in seeking its welfare.] Christian Brethren! The business for the promotion of which
Around the Horn (April 23)
A Mundane Life Is a Courageous Life In this post Alan Noble notes, "In the modern West, most of us won’t be called on to literally risk our lives to save someone else, but we’ll
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Nature and Importance of Christian Love
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if
Around the Horn (April 16)
Raising Children Who Love the Church Here Tim Challis writes, "As we were raising our children, I always felt a bit of tension when it came to their future within the local church. I wanted
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Things of First Importance
A great part of the evil which prevails in the world consists in an entire neglect of what God commands, or in doing what he has expressly forbidden; but not the whole of it. There
Around the Horn (April 9)
The Danger of Interpreting God's Word With Our Feelings "But when we have less-than-ideal feelings towards God's Word, our unfortunate tendency is to fill in the blanks and/or interpret it as we see fit, thus
Andrew Fuller Friday: The Special Design of Your Salvation
Mr. T., in his Ninth Letter, remarks on the evidence I offered for an absolute determination in the death of Christ to save some of the human race. “This sentiment,” Mr. T. says, “whether true
The Gospel According to Pilate?
Rome crucified people publicly and deliberately. The cross was theater. The empire's way of showing the world what happens when you cross Caesar. It was meant to humiliate. It was meant to crush any idea