The persecutions which have been carried on against religion are grievous to humanity, and equally repugnant to justice and to good policy; but they are not in the least surprising. There was not a truth
The Bitter Splinters of Marburg This is a helpful post by Michael A.G. Haykin in which he uses the debate between Luther and Zwingli to highlight the importance of understanding the possible results of disagreements
If a brazen mirror were found in some remote, uninhabited island, it might be a doubtful matter how it came thither; but if it properly reflected objects, there could be no doubt of its being
Emerging From Our Trials Unscathed Here Tim Challis notes, "We are to pass through our trials unscathed by them all, unsullied and unharmed. We will not be unchanged, of course, and neither should we be.
The promise was not accomplished, at last, but by means of ardent, deadly, and persevering struggles; and such must be the efforts of the church of Christ, ere she will gain the victory over the
We Grow Up in Christ by Growing Down in Lowliness In this post, Randy Alcorn shares some thoughts from J.I. Packer on how growing small is the key to Christian greatness. Beware the Habits of
Such is the magnitude of the glory to be revealed in us, that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with it. In speaking of these opposites, the apostle, as
Let Christ Shine Through Family Habits "Ordinary daily habits are like liturgies. “They are little routines of worship, and worship changes what we love” (11). That’s Justin Whitmel Earley’s premise in his book Habits of the
With respect to the present world, consider what multitudes of thoughts are employed in vain. 1. In seeking satisfaction where it is not to be found.—Most of the schemes and devices of depraved man go
The Antifragile Christian "As great as it sounds, antifragility is increasingly lean these days. More and more examiners of our culture bemoan, instead of antifragility, a brittleness that has seeped into the West. Intolerant of