Do you contemplate your dependance on Christ?

Do you contemplate daily your dependence on Christ? Do the words of Paul resonate in your heart? Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God (2 Cor. 3:5) Are John the Baptist’s words sensible to you? “He must increase, but I must decrease.” […]

He did not answer

Several times the Scriptures point to the silence of Christ during His trial. The prophet Isaiah said it would be this way: “Like a lamb that is lead to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth” (53:7). It was indeed that way, as Matthew […]

Did Jesus descend to Hell?

Interpreters of Ephesians 4:9 have long wrestled with the meaning of the phrase “the lower parts of the earth.” Many have conjectured that phrase means that after the crucifixion Christ went to Hell to proclaim the truth of His death and resurrection to those who resided there. Interpreters base this understanding not only on Ephesians […]

Today’s Quote – Christ’s Love (Bunyan)

John Bunyan, All Loves Excelling: …that a person so great, so high, so glorious, as this Jesus Christ was, should have love for us, that passes knowledge. It is common for equals to love, and for superiors to be beloved; but for the King of princes, for the Son of God, for Jesus Christ to […]

Today’s Quote – Majesty (Pascal)

Blaise Pascal, Pensees: Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life: and do the greatest things as though they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence. (HT: CQOD)

Today’s Quote – Jesus Christ (Lundgaard)

Kris Lundgaard, Through the Looking Glass: We are all brothers and sisters, whether or not we want to be, because we are human beings. It’s a fact of life and has nothing to do with choice. With the Lord Christ it was different (see Hebrews 2:11, 14-15). So that he might rescue us from death, […]

Today’s Quote – Christ’s Death (Morris)

Leon Morris, The Cross in the New Testament: In His death He is not apart from sinful men. He is executed as sinful men are executed. Through all His ministry He had sought out sinful men. At the climax of it all He is clearly one with them.

Sunday Leftovers (7/12/09)

Though we would rarely verbalize it this way, at times our actions and attitudes reflect a doubt that God is able to sanctify and change us: “That’s just the way I am — I’ve always been that way, and I always will be that way.” Such an attitude reflects a doubt in the wisdom of […]

Today’s Quote – Christ (Bunyan)

John Bunyan, All Loves Excelling: He that would know the love of Christ in several degrees of it, must begin at his person, for in him dwells all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Nay, more; in him ‘are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge’ (Col. 2:3). In him, that is, in his […]

Today’s Quote – Christ’s Authority (Elliott)

Elizabeth Elliott: Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

Today’s Quote (9/26/08)

John Piper, Spectacular Sins: All that came into being exists for Christ — that is, everything exists to display the greatness of Christ. Nothing — nothing! — in the universe exists for its own sake, Everything — from the bottom of the oceans to the top of the mountains, from that smallest particle to the […]

A small grab bag

Here, in no particular order, and with little comment, are a few articles and blogs that I’ve come across this week that were of varying kinds of interest to me. They all triggered thoughts that warranted more extended discussion, but I just haven’t had the time to think them all through yet… John Ensor, “Magnifying […]

Sunday Leftovers (7/27/08)

One of the reasons there is so much confusion about the gospel is that we have misunderstood and misapplied the intent of the gospel. We (in the American church at large) have come to believe that the gospel is all about a decision instead of a lifestyle. Our efforts are predominantly decision-oriented. We encourage people […]

Sunday Leftovers (7/13/08)

The seven statements of Christ from the cross serve as a reminder not only of what is important to Christ as He contemplates and evaluates the cross, but they also serve as an anchor for our faith, directing us to the truths to which we must hold fast in defending that faith. For instance, the […]

Sunday Leftovers (7/6/08)

Yesterday I was attempting to make the point that our understanding of the weight and significance of our own sin is immeasurably weak. In a sermon recently preached at Resolved, John Piper expands that idea by illustrating how the weakness and frailty of the physical creation is designed to demonstrate to us the horror of […]