Results tagged “assurance”
Doubt as Virtue, Assurance as Arrogance (12/03/08 - 21 Comments)
I have written often about the issues of doubt and assurance. They are, I think, issues that are well worth spending time on. Many fine Christians spend much of their lives doubting their salvation while other nominal Christians live in reckless assurance of their right standing before God. Meanwhile, many people today teach that doubt itself is a virtue while assurance is a mark of arrogance. John Frame offers some valuable perspective on this in...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (IV) (08/14/08 - 14 Comments)
This morning brings us to our fifth reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. This week’s reading was a very short one—just a few pages. I know that several of you took the opportunity to catch up with last week’s lengthy reading. So hopefully by now we are all on the same page! Summary In the Introduction to the book’s third part, Edwards asks the reader to keep three things in mind as he describes...
A Blessed Assurance (10/30/07 - 33 Comments)
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes..." Dr. Criswell, long-time pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, was once traveling by plane to attend a speaking engagement on the East Coast. After boarding the aircraft and getting himself settled and situated, he was thrilled to recognize the man in the seat beside him as a well-known Christian theologian. Criswell greatly admired this man and was eager to get to know him. Soon the...
Reading Classics Together - Holiness ("Assurance") (10/18/07 - 16 Comments)
"We know that we are of God." (1 John 5:19) Today we come to the final chapter of the first classic we're reading together. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Even if you have not participated in this effort, please keep reading. I’m sure there will be something here to benefit you. At the very least read the end to see how you can join in our next effort....