“Let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.” 1 Peter 4:19:
John Bunyan had a pretty miserable life in many ways, yet he has some of the best things to say about God’s sovereignty in suffering and its ultimate fruitfulness. In his book Seasonable Counsel or [...]
Archive for the ‘Holiness’ Category
21 Oct
Suffering according to the will of God
20 Feb
Adam & Eve or Adam & Steve?
Here’s a quote from an interesting article from my friend Hugh Bourne’s blog by Xander Coomber on a recent debate organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM).
…after the debate I chatted to Clive [Gardner] about celibacy outside of marriage or a civil partnership. His response was to say that he would not confront [...]
10 Feb
The battle with sin
In his book Battling Unbelief John Piper gives some great insight into the fight against sin:
Battling unbelief is another way of saying “living by faith in future grace”. The unbelief is the failure to trust the promises of God that sustain our radical obedience to the future…
Battling unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace means that [...]
10 Sep
Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language
“Using the words commonly thought to be offensive in the culture seems to me to be sort of the verbal equivalent of not wearing deodorant and having body odor, or of going around with spilled food on our shirts all the time. Someone might argue that not wearing deodorant or wearing dirty clothes are not [...]
