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verloreseun wrote 1 month ago: “Since He hath looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it”. … more →

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Must Reformed Christians Be Cessationist?55 comments

R. Scott Clark wrote 1 month ago: UPDATE 6 June 2009. While working on another project today I stumbled across Garnet H. Milne, The We … more →

Tags: defining "reformed", Recovering the Reformed Confession, Authority of Scripture, canon, continuing revelation, Sola scriptura

Samuel Rutherford: Christ's Marriage to Sinners

limabean03 wrote 5 months ago: A communion sermon delivered by Samuel Rutherford to the Westminster Divines in 1643. At the time c … more →

Tags: Puritan Faith, Reformation Theology, The Christian Life, Christianity, Reformed Theology, Christian Theology, Jesus, Salvation, Gospel

Prepare Yourself!

Brian wrote 6 months ago: Tonight I read a letter from Samuel Rutherford, who was counseling a woman after the death of her da … more →

Tags: Samuel Rutherford, death, Christ, Father, Counseling, Grieving, woman, Daughter, Cedar

Eternal Justification Again (Rutherford v Crisp)2 comments

Donald John MacLean wrote 6 months ago: One thing that is good about reading Rutherford is that he is clear about what he believes and does … more →

Tags: eternal justification

"Misspend not your short sand-glass, which runneth very fast, seek your Lord in time." -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 26

LO wrote 6 months ago: To John Gordon of Russo in the Parish of Anwoth My Worthy and Dear Brother, Misspend not your sh … more →

Tags: Pilgrim Praxis, Sanctification, mortificatio, Christianity, Reformed, Religion

A Dose of Rutherford

Will wrote 6 months ago: “He delighteth to take up fallen children and to mend broken brows; binding up of wounds is hi … more →

Tags: Puritans, Dose of Rutherford, suffering

Samuel Rutherford - An Extract

Donald John MacLean wrote 6 months ago: Based on my own reading Samuel Rutherford was a better preacher (or rather communicator) than James … more →

"Let no man scant at Christ’s cross, or raise an ill report upon Him or it; for He beareth the sufferer and it both" -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 251 comment

LO wrote 6 months ago: To Mr. George Gillespie (Gillespie died in 1648, at the age of 36. In spite of his youth he had … more →

Tags: Pilgrim Praxis, Sanctification, sola fide

A Dose of Rutherford

Will wrote 6 months ago: I’ve often wanted to post little snippets from Rutherford’s letters, but I’m so in … more →

Tags: Books, Dose of Rutherford

"Happy is your soul if Christ man the house" -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 24

LO wrote 7 months ago: To William Livingstone My Very Dear Brother, I rejoice to hear that Christ has run away with your yo … more →

Tags: Pilgrim Praxis, Sanctification, Mortification of Sin, mortificatio, Christianity, Sin, temptation, Religion, Christian Life

Let Us Deal Plainly With Our Young People1 comment

Eric Smith wrote 7 months ago: I wish someone would have told me this as a worldly, self-absorbed teenager. . . I must first tell y … more →

Tags: Pastoral Ministry, Christian Life, Books, Puritans

"The greatest part of the world think heaven at the next door, and that Christianity is an easy task; but they will be beguiled" -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 23

LO wrote 7 months ago: To John Ewart, Bailie of Kirkudbright Me Very Worthy and Dear Friend, I cannot but most kindly tha … more →

Tags: Pilgrim Praxis, sola fide, Reformed, Religion

"Christ must be welcome to come and go, as He thinketh meet" -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 22

LO wrote 7 months ago: To Mr. Hugh Mackail, minister of the Gospel at Irvine Reverend and Dear Brother, I bless you for yo … more →

Tags: Pilgrim Praxis, sola fide, Christian Life, spiritual formation

Exchange

Rick Thomas wrote 8 months ago: I dare not say but my Lord Jesus hath fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his … more →

Tags: Quotes & Scraps

"Duties are ours, events are the Lord’s" -- Rutherford Thursdays No. 21

LO wrote 8 months ago: To William Dalgleish, minister of the Gospel Reverend and Dear Brother, Grace, mercy, and peace be t … more →

Tags: Ecclesiology, Pilgrim Praxis, ethics, Providence, Christianity, Ministry, Christian Life

Assurance of Faith

marwill wrote 9 months ago: “our hope is not hung on such an untwisted thread as ,”I imagine so”, or “It … more →

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Assurance of Faith from the Puritans

marwill wrote 9 months ago: “Full assurance that Christ hath delivered Paul from condemnation, yea ,so full and real as … more →

Tags: The Bible

Wondering What You Can Get Me for Christmas?2 comments

Will wrote 9 months ago: Well, there’s a Rutherford book that I still don’t have. The Loveliness of Christ is ava … more →

Tags: Personal, Theology, Books, Reformed, Puritans


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