Sibbes on the Activity of Christ in Preaching
As the minister speaks to the ear, Christ speaks, opens, and unlocks the heart at the same. Richard Sibbes
Category: theology
Since we are risen with him . . .
“But now Christ is risen from the dead.” And since we are risen with Him, we are not dead in our sins. In his renewal from the dead, we are lifted f...
The Source of Confidence
A theologian’s confidence comes from this conviction: God has spoken. -Herman Bavinck
Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership
Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership. By Bobby Jamieson. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2015. 243 pages. Paperback, $24.99. Bobby Jamieson...
There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us
There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. . . . It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell. Richard Sibbes
Cranmer on the Importance of Reading Scripture
Bible reading is “as necessary for the life of man’s soul, as for the body to breathe.” Thomas Cranmer, Preface to The Great Bible
Augustine and Hindrances in the Theological Task
There are two things which are very hard to tolerate in the mistakes people make: presumption, before the truth is clear, and defense of the false presumption w...
The Life-Blood that Runs through the Body of Christian Doctrine
The death of Christ is a subject of so much importance in Christianity as to be essential to it. Without this, the sacrifices and prophecies of the Old Testamen...
The Universal Remedy for all the Moral Diseases of Mankind
The preaching of Christ will answer every end of preaching. This is the doctrine which God owns to conversion, to the leading of awakened sinners to peace, and ...
It is God who relieves man’s shame. -Marcus Dods
It is also to be remarked that the clothing which God provided was in itself different from what man had thought of. Adam took leaves from an inanimate, unfeeli...