Winners: Parker and Belvins

by admin on December 15, 2011

Congratulations to Adam Parker and John Blevins for winning free copies of The Marrow of Modern Divinity. Thanks to everyone who participated. If you didn’t win, click the picture of the book on the left and get it through Amazon. It’s a good price and will benefit the blog. You won’t regret it. Adiós, Christopher [...]

Final Giveaway! Two Winners!

by Christopher Chelpka on December 12, 2011

For our last post, I would like to announce one more giveaway. This time we will select TWO winners. The deadline for entry is Wednesday, December 14, 2011 @ 11pm (MST). If you didn’t read along in 2011, here’s your chance for 2012. Thanks to Christian Focus for donating the copies. Thanks also to all the readers [...]

Of hearts and hogsheads

by Nicole Noran on October 15, 2011

For when a man’s heart is at peace in God, and is become truly full in that peace and joy passing understanding, then the devil hath not that hope to prevail against his soul as he had before; he knows right well that it is in vain to bait his hook with profits, pleasures, honour, [...]

The Rude Multitude Vs. The Windy Wits

by Nicole Noran October 9, 2011

How do antinomiansim and legalism show up in our everyday lives? How do these attitudes keep us from rest in Christ? First, the “rude multitude of sensual livers” (the antinomians) are so enthralled by the comforts and pleasures of life that they turn there for comfort instead of to Christ. The solution, says Fisher, is [...]

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Desiring God Is Not Just a Piper Thing

by Brian Cochran October 5, 2011

Perhaps you remember a popular T.V. show that aired in the 80’s and 90’s called Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, with Robin Leach. For those who haven’t heard of this show, perhaps you have heard of shows like MTV Cribs or VH1’s The Fabulous Life. These are all shows where normal people are given a chance to peer [...]

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In Subduing Us to Himself

by Christopher Chelpka October 1, 2011

In this week’s section of The Marrow of Modern Divinity, we read about Christ’s kingly office and how it is exercised in the life of the believer. Fisher explains in detail, what is summed up in one of my favorite lines from the Westminster Shorter Catechism: “Christ executes the office of a king, in subduing [...]

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How Shall a Man Know that Christ Lives in Him?

by Brian Chang September 28, 2011

What I find interesting about this section (pp. 247-51) is how much of Fisher’s content here is really just a repetition of what he’s already said in the few sections immediately prior to this one. All he is really doing here, in the way of theological content, is summarizing in brief much that he’s already said about how to go looking for true evidences [...]

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Though the Darkness Hide Thee

by Austin Britton September 21, 2011

Even though some of the greatest and most effective sermons in the Bible are as short as twitter posts (Jonah 3:4; Luke 4:21, etc.), it would be unseemly and unacceptable for a modern preacher to try and exercise the same amount of brevity. Perhaps this is how it should be. Yet, if called upon to [...]

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Is He A Christian? The Marks of True Faith

by Christopher Chelpka September 17, 2011

Imagine a Christian woman has recently met a man and she’s falling in love. She doesn’t want to be unequally yoked with an unbeliever (2 Cor 6:14), but how can she know if he is a true Christian? As she considers this question, she should remember that she doesn’t have access to either the secret will [...]

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An Evidence of True Faith: How Do You View Your Enemies?

by Brian Cochran September 9, 2011

In this section, Nomista and Evangelista are talking about “Marks and Evidences of True Faith.” All of this is part of a larger discussion on how to attain assurance in the Christian life. I think it is always important to remember that the primary ground of our assurance is the promises of God in Christ [...]

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