How to Read Thomas Goodwin
If I could have $5 for every time someone has asked me the question, “Who is your favourite Puritan to read?,” I suppose I’d be a wealthy man by now.…
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The Puritans and Their Evangelistic Model
A condemned prisoner was climbing the gallows when William Perkins said to him, “What man! What is the matter with thee? Art thou afraid of death?” The prisoner confessed that…
Cautions About Signs of Grace
Let me close this series on assurance (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) with some cautions about using the “signs of grace” to gain assurance. First, be careful how…
Using Signs of Saving Grace
Every born again child of God who places true faith in Jesus Christ will struggle with assurance in various degrees over the course of their lives. It’s in this context…
Assurance versus Presumption
In discussing the practical doctrine of assuance (see parts 1, 2, and 3 in this series), one careful distinction we must make is between assurance and presumption. The reason is that…
Four Details About Assurance
As we continue our series (part 1, part 2) on assurance, we come to four basic details about it that are so important to consider. It is possible for…
Sources of Assurance
We continue our series on the blessed but difficult subject of assurance of salvation (see part 1). Assurance or certainty about a truth in general may come in various ways, such…
Assurance of Salvation
Paul commands us, “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye…
The Practice of Christian Zeal
In concluding our series on the Puritan vision for Christian zeal (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), we now take up come practical ways in which we can put it…
The Means of Christian Zeal
In our continuing series on the Puritan vision for Christian zeal (part 1, part 2, part 3), we now take up its means. When you look around and see…
The Characteristics of Christian Zeal
In our continuing series on the Puritan vision for Christian zeal (part 1, part 2), we now take up how they described its characteristics. False Zeal First, they described…
What Is Zeal?
We all have some idea of what zeal is, for to a certain degree we are all zealots. The question is not whether we are zealous but what we are…