Book Giveaway: Words Only Psalter
Thanks to our friends at Crown & Covenant Publications we have two (2) copies of the beautiful and soft leather-like The Book of Psalms for Worship: Words Only Edition. The deadline…
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Wednesday @ Westminster: Upheld by Providence
The God of the Bible is the God who has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass from all eternity and who in human history brings all his plans to reality through…
Lessons from a Letter of Call to John Owen
At some point in every local pastor’s ministry he is going to experience an inquiry and even a call to serve in another congregation or area of service. I know…
Book Giveaway: To Bring Men to Heaven by Preaching
Thanks to our friends at The Latimer Trust, we have two (2) copies of Peter Adam’s book, To Bring Men to Heaven by Preaching: John Donne’s Evangelistic Sermons to give away. The…
C.H. Spurgeon’s Attitude Towards Thomas Manton
A while back while teaching a mid-week series on the life and work of Thomas Manton, I came across the following quote from Charles Haddon Spurgeon about Thomas Manton. It…
Wednesday @ Westminster: God’s Making of Humanity
We live in a time in which our humanity is misunderstood, at best, and under attack, at worse. Our consumer society is rooted in the philosophy that greed is good,…
Top Ten Reasons to Attend Evening Worship
Herein lies that which all the beauty of the world fades before, and becomes as a thing of nought,—which brings all the outward pomp of ceremonious worship into contempt;—I mean…
Brief Interview on the Puritans
Several years ago Danny Hyde was interviewed on his background, his introduction to the Puritans, and how to read them (especially John Owen). This was posted on the old MTP…
Wednesday @ Westminster: What are Angels?
We’ve all seen them, right? Angels, that is. You know, those chubby little children with wings; those cute Precious Moments statuettes; those little guys on your shoulders—one reminding you of…
Mondays with Manton: Christ’s Temptation (5)
Continuing through the neglected Puritan Thomas Manton’s (1620–1677) Christ’s Temptation and Transfiguration Practically Explained and Improved in Several Sermons (Works, 1:258–336), we come to sermon 5, which deals Matthew 4:8-9 (click here…
“Do This and Live”—A Follow-Up
Following up on Patrick Ramsey’s excellent post on the biblical phrase, “Do this and live,” I’d like to delve in the helpful comments of the Puritan exegete, Matthew Poole (1624-1679).…
Wednesday @ Westminster: God’s Work of Creation
The story goes that there was an astronomer, a biologist, a cosmologist, a geologist, and a physicist who climbed the highest mountain in the world in order to collaborate on…