It is one thing to acknowledge oneself a sinner in theory; it is quite another to own one's sin in reality. Theoretical sinners never come to the Lord.
-Ross Blackburn "Unveiling The Cross"
Faced with God's wrath, there are only two responses. One will either claim that 'the way of the Lord is not just.' Or he will acknowledge God's justice and, therefore, his own uncleanliness...
Either we seek to behold God as he is and therefore come face to face with our need, or we refuse to see God as he is, never seeing ourselves and our need, therefore never seeking a savior.
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I love student ministry! Every year, we host Humans v Zombies, inviting ya-dults former students to be zombies and chase teenagers around the church. It’s a blast watching them shoot nerf guns and run wild. After all the last-minute setup, I get to sit back and enjoy the chaos.
🛎 Announcement!
I am happy to announce, with @rptseminary, the launch of the new Jonathan Edwards Scholarship. The goal of this scholarship is to help fund a new generation of Reformed pastors. We have two stated goals here:
Presbytery always seems to turn into a real Abbott and Costello’s “Who's on First” with substitutes, originals, and further discussion. #just_trying_to_keep_up
Nothing harder than a rock, yet in the clefts thereof some weed or other will fasten its roots. None stronger than a believer, yet do what he can, sin will fatsen its roots in him, and spring out sometimes with inordinate desires. There is always something which needs mortifying.