Three Streams

Restoration, Revival and Reformation

Entries for January, 2009

A.W. Tozer on ‘Christian mysticism’

“The word ‘mystic’ as it occurs in the title of this book refers to that personal spiritual experience common to the saints of Bible times and well known to multitudes of persons in the post-biblical era. I refer to the evangelical mystic who has been brought by the gospel into intimate fellowship with the Godhead. His theology [...]

Puritan wisdom for today’s generation

“Impress the young convert from the very beginning with the coviction that God has called him into His kingdom to struggle with the corruptions of his heart.”
WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE
“Sin is naturally exceeding dear to us; to part with it is compared to plucking out our right eyes. Men may refrain from wonted ways of sin [...]

Young people and the gospel: Why a return to reformed theology is so essentially urgent

This article is found at the puritanboard
Why is Confessional, Reformed Theology Important?
The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) has published its first major findings in Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, by Oxford University Press.
The book Soul Searching accurately describes the state of American Christianity today by describing the beliefs [...]

Puritans speak on Limited Atonement

“Election is ascribed to God the Father, sanctification to the Spirit and reconciliation to Jesus Christ.  This is the chain of salvation and never a link of this chain must be broken.  The Son cannot die for them the Father never elected, and the Spirit will never sanctify them whom the Father has not elected [...]

Puritanism, nonconformity, ‘justification by faith’ and the present day church of Christ

I have experienced an ever deepening and an ever increasing richness in my faith over the last week or so. I have been reading through John MacArthur’s daily bible, Calvin’s Institutes and a book by Martyn Lloyd Jones called From Puritanism to Nonconformity.
 Martyn Lloyd Jones
Martyn Lloyd jones covers the historical background leading up to the events [...]


    "The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, "good works,"…a transformed life)"
    J.I. Packer