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Entries Tagged ‘Puritans’

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 [...]

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 [...]

  

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