Posted by Isaiah on October 3, 2008 – 1:11
My good brother Samuel at A Lion Has Roared wrote this thought of his down which also gave me much to think about.
I have often said: “He who thinks little of God in his time thinks very little of God in his heart”; I still hold to that tenaciously. However, I would today, reiterate it with greater potency. Indeed, he who thinks little of God in his life, that is, he who does not pray but now and then; who does not read the Word of his acclaimed Father but under compulsion; who does not ponder the Truth on a daily basis and humbly surrender himself to It; he is a man who will not merely think of God less often than he could, but one who will not consider God correctly when he most desperately needs the God he knows so inconsiderably.
How can I honestly claim a Friend, Father and Savior to Whom I seldom speak, and worse, to Whom I never listen?
That man is me on so many occasions…
HT: A Lion Has Roared.
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Posted by Isaiah on September 3, 2008 – 11:56
I’m reading Thomas Watson’s The Godly Man’s Picture, and am sharing this passage (abridged), in particular points (f) and (h), because it very much spoke to and inspired me.
A godly man shows his love to the Word written:
(a) By diligently reading it. The noble Bereans “searched the Scriptures daily” (Acts 17:11). Apollos was mighty in the Scriptures (Acts 18:12). The Word is our Magna Carta for heaven; we should be daily reading over this charter. The Word shows what is truth and what is error. It is the field where the pearl of price is hidden. How we should dig for this pearl! A godly man’s heart is the library to hold the Word of God; it dwells richly in him (Col. 3:16). It is reported of Melanchthon that when he was young, he always carried the Bible with him and read it greedily. The Word has a double work: to teach us and to judge us. Those who will not be taught by the Word shall be judged by the Word. Oh, let us make ourselves familiar with the Scripture! What if it should be as in the times of Diocletian, who commanded by proclamation that the Bible be burned? Or as in Queen Mary’s days, when it spelled death to have a Bible in English? By diligent conversing with Scripture, we may carry a Bible in our heads.
(b) By frequently meditating on it: “It is my meditation all the day” (Psa. 119:97). A pious soul meditates on the truth and holiness of the Word. He not only has a few transient thoughts, but leaves his mind steeping in the Scripture. By meditation, he sucks from this sweet flower and ruminates on holy truths in his mind.
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Posted by Isaiah on September 2, 2008 – 20:48
My thanks to Pastor Brian for pointing this out.
If you want to get deeper into God’s Word, Blue Letter Bible has an institute (BLBi) that lets you study the Bible in-depth for free!
You can choose to take a course as an audit or for a grade, and a certificate is offered when you’ve completed the course (I’m not sure if you need to pay for it since there doesn’t seem to be any information on this issue at the site, or I might be blind, which is more likely).
What’s the difference between an audit and a grade? According to the FAQ:
The audit option is designed for those students who are not concerned about their grade so much as learning the content for personal enrichment. They may still take the exams, and they will receive a grade on the exams, but the completed course may not be used to complete any academic program or transfer credit.
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Posted by Isaiah on August 26, 2008 – 11:07
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as Head above all
1 Chronicles 29:11
The Sovereignty of God is an expression that once was generally understood. It was a phrase commonly used in religious literature. It was a theme frequently expounded in the pulpit. It was a truth which brought comfort to many hearts, and gave virility and stability to Christian character. But, today, to make mention of God’s Sovereignty is, in many quarters, to speak in an unknown tongue. Were we to announce from the average pulpit that the subject of our discourse would be the Sovereignty of God, it would sound very much as though we had borrowed a phrase from one of the dead languages. Alas! that it should be so. Alas! that the doctrine which is the key to history, the interpreter of Providence, the warp and woof of Scripture, and the foundation of Christian theology should be so sadly neglected and so little understood.
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Posted by Isaiah on August 19, 2008 – 3:38
William Tyndale
Somehow I was reminded of William Tyndale today reading this post by a good sister Berean Wife, and how God had him do His will to translate the Bible and put it in our hands that we who today enjoy freedom to practice our faith might have full access to God’s Word. We are blessed that we live in such free environments, yet many take it for granted — their Bibles only sit pretty on the bookshelf while gathering dust as the minds of their owners grow dull from a lack of true meat (Hosea 4:6).
In fact, there’s no point mentioning Sola Scriptura when many who fall for false teachings and other heresies don’t even read the Bibles for themselves.
“Coincidentally”, I found the following video series on Tyndale’s life over at YouTube so I thought I’d share it. Consisting of 8 parts, the series is taken from the 1986 movie God’s Outlaw.
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Posted by Isaiah on July 22, 2008 – 10:42
I received an email on an interesting seminar organized by First Evangelical Reformed Church (FERC) that I thought might interest some of you here in Singapore:
A Seminar On The Christian Man And The Christian Woman
Topic: The Christian Man & the Christian Woman (Part 1: Biblical Masculinity; Part 2: Biblical Femininity)
Speaker: Pastor Chris Coleborn*
Date: 26 Jul 08 (this Saturday)
Time: 4 - 6 pm
Place: FERC, 652, Yio Chu Kang Road.
Admission is FREE. If you are keen to attend, just email bengkui [at] pacific [dot] net [dot] sg by 24 Jul, Thursday, indicating your (1) name; (2) church; (3) number of persons attending.
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* Pastor Chris Coleborn is a minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. His theological training was in both the Reformed Theological College of Geelong and the Collegiate of the EPCA. He served in the EPCA in Tasmania for 5 years, in Brisbane Queensland for 20 years and has been a minister in Cohuna, Victoria for 12 years. His wife of 29 years is Christine and they have been blessed with 7 children – 6 on earth and 1 in heaven. He is now semi-retired, but still active in preaching and teaching ministry.
My wife and I will be attending. If you are keen and have registered as well, drop us a note here; perhaps we can have some fellowship after.
This information is passed on with full permission from Beng Kui.
