A Simple Confession, Part 2

I was reading Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands last night and I came across this short but helpful insight:
“True confession flows out of worship and results in a deeper, fuller worship of God.”
What a wonderful thought. Even in our sinfulness, God presents us with an opportunity to draw closer to him than we were before. [...]

Righteous Jealousy

I just got done reading a very powerful chapter in Paul David Tripp’s Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands. He writes of the jealous grace of God that can be found in James 4:4, where it’s written, “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes [...]

JC Ryle on Assurance: Do Not Linger

For an extended period of my life, I struggled with the assurance of my salvation. Something I read recently shed much light on the source of my doubts. It was a chapter in JC Ryle’s book Holiness titled “Lot: The Beacon.”
In Genesis 19:16, it is recorded that “Lot lingered.” Lot is called a beacon of [...]