Tag Archives: Worldliness

“Christ calls, ‘Sinner, love Me.’ Sin and the world cry aloud, ‘Place your love on us.’” — Thomas Doolittle (1630-1707)

TranslationChrist has suffered, and done, and promised such things that might gain the love of sinners to Himself. By these, he pleads with them to set their affections [..]

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The Danger of Worldly Compromise — B.B. Warfield

Translation“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with [..]

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“Faithfulness, ‘Fruitfulness,’ and the Twisted Notion of Evangelical Celebrity” by Phil Johnson

TranslationPhil Johnson, Second Timothy 3 begins with a stern, prophetic warning: “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.” And then Paul [..]

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“Putting a Face on Destruction” by Thabiti Anyabwile

TranslationThabiti Anyabwile, In all of our discussions, we might forget that the theology we’re debating has a human face. On the other end of our words, our blogs, [..]

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“‘Innovation’ and Irrelevance” by Phil Johnson

TranslationPhil Johnson,  After five decades spent obsessing over a warped notion of ‘relevance,’ American evangelicalism is overrun with ‘change agents’ who are so steeped in worldly values that [..]

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The Gospel Promises Spiritual Riches, Not Monetary Riches — Michael Horton (Quote of the Day)

Translation “It is appropriate that a prosperity gospel be born in the hedonistic, self-centered, get-rich-quick milieu of modern American society. We are, by nature, pagan. Either our religion [..]

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Every Christian a Saint — Martyn Lloyd-Jones [VIDEO]

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Exposing Unfruitful Works of Darkness — John MacArthur (Quote of the Day)

Translation“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them [..]

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“Charlie Kane and the Blue Remembered Hills” by Carl Trueman

Translation Carl Trueman, “For a couple of reasons I have been revisiting some of the formative influences on my thinking as a Christian. Writing an article on atonement, [..]

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Grace-Driven Effort Required in the Christian Life — D.A. Carson (Quote of the Day)

Translation“People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift [..]

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