by Ermine Desmond Note from StandingBeforeGod: This was not written by any author associated with this site. This is a repost of an article by Ermine Desmond. I encourage you to read it on the site it was originally published, which you can find by clicking here. http://www.theologian.org.uk/churchhistory/wilberforce.html Notwithstanding this, I will repost it inContinue reading “A Force for Good: William Wilberforce and the end of slavery”
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Project Prayer Request
This December, I have begun a new project on Ephesians. The goal? Compile and edit everything Richard Sibbes wrote on Ephesians and create a coherent resource of it. Richard Sibbes never wrote a commentary on Ephesians, but he had a lot to say about it! A lot to say that I think is worth hearingContinue reading “Project Prayer Request”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 25
Sometimes it just has to be face to face.[1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. Merry Christmas! Long distance with my now wife was, well, long and distant! One of the joys, though, were the conversations. Face-to-face (over a screen), even across the country or across an ocean,Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 25”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24
The incarnation is an invitation, an invitation to know the Father, in the Son – a truly good God whose eternal communion is now offered to us in the Son, by the Spirit. At the centre of the universe there is a glory-giving, loving relationship, and in the incarnation we are invited to join in![1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23
they were missing the glorious experience of true Christianity: fellowship with the Trinity![1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. When people sidestep Jesus as He has revealed Himself, things tend to go wrong… really wrong. Supposed spiritual knowledge begins to puff up. Sin begins to pervade souls andContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22
the preacher urges the readers to consider their destiny. It is not Mount Sinai with all that was inadequate about the Old Covenant – that was a fearful place. But instead our destiny is Mount Zion and the city of God – a place of gathering to God the Father and His Son, a placeContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 21
The humility of God is revealed in Christ, who ran humiliated into this world for us![1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. God with us, God for us, humble unto death. Wow! What a God we have. In Philippians 2:5-8, Paul does not say that the Son ofContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 21”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 20
We live our lives in the shadowlands between two great spotlights. So we look back to God’s grace bursting into our self-absorbed world in the form of self-giving grace personified. We look forward to our great God and Saviour appearing gloriously once more. And we live now, washed by the inner renewal of the SpiritContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 20”
Snowy Living
Today, our one-year-old decided it was time for some snow. He found some icing sugar and, presto, it was snowing in our living room! I am very thankful for that mess. I’m thankful for the little dude who caused it. Here he was, with daddy home after his morning shift, exploring and experimenting with newContinue reading “Snowy Living”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 19
The gospel which God promised way back in Abraham’s day is the only solution to the problem caused even earlier–in the Garden of Eden. The problem was a faith problem. The solution is a faith solution. The solution has never been about striving, effort, works, flesh and religiousness. The solution has never been a what-to-do,Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 19”