31 October 2006

Motivation (7): Owen

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John Owen (1616-1683), Puritan theologian, chaplain to Cromwell , and congregational Nonconformist pastor, explains that there is a differ...
30 October 2006

Motivation (6): Baxter

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Richard Baxter (1615-1691), Puritan pastor and author, on regeneration and the motivational metamorphosis which ensues: "The word rege...

C.J. at Southern

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I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at the beginning remarks of a chapel service as at this one (Oct 24) by C.J. Mahaney at Sou...
27 October 2006

Motivation (5): Sibbes

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Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), Puritan pastor and author (on whom Mark Dever did his doctorate ), writes this in Glorious Freedom , which is a...

Questions in Edwards

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The JE Blog raises an interesting observation about JE's use of questions in his sermons.
25 October 2006

Motivation (4): Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian church Doctor and philosopher-theologian, would perhaps surprise many of us Protestant evangelicals ...
24 October 2006

Motivation (3): Augustine

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"If that commandment is observed out of fear of punishment, not out of the love of righteousness, it is observed in the manner of a sla...
23 October 2006

Parched New England

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New England Theological Seminary gives a telling chart of the relative number of evangelical churchgoers per capita in the USA. I spent a y...

Motivation (2): Calvin

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A statement from the French reformer as I continue to comb history's best thinkers on what motivates Christians to obey. Interesting - b...
20 October 2006

Motivation (1): Turretin

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In the coming days I'll be listing some statements from well-known theologians on Christian motivation and where it comes from. Francis ...