“God has assuredly promised his grace to the humble, that is, to those who lament and despair of themselves. But no man can be thoroughly humbled until he knows that his salvation is utterly beyond his own powers, devices, endeavors, will, and works, and depends entirely on the choice, will, and work of another, namely,…
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Piper, Robertson and God’s Sovereign Judgement
Earlier this week John Piper made some noise for declaring the tornadoes that ripped through so much of the Midwest and Southeast last Friday to be God’s sovereign finger of judgment. Here’s some snippets of what Piper had to say (you can read his whole post here): If God has a quarrel with America, wouldn’t…
On Election
No I’m not blogging about politics. One of more controversial doctrines held by many Christians is election, which is essentially that God in his sovereignty would chose some to become his children. It would be fair to say many embrace this belief, while others run far away from it. I’ve been reading The Gospel in…
Insights on Sovereignty
Well the long sovereignty series has drawn to a close. If you haven’t had a chance to read all of the posts you can always head back here to check out the series schedule which has links to each of the posts. One of the dangers of making the series cover a topic this broad…
Sovereignty // Rose Braun
This post is a part of the Sovereignty of God Blog Series going on throughout the months of July and August. You can read about the series and see a schedule of the posts here. You can subscribe to all the posts here. — Today’s post is from Rose Braun. Rose is married to the…
Sovereignty // Jan Owen
This post is a part of the Sovereignty of God Blog Series going on throughout the months of July and August. You can read about the series and see a schedule of the posts here. You can subscribe to all the posts here. — Today’s post is from Jan Owen. Jan lives in northern Alabama…