In Romans 8:5-8, William Swan Plumer shows that before God, man is either in a state of sin and misery, or he is redeemed by grace through faith in Christ. There is no neutrality, for the mind is either carnal and at enmity with God, or it is spiritual, and desires to please God.
Has your prayer life grown cold and apathetic? In these reflections, taken from Benjamin Morgan Palmer's larger work on the Theology of Prayer, readers are provided a balm that will help invigorate and stir their affections toward God and toward prayer.
Which kind of confessional subscription is most faithful, 'system' or 'strict' subscription? This debate has been in full force since the inception of the PCA. Rev. Miles argues that strict confessional subscription is the most faithful view, and one that can offer lasting unity in and for the PCA.
In Romans 8:3-4, William Swan Plumer shows the necessity of both justification and sanctification in the Christian life, and the believer’s relation to the law and the gospel.
In this article, Jonah Hill introduces the life and preaching ministry of Dr. John Reed Miller, including one of his sermons, now out of print, on the parable of the soils from Luke 8:18.
In this devotional from William Plumer’s Commentary on Romans 8:2, Plumer explains Paul’s use of the “law of the Spirit of Life” and the freedom from sin and death that believer’s experience in and through their union with the Lord Jesus Christ.
This devotional, taken from William Plumer’s Commentary on Romans 8:1, shows the intimate and inseparable link between the believer’s justification and sanctification. Readers will be encouraged to rest in the finished work of Christ, and pursue holiness by God’s grace and the Spirit’s power.
Christian character is the most valuable asset that a person can posses. In this review of The Formation of Character, Bret Waldrep retrieves vital and timely wisdom for readers that will prove a practical help and encourage perseverance “in a crooked and perverse generation” (Phil. 2:15)
Dabney defends the sincere free offer of the gospel, showing how God can truly pity sinners while sovereignly saving only the elect. This essay explores his answer to Arminianism, Hyper-Calvinism, Hypothetical Universalism and how believers can rest in the mystery of God’s wise and holy will.
Thomas Smyth’s The Mission of Parenting calls Christian parents to raise children who love Christ and His mission, reminding families and churches that missionary zeal must be cultivated first in the home.
