Many people whom the Lord is very active in their lives struggle daily with their salvation. Others, who have no reason to feel secure in their relationship with God never ask whether they are truly regenerate or not. It is important on both accounts to look for evidences of God’s grace in our lives. B.B. [...]
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All Who Pray are Saved
Posted in b.b. warfield, prayer, Uncategorized, tagged am I saved, b.b. warfield, evidence of grace, means of grace, prayer on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Prayer: a Means of Grace
Posted in devotion, prayer, tagged b.b. warfield, means of grace, naturalism, prayer on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have spent the last few weeks talking about prayer in our adult forum. I have noticed that many people struggle with the problem of why, given God’s sovereignty, we should pray at all. B.B. Warfield here speaks about the significance of prayer without either its supernatural effects or its influence on the natural world. [...]
Being Refreshed
Posted in Devotional Life, prayer, Uncategorized, tagged Devotional Life, luke on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bishop Ryle here states the importance of finding time to be refreshed in Christ. I know how true this is in my own experience, that when I feel spiritually empoverished, I can usually trace it to to much activity, and too little time before the throne of grace. Read the whole commentary here Holy and [...]
Reforming Spiritual Disciplines: Excuses Not to Pray
Posted in prayer, tagged d.a. carson, prayer, reformed theology, spirituality on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One thing that has grieved, troubled, and perplexed me is the dearth of writings on Spiritual Disciplines coming out of today’s Reformed camps. I fear that often our teaching and preaching focuses on the why of prayer, fasting, and meditation to the exclusion of the how. If today’s evangelicals are returning to spiritual directors who [...]
Teach Me to Pray
Posted in Devotional Life, prayer, tagged Devotional Life, prayer, reformed, spurgeon on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Evangelicalism is very good at telling us that we should pray, and very poor at helping us learn how to pray. This sermon by Charles Spurgeon provides a very practical help for how to pray. You can read the whole thing here “There are so many persons who complain that they don’t enjoy prayer. They [...]
