Why we Fall

Sometimes we are brought low that we might rise up.

Psalm 73:3

"For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked (Psalm 73:3).

Paradoxes of the Christian Faith

Here are a few paradoxes of the Christian faith that distinguish the spiritual state of the believer from that of the unbeliever. As relating to sanctification we might find comfort in that the worst Christian is "better" than the best moralist. For the one is sanctified by God while the other is not. The most ignorant believer is more knowledgeable and wise than the worlds leading atheistic erudite. The poorest Christian, though a pauper to this world, is more wealthy than the richest unbeliever. The one will inherit a heavenly kingdom while the other clings to worldly possessions that have merely a temporal value and is not lasting. The most afflicted Christian is more comforted and blessed than the most surreal; the deaf more sensitive to hearing; and the blind more sightful. The hungry and thirsty are more filled; the imprisoned more free; the fatherless visited; the aged renewed; the dying living; the mourning comforted; the despondent comforted; the forsaken not abandoned; the vexed of spirit are at peace; and the guilty guiltless. There is hope for the hopeless and health for the sick. In failing there is success and it is only in being lost that one can be found. It is only in the loosing of one's life that there is the attaining of life.
These are but a few.

Organized Religion

Organized religion impedes the progress of true religion.

Timothy Rogers Quote

"If we are true Christians...we must expect more trouble from the corruptions of our hearts, from the world, and from the devil" (Rogers Trouble of mind and the Disease of Melancholy Pg.23).

a Kempis Quote

"No one is a worse enemy to himself than himself" (Meeting the Master in the Garden Pg. 52).

Honoring the Puritans

Having read the Puritans for some time now, and falling ever more in love with them, I wish to give tribute to them.

Thanks to men like Don Kistler, previously unavailable Puritan works that have been out of print for many years are readily at hand to us. The benefits of reading the Puritans cannot be expressed! They are incalculable.
Their writings are a very pure source of theology. The style of their writing is characterized by that of beauty, and their element of descriptive language is unparalleled. Every word and thought that is expressed is only that which helps the health of the soul of man and is glorifying to God.
If there are means of grace other than the word of God itself, I say "Here is one!" Indeed their preaching is a wonderful means of grace. Though being dead they yet speak.
No contemporary writings out-shine those of the Puritans. There are only a select few modern-day authors that I will read, and normally they themselves are fans of the Puritans. Read everything you can get your hands on!