Jeremiah Burroughs Quote (Gospel Fear)

"If you fear God's word, you need fear nothing else" (Burroughs Pg.21).

Joseph Alleine Quote

"Surley, if the way be so easy as many suppose,that little more is necessary than to be baptized and to cry out, 'Lord have mercy', we need not put ourselves to such seeking, and knocking, and wrestling, as the word requires in order to salvation. Again if this is true, we shall no more say, 'Few there be that find it '; we will rather say, 'Few there be that miss it.' We shall no more say, that of the many that are called only 'few are chosen' (Mat.xxii 14), and that even of the professing Israel but a remnant shall be saved (Rom ix 27). (Joseph Alleiine A sure Guide to Heaven Pg. 20)

Book Review A Sure Guide to Heaven

Joseph Alleine's book A Sure Guide to Heaven is the most powerful call to the Gospel, repentance, and conversion to God that I have ever heard or read. Originally published I think under the title An Alarm to the Unconverted (a title more suitable than the current title), this puritan demonstrates with all clarity the complete corruption of an unsanctified soul, leaving no excuse for impenitence and faith in Christ. If you have not read this book and are a seeker of God, and especially a church leader, you must not wait another minute, but must read it immediately. You will have no doubt of your need of Christ after reading this book. And if your Gospel presentation is a bit cloudy this book will shine so brightly on the understanding that you will never preach the same.

Micah 7:18

"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy" Micah 7:18).

Thomas Watson Quote

"When we consider how dearly our sins cost Christ, how should we shed the blood of our sins that shed Christ's blood" (Heaven Taken by Storm Pg.29)?

Book Review (Heaven Taken by Storm)

Heaven Taken by Storm by the puritan Thomas Watson is a must read. This is a new publication by The Northampton Press, the new ministry of Don Kistler. The message of the book is that entering into heaven is no easy matter, but that we must take great pains to see to it that we arrive at last to our final resting place. We must fight the good fight of faith and violently strive to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. This is a foreign concept for the church of our day which for the most part has distorted the true Christian experience making it out to be a state of pacifism when it is not.

"Though we do not have the power to save ourselves, yet we must pursue after salvation because God has made a promise of grace as well as to grace" (Pg.83).

The Bible and the Future (Book Review)

Anthony A. Hoekema's book The Bible and the Future is a text book type description and defence of amillennialism. This book is for the serious student of eschatology. He discusses such topics as the kingdom of God, death, immortality, the intermediate state, the second coming, the signs of the times, the major millennium views, the resurrection of the body, the final judgement, eternal punishment, and the new earth. Eschatology is a complicated topic of theology, and Hoekema sheds much light on the subject. This is a scholarly work and takes quite a bit of effort to read through, but all serious theologians (and laity that are looking for answers) must put this on their list of required reading.