The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy; it is the negation of Christianity.

more a loser than a victor” on the Path it is easy to lose sight of the fact that we are growing spiritually.

Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ.

God’s fundamental goal for believers is not to protect us from harm or suffering, to make us comfortable, or to benefit from our service. You can biblically sum up God’s primary aim for your whole...

The author challenges how much sanctity has to do with sameness, as he says saints are as different from each other as those in any group — even murderers.

Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects – and infects – every sphere of our living.

Keep yourselves from idols.” The warning isn’t given to them because it wasn’t a real danger or because there was an off chance someone might fall into idolatry. It was given because this is our...

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, is that he is more clearly aware than other men of the rebelliousness...

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

When a poor soul is somewhat awakened by the terrors of the Lord, then the poor creature, being born under the covenant of works, flies directly to a covenant of works again. And as Adam...

Celebration comes when the common features of life are redeemed.

You live recklessly when you do not take God’s law seriously or respond to the gospel properly. Reckless living can look like laziness and apathy. When you simply aren’t motivated and tell yourself that God...