Fighter Verses

Psalm 103:15–16, As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. “Man’s like grass.” This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this. Think back to Isaiah 40:6–7, A voice says, “Cry!” [...]

Psalm 103:8-10, The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. As any parent will readily acknowledge, it is often necessary [...]

Earlier this week we read about what it means to preach to your soul. I recently asked Bob Kauflin what it means to sing the gospel to your soul. He explains at the 32:27 mark:

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, Paul tells us, will be saved (Romans 10:13). This is good news. And then comes the best possible question, and subsequent questions, that could be asked. How then will they call of him in whom they have not believed? There’s not going to be a confession [...]

Romans 10:13–15, For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they [...]

Isaiah 40:8, The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. The passage is not about grass. We need to take a step back to capture the real comparison in these verses. Isaiah tells us in verse 6, “All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the [...]

Psalm 23:5–6, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.” One of the most striking elements of [...]

1 John 1:8-9 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If you are the sort of person who rarely reflects on your own [...]

Psalm 125:1-2 — Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore. Calvin on the meaning of this psalm, "Although the world is subject to so many and so sudden [...]

In his book A Quest for Godliness, J. I. Packer explains how the Puritans had a comprehensive understanding of the gospel. He writes: The importance of all this is that it challenges our modern idea that preaching ‘gospel sermons’ means just harping on a few great truths—guilt, and atonement, and forgiveness—set virtually in a theological [...]