Richer Baxter was a Puritan pastor who dealt with what he called ‘Spiritual Melancholy’, which us another way to describe what those heavy souls feel who think they have sinned and exhausted God’s grace and forgiveness. He states: ‘The trouble and disquiet of the mind doth then become a settled habit; they can see nothing [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Richard Baxter on ‘A Heart of Melted Wax’
Posted in Assurance, Blasphemy, Sin Unto Death on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Piper on the Unpardonable Sin
Posted in Blasphemy, Warning Passages, tagged Unpardonable Sin on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
John Piper routinely gets directly to the heart of what particular passages mean, all the while keeping it’s meaning in it’s proper context. His interpretation of what exactly Christ says it is that will and will not be forgiven in Matthew ch. 12 is no exception. Most people who misunderstand this passage and think they [...]
A Heart of Blasphemy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Unpardonable Sin on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In studying what makes the unpardonable sin ‘unpardonable’, I ran across this quote that gets directly at the heart of the matter. The Bible is very clear that sin comes from the heart, and in the case of Blaspheming the Holy Spirit, this truth holds especially firm: ” The phrase “being (ontes) wicked” reflects a [...]
