Category Archives: Christian Life

Self-love and concupiscence … hold it back

By Ryan Martin | Published: February 24, 2011

One of Blaise Pascal’s “proofs” for Christianity: The Christian’s God is a God who makes the soul aware that he is its sole good: that in him alone can it find peace; that only in loving him can it find joy: and who at the same time fills it with loathing for the obstacles which [...]

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Jonathan Edwards on being a “watchman”

By Ryan Martin | Published: January 27, 2011

Last Tuesday night at our “Watchmen” men’s meeting, I mentioned a passage in a book about how Jonathan Edwards looked at himself as a “watchman” after the pattern of Ezekiel 3 in his preaching about the judgment of God. The name of the book is Jonathan Edwards and the Ministry of the Word: A Model [...]

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Enduring evil “like the moon walking in her brightness”

By Ryan Martin | Published: January 12, 2011

Jonathan Edwards speaks here of the importance of long-suffering from his sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:4, “Charity suffereth long and is kind.” This spirit of Christian long-suffering and meekly to bear injuries is a true greatness of soul. It shows a fine and noble valor for persons thus to maintain the calm of their minds; [...]

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Man’s highest happiness

By Ryan Martin | Published: January 7, 2011

The words of the 18C pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards: “Man’s highest happiness consists in holiness. It is by this the reasonable creature is united to God, the fountain of all good. Happiness does so essentially consist in knowing and loving and serving God, and having a holy and divine temper of soul, and the [...]

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