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Jonathan Edwards on a Holy Life
The idea that all one must do to be assured of salvation is look back to a prayer and/or confession is deceiving. It matters very little what happened in the past. We ought to ask ourselves, “what is my life showing now?” Based on Ryle’s observations, the Holy Spirit will manifest Himself in a person’s…
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More from Ryle on Sanctification
As I wrote in the previous post, this chapter is dense. There is much that I’d like to share and think through before I have to move on to chapter 3 by Thursday. It’s not going to happen, though. I’ll just post what I can. No doubt I’ll feel the same way about the next…
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RCT: Holiness (Ch. II)
Sanctification So much from this chapter is worth repeating, but I’ll share one bit that is encouraging me to press forward with the Scriptural means God has given for sanctification. Ryle explains early in this chapter that Jesus’ death and resurrection guarantees that I will be sanctified. “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined…
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RCT: Holiness (Ch. I)
If I didn’t know better, I’d think that this chapter was written last week. As I read, several wrong attitudes and excuses for sin came to mind. First, the usual excuses of “It’s my personality,” or “I’ve always been this way,” or “You don’t understand how it feels to be me” came to mind. Somehow,…
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RCT: Holiness (Introduction)
I am going to try and read along with Tim the classic work by J.C. Ryle, Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots. Tim offers a thorough synopsis of the Introduction, and I encourage you, even if you’re not participating in RCT by reading the book, to read his blog, the discussion that follows, and…
Leslie Wiggins 