“Lord God, Eternal and Almighty Father, we confess and acknowledge without feigning or pretense before your Holy Majesty that we are poor sinners, conceived and born in iniquity and corruption, inclined to do evil, useless for all good; and that, of our vice, we transgress endlessly and ceaselessly your holy commandments, and by so doing...
“The conclusion, therefore, is that of Augustine, who said that the heart of man was created for God and that it cannot find rest until it rests in his Father’s heart. Hence all men are really seeking after God, as Augustine also declared, but they do not all seek Him in the right way, nor...
The Bible is crystal-clear: God created us for his glory. Thus says the Lord, “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6-7). Life is wasted when we do not live for the glory of...
It is a way to retain a sense that we are active agents and not cosmic puppets. It is responding, in part, to those who take a strong position on God’s sovereignty. Especially when it comes to human wrongdoing, free will wants to tip the scales in favor of human agency and go lighter on...
First men lose their faith in God; then they neglect to seek or obey him; and then they turn to mere human helpers. So sin follows on sin. Illustrating this from life and experience, with precise applications to each audience, it may be shown that— I. SIN IS ADDED TO SIN IN THE NATURAL ORDER...
