What Place Does “Striving” Have in Sanctification? A Response to Heath Lambert
This is Part 3 of 3. You can read Part 1 here. You can read Part 2 here. Recap In yesterday’s post, I quoted Heath Lambert as saying that sanctification involves striving and moral effort (trying to be good). My contention, and that of others, is that our...Reconciling the “Resting” and the “Striving,” With Some Thoughts From Heath Lambert
This is Part 2 of 3. In Part 1, I expressed the consternation I had experienced over Scriptures about “resting” and “striving” that seemed like they didn’t fit with each other. So what do those “resting” verses really mean? The Lord used several means to help me in my...Struggling With “Striving”: When Should I Strive and When Should I Rest?
(Part 1 of 3.) My despair Back in 1994 when I was studying Leviticus (because it was my wilderness book), I wrote this in the margin at Leviticus chapter 2 (the boldface is added now): [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false”...Is Exposing Evildoers a Violation of the Ninth Commandment? A Response to Tim Challies (Part Two)
Recently Tim Challies wrote a two-part blog series about the ninth commandment (“Thou shalt not bear false witness”), what can be seen here and here. Part one of my response was posted yesterday. Today I’m continuing to respond to the questions he...Is Exposing Evildoers a Violation of the Ninth Commandment? A Response to Tim Challies (Part One)
A few days ago Tim Challies posted two blog posts about the ninth commandment, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,” here and here. He focused on how the ninth commandment applies in a day of social media, when vitriolic watchbloggers are violating...
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