No King but Christ

“As chessmen are all thrown into the bag together, so in the grave there is no distinction; skulls wear no wreaths, and corpses carry no marks of honor.” -Thomas Manton You may have never played chess before but I'm sure we have all played or watched a card game. These games have many different piecesContinue reading "Chessmen in the Bag"

“It was a fashion, in the primitive persecutions, to invest Christians with bears’ skins, and then to bait them as bears; and it is a usual practice of Satan and his instruments, first to blast the reputation of religious persons, and then to persecute them as offenders.” -Thomas Manton The early Christian martyrs dealt withContinue reading "Martyrs in the bears skin"

“As a hen when she hath found a worm, or a barleycorn, clucks for her chickens, that they may come and partake of it with her; so, a man acquainted with Christ, who hath tasted that the Lord is gracious, he cannot hold, he will be calling upon his friends and relations to come andContinue reading "The Clucking Hen"

This was one of the battle cries during the Protestant Reformation. Post Tenebras Lux, After darkness, light. The reformers was seeing the true glory of the gospel brought to light after years of darkness due to corruption by the Roman Catholic church. This is a phrase I love and feel a great connection with. IContinue reading "Post Tenebras Lux"

"God has given us two ears, but one tongue, to show that we should be swift to hear, but slow to speak. God has set a double fence before the tongue, the teeth and the lips, to teach us to be wary that we offend not with our tongue." -Puritan Thomas Watson It would beContinue reading "Wisdom From Watson"

Puritan Thomas Manton "Spices are most fragrant when burnt and bruised, so have saving graces their chiefest fragrance in hard times. The pillar that conducted the Israelites appeared as a cloud by day, but as a fire by night. The Excellency of faith is beclouded till it be put upon a thorough trial" Im notContinue reading "Beaten Spices"

We have no reason to complain for our afflictions. -Christopher Love, Puritan This one hits close to home. I often find myself as a complainer and it shames me. The smallest thing at times causes me to grumble. I have a mother, father, brother and sister with some sort of medical conditions and I neverContinue reading "Complainer"

Israel was enslaved to Egypt. Plague after plague had been handed down, only to further harden the heart of Pharaoh. Moses was given strict instructions (Exodus 12) on what was to be done next by the people of Israel before the final plague. The Day of Preparation for the Passover, when the Israelites were instructed toContinue reading "The Day of Preparation for the Passover/ Christ our Passover lamb"

My hope was to give a short overview of who the Puritans were and what they accomplished. Well, I'm not there yet so I figured I would add a short Bible lesson that I wrote a while back for a group in India. I was pleased to be asked to write lessons, and did 5Continue reading "Day 2 and…"