February 13, 2015
by Terry Stauffer
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Wisdom, proverbs, Heart
One of the things we want to be known for at Calvary Grace is keeping the main things the main things. We want to be unified on the most important doctrines and practices. This is not to say that secondary issues are not important, but knowing how tightly to hold on to important yet not central doctrines and practices without causing division can be difficult. A basic rule...
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February 6, 2015
by Terry Stauffer
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: proverbs, Wisdom
Get wisdom. This is not only sound advice from Scripture (Proverbs 4:5,7), it is a fundamental for Christian discipleship. As Christians, we are going to find ourselves increasingly at odds with our world. Our recent conference on the Goodness of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood was excellent and useful, but counter-cultural. The decision this week by the Supreme Court of Ca...
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January 7, 2015
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Gender, Sexuality, Marriage, Gospel, Trinity, Manhood, Womanhood, headship, Submission, Culture
It seems that recent tweets I made about biblical manhood, womanhood and marriage have gained attention in the UK. Several national newspapers picked up these tweets and there was reaction from both Christians and non-Christians. Some people were very upset; others were very encouraged. ...
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December 19, 2014
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Forgiveness, Sin, Grace
Last week we defined forgiveness. But practicing it is not that easy, especially if the other person is selfish, a habitual sinner, or even abusive....
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December 12, 2014
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Forgiveness, Unity, Relationships
Christ came, “to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God…” (Luke 1:76-78). The birth of Christ in Bethlehem was always about the death of Christ at Calvary. Therefore, forgiveness, which brings relational peace between God and man, is at the very heart of the gospel. However, forgiveness is on...
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October 24, 2014
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Sin, mortification, Gospel
It is now time in this last newsletter of October 2014 to look at the actual work of mortifying our sin. We have considered John Owen’s thoughts on the need for mortification, the nature of mortification and what we have to consider in preparation for the work. Now it is time to ask the question, “What will be the means or the agent of the mortification of our sin?...
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October 17, 2014
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: mortification, Owen, Sin
Having looked at the necessity and that nature of mortification, it is now time to set ourselves toward the work itself. John Owen in his book, “Of the Mortification of Sin in the Believer”, puts forth both general and particular directions for the work itself. In other words, he gets his reader to consider their own sin so as to know their enemy. He also gets his read...
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October 10, 2014
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: mortification, Sin, Owen
Last week we began a look at what it means to mortify one’s sin. Borrowing heavily from John Owen’s writings on the mortification of sin, I tried to highlight the necessity of it. In the words of Owen, if we are not actively killing sin, sin will be killing us....
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October 3, 2014
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: mortification, Sin, Owen
Anyone who has been to Calvary Grace Church for any amount of time has hopefully realised by now, that we have a lot to say about sin. To be sure, we have much to say about grace as well, but you can’t fully appreciate grace until you’ve spent some time pondering sin. Unfortunately, people can fall victim to a morbid introspection where your sin is all you see and gr...
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September 4, 2014
by Terry Stauffer
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: homeschooling, family, education
For many Christian families, the stress of the back to school scramble is compounded by decisions regarding how to school their children. Do we choose to home school? Do we send our kids to public school? Christian School? How do we decide what’s best for our family and is right in the eyes of the Lord? I would like to encourage us all to think about how we can encoura...
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