The Tyranny of the New Year’s Resolution and the Freedom of the Gospel

I gave up the New Year’s resolution about 4 or 5 years ago.  New Year’s resolutions, for me, became a cycle of promising things that I usually gave up in a few weeks, felt guilty about it for a while, and forgot about it until the next new year, felt guilty for failing and then [...]

The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) was the most prolific pastor/teacher that Scotland has ever known, and one of the worlds most prolific.  As I have said on other posts, Chalmers is now reduced to a mere footnote in American evangelicalism, a sad commentary.  If you wish to read more of his life and work click here. The [...]

Moralism: A False Gospel

Before I get very far, let me first affirm the orthodox Christian virtues. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, self-control, gentleness, modesty, propriety, chastity and any other Biblical virtues that I may have missed, are good things. They are marks of a Christian life, and God looks with favor on these things. We are [...]