Directions for Hating Sin
Richard Baxter Direct. I. Labour to know God, and to be affected with his attributes, and always to live as in his sight.—No man can know sin perfectly, because no man can know God perfectly. You can no further know what sin is than you know what God is, whom you sin against; for the formal malignity of sin is relative, as it is against the will and attributes of God. The godly have some knowledge of the malignity of sin, because they have some knowledge of God that is wronged by it. The wicked have no practical, prevalent knowledge of the malignity of sin, because they have no such knowledge of God. They that fear God will fear sinning; they that i

Logic 101: Maintaining your Treasure
The next section in this blog entry that I’m going to cover is how you retain all of those wonderful ideas that have obtained using the previous steps. Mr. Watts give us a directive that is outlined as: Direct II. Use the most proper methods to retain that treasure of ideas which you have acquired; for the mind is ready to let many of them slip, unless some pains and labour be taken to fix them upon the memory. And more especially let those ideas be laid up and preserved with the greatest care, which are most directly suited, either to your eternal welfare as a Christian, or to your particular station and profession in thi

Book of Hebrews Resources
I’m involved in a bible study at work on the book of Hebrews and thought I would post them on my Blog. Description Location John Owen Commentary Link to Owens Commentary John Calvin Commentary Link to Calvins Commentary Monergism Resources

Duties of the Tongue
My Blogging from the reading of Richard Baxter’s, “A Christian Directory”, continues. In this blog entry Baxter outlines the duties of human speech that consist of: 1. To glorify God by the magnifying of his name; to speak of the praises of his attributes and works. 2. To sing psalms of praise to him, and delight our souls in the sweet commemoration of his excellencies. 3. To give him thanks for the mercies already received, and declare to others what he hath done for our souls and bodies, for his church and for the world. 4. To pray to him for what we want, and for our brethren, for the church, and for the conversion of his and our enemies.

Time Wasters to be Avoided
Richard Baxter gives some sound advise to follow of thieves that should be avoided: Thief I: One of the greatest time-wasting sins consists of idleness or sloth. One only needs to read the book of Proverbs to see this point expounded. Remember that you run for the immortal crown; and therefore see that you lose no time, and look not at the things that are behind; Thief II: The next thief or time-waster is excess of sleep. Thief III: The next thief or time-waster is an inordinate adorning of the body. This would include clothing, jewelry, and the like. Thief IV: Another time-wasting thief is un