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January 10, 2018 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 25): Distinguishing Sign Ten: Gracious Affections Have a Beautiful Symmetry

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 25): Distinguishing Sign Ten: Gracious Affections Have a Beautiful Symmetry - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - red Dahlia flower

Edwards begins the discussion of sign ten with the caveat that perfection awaits us in heaven, a truth that applies to every distinguishing sign. We have all carried into our new and transformed life in Christ a trainload of unholy baggage, including bad habits, wrong thinking, character weaknesses, etc. Nonetheless, the extraordinary change that comes […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: love to God, new creation in Christ, symmetry in spiritual things, true religious affections

August 2, 2017 by Craig Biehl

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 4): The Importance of Religious Affections to the Christian Life

Gleanings from The Religious Affections (Part 4): The Importance of Religious Affections to the Christian Life - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - sepia people in from of cross

Some who rejected the entire Great Awakening as a work of God also denied religious affections as necessary to the Christian life. For them, faith involved reason and the intellect only, not the affections. For Edwards, however, this was a serious error with enormous negative consequences—new life in Christ does not exist where religious affections […]

Filed Under: Jonathan Edwards, Theology Tagged With: actions vs words, affections for God, christian life, love to God, true religion

November 9, 2016 by Craig Biehl

To Know Him Is to Love Him

To Know Him Is to Love Him - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - snowy mountainside in bring sun, heart drawn on snow bank

Boundless in knowledge and power; perfect in goodness, love, wisdom, and justice, God does all things with holy excellence. Indeed, holiness constitutes the beauty of His every attribute and action. We see God’s excellence most clearly in the person and work of Christ in love to the unlovely, goodness to the corrupt, mercy to the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: jonathan edwards, knowledge of God, listless souls, love of God, love to God

September 14, 2016 by Craig Biehl

Is Love to God No More Than Self-Love?

Is Love to God No More Than Self-Love? - Weekly Blog Post by Dr. Craig Biehl - wooden wind chimes

Mr. Christian’s neighbor had a new bumper sticker: Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. To Mr. Christian, random and senseless acts seemed, well, random and senseless, so he asked his neighbor what it meant. His answer was startling and disturbing. “Selfish acts of doing something to get something are not virtuous; […]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Theology Tagged With: blessings of God, character of God, gratitude for God’s goodness, love to God, self-love, true love to God

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