The idea that holiness leads to a drab life was utterly foreign to the Puritans—and should be foreign to us, too.
Do we need once-for-all forgiveness or ongoing forgiveness? Yes.
The church marches into her spiritual war singing. We fight our spiritual war by singing.
You’d probably have an easier time keeping outside air out of your house than thinking your children won’t be catechized by the world. So take delight in doing it yourself!
In order to know God the Father more fully, we must learn to speak about him more truly.
