Pyatcast

Category: Sanctification

  • Multi-Apostolic Defense of Paul Washer

    I had written: “This objector’s works-salvation is showing itself: note how this objector indicates that God makes a first move and then it is man that fails or succeeds. That is a great definition of works-salvation. It is to be contrasted with a salvation in which God is both the author (first mover) and finisher…

  • The Nature and Excellency of Gospel Purity (Part IX)

    SERMON IX. THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCY OF Gospel Purity. (by Ralph Erskine) “There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.” — PROV. xxx. 12. IT is a sad sentence when God passes it upon any, “He which is filthy, let him be filthy still:”…

  • Active Progressive Sanctification

    The next post (i.e. the post that is about to be published), is a sermon from Pastor Ralph Erskine. I found it to be a convicting sermon. I hope some of my readers (perhaps those stuck away from church this Lord’s Day) will find it edifying, though I recognize that it is rather longer than…

  • Rocks Ahead!

    Those of us who live inland are sometimes blissful unaware of the dangers of coastal navigation in boats. In old times, it would be routine for some sailors to make their living guiding out-of-town boats through the waters even of a harbor out to the ocean, assisting them in avoiding submerged rocks, and sandy shoals…

  • Bunyan on Sanctification

    Hopefully, you’ve already read Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. If not, I sincerely suggest you get off the Internet, go find a copy, and read it. Not an abridged version – the full thing. Once you have developed an appetite for his writings, read Christiana’s Journey as well, which is often bound together with it, and finally…

  • Predestination Briefly Explained

    There’s an interesting explanation of the word Predestination over at Puritanism Today (link). It’s the seventh part of a series there. See the intro. The other Bible words discussed in the series include Redemption, Justification, Faith, Repentance, Sanctification, and Salvation. To God be the Glory!