Tag: Fearing God

• Balance of Faith

  A true, vibrant Christian faith is someting akin to a balancing act. In a post this morning, Tim Keller suggested: If we are going to grow in grace, we must stay aware of being both sinners and also loved children in Christ. Keller’s paradigm reminded me of something Edward Payson – “Praying Payson of Portland”…

  Dennis Griffith

  June 28, 2013

  Christian Life, Graffiti, Reformed Spirituality, Salvation, Sanctification, Spiritual Formation

  Christianity, Edward Payson, faith, Fearing God, Grace, hope, Repentance, Spirituality, Thomas Watson, Tim Keller

• Balance of Truth

  True Christianity consists of a proper mixture of fear of God, and of hope in his mercy; and wherever either of these is entirely wanting, there can be no true Faith. God has joined these things, and we ought by no means to put them asunder.    He cannot take pleasure in those who fear him…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 16, 2007

  Graffiti

  Christianity, Edward Payson, faith, Fear of God, Fearing God, God Fearing, God’s mercy, Grace, hope, Love of God, Spirituality, True Spirituality