Tag: Thomas Watson

• Puritan Perspective Pertaining to Our Present Pandemic

  Puritan Thomas Watson, in his Body of Divinity, gave thought to circumstances that presently pertain to us today in the midst of pandemic. Perhaps most particularly for Americans, who have been blessed with a measure of freedoms rarely matched, and certainly never exceeded, in all of history, the current “stay at home” mandates by a number…

  Dennis Griffith

  April 17, 2020

  Pandemic

  COVID-19, Pandemic, Plague, Quarantine, Social Distancing, Thomas Watson

• 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

• Grace of Repentance

    Today is Ash Wednesday. That does not mean much to many in my theological circles.  But for many other Christians it is a day that launches the Season leading to Easter – the Season of Lent.  This day is designated Ash Wednesday because of an ancient practice of marking believers with ashes as a symbol…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 25, 2009

  Books, Gospel, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Formation

  Ash Wednesday, C. John Miller, Christian Life, Gospel, growth in grace, Jack Miller, Martin Luther, Repentance, Richard Owen Roberts, sanctification, Season of Lent, Spiritual Formation, spiritual growth, Spiritual Maturity, Thomas Watson