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A Reluctant Yet Hopeful Conclusion

"And now it is once more with some feeling of reluctance that I lay down my pen. I cannot but fear lest the great truth I have sought to unfold should suffer in the estimation of some, through being divorced from practical exhortations to a holy life. But I take comfort from the hope that thoughtful minds will in no way share the prejudice. Valuable though exhortation be, truth has a power independently of the appeals we base upon it; and, therefore, no teaching that is truly doctrinal, can fail to be likewise practical. In dealing with this subject I have already gone somewhat beyond the due limits of my theme, which is the gospel, and not the Christian life, but I have struggled in vain to keep within them. The unusual interest which the doctrine of holiness now excites, combined with the fact that the great truth of sanctification by blood is absolutely unknown to our creeds, and little noticed in our religious literature, has not only made my task important, but vastly increased my difficulties in the effort to fulfill it. I now dismiss it with a parting word. Even by those who own it, this truth is sometimes spoken of as though it were a fiction or a theory. But with the Israelite his sanctification was one of the most true and solemn facts of his existence. Upon it depended, not alone his citizenship in the commonwealth, but his life itself. And shall it be deemed less real in this dispensation, when shadows have given way to substance, types to their fulfilment? If the sanctification of the Jew was a great and practical reality, how much more, the sanctification of the believer now. "If the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"

-- Sir Robert Anderson; The Gospel and Its Ministry

Updated - DeYoung's Taking God At His Word: Resources

God's Word is Sufficient, Clear, Authoritative, and Necessary

You can get Kevin DeYoung's new book, Taking God at His Word for $1.99 on Kindle. I'm currently reading through this book with my pastor.  It's a heartwarming and encouraging call to faithfulness.

As well, there are lecture & sermon resources available.

DeYoung @ T4G - 2014

Kevin DeYoung preaching on the Doctrine of Scripture, May-July 2012

From Pastor DeYoung's own church, you can listen to or watch the sermons which fed this book. For convenience I'm linking the videos directly here.

• How to Think and Feel about the Word of God (Psalm 119:1-176)
• Something More Sure ( II Peter 1:16-21)
• How Can We Be Sure Which Books Are In The Bible?
• Waiting to Exhale (II Timothy 3:14-17)
• God's Word is Final (Acts 17:1-15)
• How Can We Understand the Bible When Everyone Has a Different Interpretation?
• God's Word is Understandable (Deuteronomy 30:11-14)
• The Necessity of Scripture (I Corinthians 2:6-13)
• God's Word is Enough (Hebrews 1:1-4)
• How Do We Know the Record of Jesus in the Gospels is Reliable?
• Christ's Unbreakable Bible (John 10:35)

Taking God At His Word Conference - 2014

Westminster Seminary has some videos from a conference which may also be of interest.

Carried Along by the Holy Spirit: The Inspiration of Scripture as an Inspiration for your Ministry from Westminster Theological Seminary on Vimeo.

Two Q and A Panel video albums with Kevin DeYoung, Carl Trueman, and Greg Beale:

• Taking God at His Word  - Panel Discussion 1 
• Taking God at His Word - Panel Discussion 2

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A Teacher and Author You Need To Know

Don Whitney has a new website and a revised book.



Biblical Spirituality is his new blog. He has revised and expanded his classic work, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. There are books you must read, and there are books you must read because they change your life. Don's book falls into the second category. I have read this book multiple times, as well as using it in my Adult Bible Fellowship class.




Don has distilled gems of wisdom into a unique collection of bulletin inserts.

Words of Wisdom

"Mix your pleasures with the remembrance of Christ's bitter passion."
 - Latimer (1480-1555)