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I'm feeling very encouraged by HC Newton, The Irresponsible Reader's review of my book "The Water and the Blood." He describes wonderfully what I've aimed for in the book. Check it out. irresponsiblereader.com/2024/02/25/the…

"The sacraments reinforce the truth that we belong to a collective, to Christ and his body." —Kevin P. Emmert "The Sacraments Give Us a Collective Identity": crossway.org/articles/the-s…

A new book emphasizing the importance of baptism and the Lord's Supper to the Christian life, reviewed by Ryan McGraw! Crossway ow.ly/aK3X50REkVq

"Those of his own whom [God] employs in great works, have great and close communion with him." – John Owen

"To remember biblically—to commemorate, that is—is to actually take something of the past and bring it into the present." —Kevin P. Emmert "What Does It Mean to Take the Lord’s Supper in 'Remembrance' of Christ?": crossway.org/articles/what-…

Who can perform baptisms? Here's my very brief take on the debated topic. gcdiscipleship.com/article-feed/w…

"It is an easier thing to bring our heads to preach than our hearts to preach." – John Owen

ANNOUNCEMENT: Samuel Parkison to serve as the Director of Publishing at Credo and Editor of a new Crossway series. Samuel G. Parkison Crossway credomag.com/2024/07/samuel…

"The Lord’s Supper is a gift where Christ himself presents himself to us, and he wants us to think about who he is and who he is to us." —Kevin P. Emmert "Are You Dissatisfied with Life? Take Communion": crossway.org/articles/are-y…

The CCT Annual Lecture is next month! Don't miss Michael Horton 's lecture, "If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura" on Nov 19, in San Diego. Register today: eventbrite.com/e/center-for-c…

Martin Luther's abbreviation of the creed: “I believe in God the Father, who created me; I believe in God the Son, who has redeemed me; I believe in the Holy Spirit, who makes me holy.”

J. I. Packer on the role of the theologian in the church:

John Owen on not being ashamed of the gospel: "If ever we intend to be owned by him [Christ] at the last day, we should own his gospel in the profession of it."

Great to have worked with Lee Gatiss and the team Crossway on this project. The five sermons and appended treatises in this volume come from defining moments during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Vol 19 will move into the Commonwealth and Protectorate eras.

"Let none then pretend that they love the brethren in general, and love the people of God, and love the saints, while their love is not fervently exercised toward those who are in the same church society with them." –John Owen

Spiritual strength has its principle and its telos in God. Here's what I've been learning from John Preston about this. fredfredfred.com/2025/03/re-alp…

"It is indeed God’s method to make out gracious promises to his people when their condition seems most deplored, to sweeten their souls with a sense of his love, in the multitude of the perplexing thoughts, which in distracted times are ready to tumultuate in them." – John Owen

"That which is everlasting or eternal, is also unchangeable. God’s everlasting love is no more liable to mutability than himself." - John Owen