Ecclesiastes 9:5 states quite bluntly, "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten." The vast majority of those who've died are forgotten (or will soon be forgotten). Most of us leave surprisingly little evidence of our having …
Hopefully over the course of reading Heaven Taken by Storm together, you have witnessed firsthand the potency of Thomas Watson's writing. With so many stirring single-sentence quotations scattered throughout the book, putting together a post collecting some my favorites seemed an appropriate conclusion to our reading of the book. Truth may be opposed but never …
This week we conclude our reading through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Eighteen Outline Keep up daily prayer.Get under lively preaching.Get your hearts filled with love to religion.Be vigilant.Bind your heart to God by sacred vows.Be sure to make going to heaven your business.Have heaven …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Seventeen Outline Hindrance #1 – Take heed of unbelief.Hindrance #2 – Take heed of puzzling thoughts about election.Hindrance #3 – Take heed of too much violence after the world.Hindrance #4 – Take heed of …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Sixteen Outline 27 Motives for Offering violenceConsider our deplorable conditionIt is possible to arrive at happinessViolence for heaven is our grand businessConsider how violent the wicked are for sinHoly violence is mingled with delightIt …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Fifteen Outline Objection #1 – But we have no power to save ourselves…Objection #2 – But this offering violence is hard…Objection #3 – But I will lose the pleasure of sin…Objection #4 – But …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Note: Because this chapter is predominately a series of questions for self-reflection and self-examination, I will not be providing questions of my own. Instead, below is the chapter outline with the list of the eleven …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Thirteen Outline It reproves the slothful.It reproves the formalist.Formalism keeps up men’s credit with the world.Formalism stops the mouth of the conscience.It reproves the violent in the bad sense.In opposing good.They offer violence against …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Twelve Outline Metaphors for Heavenly ViolenceStrivingWrestlingRunningFightingReasons for Offering ViolenceGod’s commandGod’s decreeIt is difficultViolent assaults are made against usfrom our heartsfrom the powers of hellThis violence is of the highest importanceWe save our soulWe gain …
We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Ten Outline Satan’s OppositionHis violenceHis treacheryIn suiting his temptations to the temper of the individual.Drawing men to evil, under a pretense of good.He tempts to sin gradually.He tempts to evil in lawful things.He puts …
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