https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AbLZaLdGqBHenncGsxYIY?si=RF4JSFPIRZSKn7jeZ-44Nw 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 Opposition His violence His treachery In suiting his temptations to the temper of the individual. Drawing men to evil, under a pretense of good. He tempts to sin gradually. He …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LOCEhWIOR3Rfmpi0GBaAV?si=a3xsyEBwQZSmK2BXj2MNkA We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Eight Outline Explaining the Lord’s Day We have great reason for sanctifying the Lord’s Day. We must sanctify the Lord’s Day We must rest from all works of our calling. We must lift …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5DPPgyQRvCIWW4eE3rNlip?si=vK1v-NGRRCOmvC0SO_p3rg We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Seven Outline Defining Self-Examination We must do so by the Word of God. Why Self-Examination Is Difficult It is a work of self-reflection. Self-love makes it difficult. Why We Are Hesitant to Examine …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LimfeW2HJHdaGvCB9gD2u?si=EW6DY6VGRtK8isoUz2apKQ We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Six Outline Defining Meditation It is a solitary work. It is thinking seriously on God. Why We Must Provoke Ourselves to Meditate It is against flesh and blood. Satan hinders it. Matters for …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/36hbW4SWKHn2W0AEKBTE7F?si=2uupSaChTbqVUz-0bhh-8Q We are continuing to read through Heaven Taken by Storm together. You can find our reading plan and links to previous posts here. Chapter Four Outline The great devotion required to properly hear the Word. A description of those who don’t hear the Word diligently. They scarcely mind what is said. They hear in …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XMxZlXrW7XbuVpBUKgUo2?si=1emjNTAdR2-Gz_CoKn4H_w We continue our reading through Heaven Taken by Storm by discussing chapters 2 and 3. Below are links to the chapter outlines, questions for reflection, and links to our reading plan and chapter one's discussion. Reading Plan Chapter One Chapter Two Outline Mortification of Sin Provocation to Duty Chapter Three Outline Each paragraph in …
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I've updated the original reading plan to account for two additional weeks, which you can find here. My thoughts on chapter one are below in both audio and video, followed by an outline of the chapter and questions for reflection and/or discussion. https://open.spotify.com/episode/61kmFibGsiaU8HPktlPqCN?si=DO58HZVWQyKGapfRPpzEEw https://youtu.be/u7HfuZXTLco Chapter Outline Introducing the text (pp. 1-3) Violence Concerning Magistrates (pp. …
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In place of my regular Monday sermon notes (because I didn't preach yesterday), I've recorded a reading of a sermon by Thomas Watson, who I introduced last week. Titled "Parting Counsels", Watson delivered this message to his church after the Act of Uniformity ejected him from the pastorate. The best place to read this and …
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With only three weeks left of studying the Attributes of God, I am taking a one week break to introduce a new series, Reading Together. To coincide with moving into the third section of Ephesians: Kingdom War, several members of my church and I will be reading through Thomas Watson's book Heaven Taken by Storm. …
Thomas Watson writes the following paragraph in his little book, Heaven Taken by Storm: Showing the Holy Violence a Christian Is to Put Forth in the Pursuit of Glory: Even where sin has received its deadly wound and is in part abated, the work of mortification is not to be laid aside. The apostle persuades …
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