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Author Archives: Edwin Smith
Let the next guy worry about it
I have this conversation at least once a week.
Probably by breakfast
If you could lose your salvation, you would. — John MacArthur (via)
Jesus the true Pontifex
Would you have your Savior to be one who is near to God, so that his meditation might be prevalent with him? And can you desire him to be nearer to God than Christ is, who is his only begotten Son, of the same essence with the Father? And would you not only have him […]
The Shepherd is the Lamb
Though Christ be now at the right-hand of God, exalted as King of heaven, and Lord of the universe; yet as he still is in the human nature, he still excels in humility. Though the man Christ Jesus be the highest of all creatures in heaven, yet he as much excels them all in humility […]
Of course he’s not safe
Here is a strong foundation, and an inexhaustible treasure, to answer the necessities of your poor soul, and here is infinite grace and gentleness to invite and embolden a poor, unworthy, fearful soul to come to it. If Christ accepts of you, you need not fear but that you will be safe, for he is […]
How an ESV Bible gets put together
The Making of a Bible from Crossway on Vimeo. There are two kinds of people. Those who understand bindery and those who don’t.
You’re only in a rut if it sucks
“…but the vast majority of your days — likely a day like today — will pass into obscurity…”
Whichever One You Feed
“Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in […]
That’s not how any of this works.
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of […]