Cultivating Gratefulness

Cultivating Gratefulness

Cultivating Gratefulness From TABLETALK by William Barcley The Puritan writer Thomas Watson, in his work The Godly Man’s Picture, writes: “A godly man is a thankful man. Praise and thanksgiving is the work of heaven, and he begins that work here which he shall be...
God Sings

God Sings

God Sings From TABLETALK by R. Carlton Wynne   The Bible is replete with singing. It is hard to read the Bible without encountering it. Job teaches that as God laid the foundations of the earth, the angels “sang together” and “shouted for joy” (Job 38:7). When Adam...
Paul and Barnabas Argue over John Mark

Paul and Barnabas Argue over John Mark

Paul and Barnabas Argue over John Mark From TABLETALK Acts 15:36–41 “There arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the...
Full and Final Holiness

Full and Final Holiness

Full and Final Holiness by Sinclair Ferguson From TABLETALK Holiness begins and ends with a crisis. In regeneration, we were definitively sanctified (past tense). Our whole Christian life involves progress in sanctification. But that process will be brought to...
Praying When I Don’t Feel like It

Praying When I Don’t Feel like It

Praying When I Don’t Feel like It ~ Heart Aflame by Geoffrey Thomas From TABLETALK All Christians are being tested in their responsiveness and obedience to their own consciences. God has provided within them that great monitor of their conduct and behavior. So how is...
Friendly Wounds

Friendly Wounds

Friendly Wounds by R. Carlton Wynne From TABLETALK   What sort of friend do you want? Someone who supports your selfish ways, flatters your fancies, and praises your preferences? Someone who accompanies you along the paths to which this world beckons? An honest look...