“Happy were it, if puzzled & perplexed Christians would turn their eyes from the defects that are in their obedience, to the fullness and completeness of Christ’s obedience; and see themselves complete in Him, when most lame and defective in themselves.” —John Flavel, Works 1.59

“Worship grounded not just in the immediate tastes of the day but in theological truths that have demonstrated a perennial relevance across the centuries—that is, the truths of classical theology—overcomes our natural propensity to make ourselves and our concerns the measure of all things and points us instead to those great truths that we might otherwise be inclined to neglect.” — Carl R. Trueman, Classical Theology for the Modern Mind, 57.

“In the Lord's Supper, "examine yourself." But it's "Do this in remembrance of me." It's called a means of grace, not a means of scolding.” @nocoradio podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“Gods promise is unchangeable because he makes his promises within covenants that obligate him—of course by his own choice—to be faithful to those promises.” — Harrison Perkins (@PastorPerks)

“The Reformation recovered the doctrine of assurance.” @nocoradio podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“The Covenant of Redemption is an eternal plan, meaning it is about God's decree of election in choosing some sinners for the certainty of redemption. And in this respect, it undergirds how salvation must be: by grace alone, apart from our works.” @PastorPerks @thepactum podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“The gospel is certainly opposed to the law. For the law works wrath and announces the curse, but the gospel proclaims grace and blessing.” — Second Helvetic Confession 13.1

"How-to preaching, like moralism, pushes the person and work of the redeeming Christ out of the realm of the hearer's consideration... The how-to sermon implies that human behavior is not a matter of an intractable will, not a matter of total depravity, not a matter of rebellion against the reign of God the Creator, but merely a matter of technique." –– T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can't Preach, 82.

“The whole Bible is about God’s one, unified, unfolding plan of salvation through the work of our Savior Jesus Christ, expressed through Covenant.” — Harrison Perkins (@PastorPerks)

“This is progressive sanctification, a Spirit-wrought grace that follows logically, necessarily from the first benefit, justification.” @RScottClark

“It was Rome that took away assurance.” @nocoradio podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Heidelberg Catechism 47 "Q. But is not Christ with us even unto the end of the world, as He has promised? A. Christ is true man and true God. According to His human nature He is now not on earth, but according to His Godhead, majesty, grace, and Spirit, He is at no time absent from us.”

“How do you know that God loves you? Well, on one hand, ‘Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.’ We pretend that's a kid's song. It's actually one of the more profound songs that human authors have put together for us.” @PastorPerks @thepactum podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

“God has been writing one unified story of salvation from Genesis 3 to the actual events described in Revelation 22.” — Harrison Perkins (@PastorPerks)

Heidelberg Catechism 43. Question: What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross? Answer: That by His power our old man is with Him crucified, slain, and buried; so that the evil lusts of the flesh may no more reign in us, but that we may offer ourselves unto Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

“Faith is not faithfulness.” @nocoradio podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

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“In the Scriptures, we received the ordinary means of grace by which ministry is practiced… The Lord has graciously given us all these riches, and yet we go searching for more in an effort to scratch some creative itch. We ascend to heaven in the Spirit and by faith as we gather together on the Lord's Day for Word and sacrament, and we exchange such glories for the slop of emotionalism, fanaticism, and mysticism." — Chad Vegas, "Reforming the Church," in Remembering the Reformed Confession: Essays on Theology, Piety, and Practice, ed. Harrison Perkins, 49.