Showing posts with label Satan's Devices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Satan's Devices. Show all posts
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Music Drives the Devil Away

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Luther: I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people gay; they fo...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Satan Already Bound by the Strong Man!

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Speaking of the implications of Christ's victory in the cross over Satan, Sinclair Ferguson discusses the implications under four headin...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

More Special Helps Against Satan's Devices

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In the last post, I gave the first five of "ten special helps and rules against Satan's devices,"  taken from Thomas Brooks...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Special Helps Against Satan's Devices

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In the conclusion of his book Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices , Thomas Brooks sets forth "ten special helps and rules aga...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

As Per Your Promise, Father, Silence All Slander

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A Lutheran prayer in the face of false accusations: As you have promised, give us your goodness in place of our wickedness. Silence all cru...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Dear Father, Grant Grace for the "Three Tempters"

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A Lutheran prayer for the Father's assisting grace against the "three tempters": We have the three tempters: the flesh, the w...
Monday, December 5, 2011

Supping with the Savior One Day; Sinning with Satan by Monday?

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At my local church, we sat done with Jesus yesterday at his table. We partook of his body and blood together, and we renewed fellowship with...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Calvinism Everywhere, Part 18

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Reviewing the names of David's mighty men, 2 Sam. 23:9ff recounts the victories wrought by the Lord: "And YHWH brought about a grea...
Friday, May 20, 2011

There's Knowing, and then There's Knowing: Information and Wisdom

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"There are many knowing souls, but there are but a few wise souls. . . . It is not the most knowing Christian, but the most wise Christ...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Faith Overcomes the World

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How does one overcome the power of sin, the seduction of Satan, the worldliness of the world, and the onslaught of hell? Thomas Brooks answe...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Sensuality and Covetousness: Like Hand in Glove

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Rob Bell is a false teacher. He has clearly perverted the Gospel of the grace of God. And this did not start, by the way, with his teaching ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Self-seeking Blinds the Soul

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From Thomas Brooks' Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices : Self-seeking blinds the soul that it cannot see a beauty in Christ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Satan's Coming Assaults

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"In a calm, prepare for the storm" (Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices , p. 181).
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Resist Him in the Faith

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Just a reminder (mainly to self) that we are in a cosmic battle, where everything is at stake—including the soul: "Be sober! Be vigil...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

Smoke in Satan's Eye

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A follow up to the last post is in order due to a deficiency.  One more holy exhortation: after having a holy time of horsing around, don...

Holy Marriage and Holy War

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Is it coincidental that domestic relationship instructions in Eph. 5 and 6 precede holy war instructions in Eph. 6?  Or are these instructio...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

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Blessed Steve Belonger!  That holy man of God who counseled my soul many times as a young believer!  And one of his counsels was this: read ...