Heartcry Journal - Issue 41

Fri, Feb 1, 2008
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Includes articles from Brian Edwards, Ian J. Shaw, Sinclair Ferguson, Wayne A. Mack, Joshua Mack,  Byron Paulus, and Del Fehsenfeld

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Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Brian Edwards, Ian J. Shaw
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The Gospel and Revival: The First Great Awakening

The striking characteristic of preaching during the Evangelical Revival of the eighteenth century was that the gospel was urgently preached. From eminent figures such as Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and John and Charles Wesley, to unheralded and obscure lay preachers both Calvinist and Arminian, all were convinced, as John Wesley put it, that nothing in the Christian faith “is of greater consequence than the doctrine of the Atonement.”[1] Jonathan Edwards   Revival touched North America before Britain, and the preeminent figure in the New England awakening was Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758). He was, and remains, one of America’s greatest ...

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Fri, Feb 1, 2008
Sinclair Ferguson
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A Preacher's Decalogue

Forty years have passed since my first sermon. How often have I had to ask myself, “How is it possible to have done this thousands of times and still not do it properly?” Yes, I know how to talk myself out of that mood. “It’s faithfulness, not skill, that really matters.” “How you feel has nothing to do with it!” “Remember, you’re sowing seed.” “It’s ultimately the Lord who preaches the Word into people’s hearts, not you.” All true. Yet we are responsible to make progress as preachers. (1 Tim. 4:13, 15 is an instructive ...

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Fri, Feb 1, 2008
Wayne A. Mack, Joshua Mack
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What Killing Your Sin Means

Victory over sin is a result of the work of God: “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Phil. 2:12-13). Yet this does not mean that man’s efforts are unimportant. Christians must work out their salva­tion with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). God is always the sanctifier of His people. Yet God does not overcome our sin apart from us, but rather by working in us. And it is His working in us that makes ...

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Fri, Feb 1, 2008
Byron Paulus
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Editorial

Psalm 1 was a favorite of my parents. We used to say it together regularly as a family. It’s a psalm of stark contrast—the godly man versus the wicked man. Two very different ways of living. And two very different outcomes. The hallmark of the “blessed” man is attentiveness to God. Planted by God’s Word and watered by His Spirit, there is abundance. Even in difficult seasons there is growth, because the Lord protects and prospers him. Not so the “wicked” man. Unmindful of God, there is instability and withering. Dependent on the changing winds of circumstance ...

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Fri, Feb 1, 2008
Del Fehsenfeld III
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Personal Meditations on Powerful Texts

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matthew 4:1). Most of us are aware that God has good purposes for the temptations and trials we face as Christians. But if we’re ever inclined to doubt God’s guidance in the midst of tribulation, note that Jesus was led by the Spirit into a time of testing. As shocking as it may sound, there were things God intended Jesus to learn that required time in the wilderness with the devil. Interestingly, the devil’s temptation of Jesus never challenged ...

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