This post is written to you — the person who grew up in a Dutch Reformed church, who knows the catechism, who has sat under serious preaching, who understands something of sin and misery, and who is, perhaps for the first time or perhaps for the hundredth time, genuinely longing to come to Christ. And yet somehow you cannot. Or more precisely: you have been taught, in ways subtle and not so...
I write this post not merely as a theological observer, but as someone who lived through the very errors I now aim to expose. For several years, I sat under a form of hyper-Calvinistic experiential preaching that, while well-intentioned, ultimately confused my soul and, I believe, hindered many from entering the Kingdom. It emphasized delay over decision, feeling over faith, and introspection...
For many years I believed the doctrines of grace and revered the authority of Scripture, and never understood the gospel. Even when I started to understand the Gospel, I still hadn’t come to Christ. Not with saving faith. I was stuck. Waiting for a deeper conviction of sin. Waiting to feel worthy of coming. Afraid of presumption. Afraid of being a false convert. Afraid of coming the wrong way...
by Peter Jeffery “I know I am a sinner and on several occasions I have asked God to forgive me and asked Jesus to be my saviour, but nothing happened.” Such an experience is not uncommon Such an experience is not uncommon, particularly among youngsters who have grown up in a Christian family. It causes bewilderment and frustration, and this is understandable. Sinners are told to confess their sin...