Tag Archives: Puritans

Living A Christ Focused Life – Episode 116

Finding Hidden Treasure returns after a long absence. Episode 116 is a discussion of how easily we are distracted. The 17th century theologian and philosopher Blaise Pascal observed how we are distraction-seekers, even to our own hurt. The discussion looks at some modern examples of this. It concludes by encouraging us to recognize our capacity for self-distraction and to seek to live a Christ-focused life.

This podcast is also in video format. It can be found at the Finding Hidden Treasure You Tube channel. The video can be found here.

The link to the article “What Is the Gospel?” from Ligonier Ministries can be found here.

The free English Standard Bible app from Crossway can be accessed from https://www.esv.org/resources/mobile-apps/

The Forgotten Feast of the Ascension

ascension by rembrandtIn Episode 43, we discuss a once universally-celebrated feast of the Church which today is forgotten by many, namely, the Feast of Our Lord’s Ascension back to Heaven.

Link to Robert DeMoor’s article on the decline of the feast of the Ascension can be found here.

Links to Curate Steve Collier’s blog entries from “Christ: Sun of Righteousness” which discusses the importance of Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension as found in Psalms 22, 23, and 24 can be found here, here and here.

Link to Ascension Day Meditation from Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama can be found here.

Picture included is the painting “Ascension of Christ” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1636)

The Puritan Practice of Meditation

In Episode 15, we will be discussing the article “The Puritan Practice of Meditation” by Dr. Joel Beeke.

“The Puritan Practice of Meditation” article can be found here (On the website server by permission of Dr. Joel Beeke.                                                        

The graphic is of Puritan minister Thomas Manton.

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (links below for hardcopy and audio book      

Hardcopy book Christian Book Distributors here

Audio book from Christian Audio here

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