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samedi 23 juin 2001
vendredi 22 juin 2001
Contrôlé par quoi ?
John Broger
When you willingly or unknowingly are under the control of any power other than God’s Holy Spirit (e.g., drugs, alcohol, sex, another person, your peer group, a false religion, a self-centered habit such as gossip or laziness, or a self-oriented desire for power, food, or wealth), you are in bondage to sin. However, God has broken the power of sin through the Lord Jesus Christ, and you can overcome sinful habits by depending on His strength and being obedient to His Word.
John Broger
jeudi 21 juin 2001
Le test sûr de la qualité
Charles Hodge
The sure test of the quality of any supposed change of heart will be found in its permanent effects. Whatever, therefore, may have been our inward experience, whatever joy or sorrow we may have felt, unless we bring forth fruits meet for repentance, our experience will profit us nothing. Repentance is incomplete unless it leads to confession and restitution in cases of injury; unless it causes us to forsake not merely outward sins, which others notice, but those which lie concealed in the heart; unless it makes us choose the service of God and live not for ourselves but for Him. There is no duty, which is either more obvious in itself, or more frequently asserted in the Word of God, than that of repentance.
Charles Hodge
mercredi 20 juin 2001
Quelle place ?
Ray Ortlund
It is better to be the accused than the accuser. So much better! Christ Himself took the place of the accused, that hellish place where fingers are pointed, that heartbreaking place of rejection and exclusion. He went there, and He saved us from there. And now, if He leads us to that same place, we are not alone. He comes to us there, with a deeper purpose of redemption which will, sooner or later, win the day.
Ray Ortlund
mardi 19 juin 2001
Un non-chrétien de la vérité de la foi
John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 273.
Whenever a Christian converses with a non-Christian about the truth of the faith, every request of the non-Christian for the proof of Christianity should be met with an equally serious request of proof for the non-Christian’s philosophy of life. Otherwise we get the false impression that the Christian worldview is tentative and uncertain, while the more secular worldviews are secure and sure, standing above the need to give a philosophical and historical accounting of themselves. But that is not the case. Many people who demand that Christians produce proof of our claims do not make the same demand upon themselves.
John Piper, Desiring God, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1996, p. 273.
lundi 18 juin 2001
Comment être forts dans le Seigneur ?
John MacArthur, Spiritual Warfare : Who's After Whom ? de Our Sufficiency in Christ, 1991, p. 215.
When the apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesian Christians [Ephesians 6], he was not suggesting that they view their conflict with the powers of darkness as a battle whose outcome still hung in the balance. He was telling them they needed to “be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might” (v. 10, emphasis added); to “stand firm” (vv. 11, 13); to use the spiritual armor – truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, and God’s Word – to resist the schemes of the devil. They were to fight from a position of victory, not out of fear that Satan might make them toast.
John MacArthur, Spiritual Warfare: Who’s After Whom? from Our Sufficiency in Christ, 1991, p. 215.
dimanche 17 juin 2001
Remercier Dieu ?
N'est-il pas lamentable que les hommes ne remercient jamais Dieu pour les innombrables bienfaits qu'il leur confère, et qu'ils ne se souviennent de lui que pour se plaindre des maux qu'ils se sont infligés, et qui ne sont jamais à moitié aussi grands que leur mauvaise conduite le mérite ?
John Broadus, Christian Joy.
Is it not lamentable that men will never thank God for the countless blessings He confers upon them, and then remember Him only to complain of the evils which they have brought upon themselves, and which are never half so great as their misconduct deserves?
John Broadus, Christian Joy.
samedi 16 juin 2001
Dieu peut nous bénir à travers notre souffrance
Edward Welch, Blame in on the Brain ?, 1998, p. 110.
Although it is not wrong to take these medications, they are rarely our first line of attack against personal suffering. Instead, we should first consider that God can bless us through our suffering, and we might also weigh the possibility that psychiatric medications could numb us to the refining benefits of suffering. There is a worthwhile point here. Although it may sound strange or even unloving to those who don’t share a biblical position, there can be real benefits from having our faith tested and strengthened through trials.
Edward Welch, Blame in on the Brain?, 1998, p. 110.
vendredi 15 juin 2001
Être chrétien
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression - Its Causes and its Cures, 1965, p. 293-294.
To be a Christian is not only to believe the teaching of Christ, and to practice it; it is not only to try to follow the pattern and example of Christ; it is to be so vitally related to Christ that His life and His power are working in us. It is to be “in Christ,” it is for Christ to be in us
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression – Its Causes and its Cures, 1965, p. 293-294.
jeudi 14 juin 2001
Le caractère divin
John MacArthur
Godly character is not the result of good intentions, wishful thinking, some mystical “zap,” or even sheer Bible knowledge. It’s developed through the self-disciplined application of God’s Word at a very basic level, enabled and empowered by God’s Spirit.
John MacArthur
mercredi 13 juin 2001
Le temps de prière
Donald S. Whitney
Many Christians feel defeated in their prayer lives. To pray even five-to-seven minutes seems like and eternity, and their minds wander much of that time. “I guess it’s me,” many conclude. “I’m just a second-rate Christian.” No, if you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit and generally seeking to live in obedience to God’s Word, then the problem likely isn’t you, but your method… Let the words of Scripture be the words of your prayers… By praying through a passage of Scripture, you’ll find yourself praying about most of “the same old things,” but in brand new ways. You’ll likely be able to turn to any part of the Bible and pray through it.
Donald S. Whitney
mardi 12 juin 2001
La réception de la vérité divine
John Owen, The Reason of Faith.
[Receiving divine truth is] the especial work of the Spirit of God on the minds of men, communicating spiritual wisdom, light, and understanding unto them, necessary unto their discerning and apprehending aright the mind of God in His word, and the understanding of the mysteries of heavenly truth contained therein.
John Owen, The Reason of Faith.
lundi 11 juin 2001
Se moquer du péché ?
John MacArthur, Éphésiens, Moody, 1986, p. 351.
[Satan] wants us to laugh at sin rather than mourn over it, and to rationalize it rather than confess it and bring it to the Lord for forgiveness. He seduces us to become so used to sin in us and around us that it no longer bothers our conscience.
John MacArthur, Ephesians, Moody, 1986, p. 351.
dimanche 10 juin 2001
Foi et confiance
Thomas Lye
Puritan Sermons 1659-1689, Richard Owen Roberts, 1981, v.1, p. 374.
As prayer without faith is but a beating of the air, so trust without prayer but a presumptuous bravado. He that promises to give, and bids us trust His promises, commands us to pray, and expects obedience to his commands. He will give, but not without our asking.
Thomas Lye
Puritan Sermons 1659-1689, Richard Owen Roberts, 1981, v.1, p. 374.
samedi 9 juin 2001
La vraie repentance
La vraie repentance n'est pas forcée, mais libre. Le faux pénitent est chassé du péché par la peur, mais il l'aime toujours. Mais le vrai pénitent abandonne le péché par choix. Son cœur en est aliéné.Il ne veut plus rien avoir à faire avec ça.
Jonathan Edwards
vendredi 8 juin 2001
Une tempête de controverses
R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, 1992, p. xv.
Jesus’ life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain n the streets.
R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, 1992, p. xv.
jeudi 7 juin 2001
Se saisir de sa volonté
Phillips Brooks
Prayer is not conquering God’s reluctance, but taking hold of God’s willingness.
Phillips Brooks
mercredi 6 juin 2001
La prière, authentique et victorieuse
C.F.D. Moule
Prayer, genuine and victorious, is continually offered without the least physical effort or disturbance. It is often in the deepest stillness of soul and body that it wins its longest way. But there is another side of the matter. Prayer is never meant to be indolently easy, however simple and reliant it may be. It is meant to be an infinitely important transaction between man and God. And therefore, very often…it has to be viewed as a work involving labor, persistence, conflict, if it would be prayer indeed.
C.F.D. Moule
mardi 5 juin 2001
Plus vous prospérez, ...
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 151.
The more you prosper, the higher should be the proportion of your giving. There is no percentage goal in giving. Giving 10 percent of your gross income does not necessarily mean you have fulfilled the will of God. That’s not a ceiling of giving to stop at, but a floor to move from.
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 151.
lundi 4 juin 2001
Le sort éternel des gens
Tim Chester
If we do not keep people’s eternal plight in mind, then immediate needs will force their way to the top of our agenda, and we will betray the gospel and the people we profess to love. The most loving thing we can do for the poor is to proclaim the good news of eternal salvation through Christ.
Tim Chester


