Category Archives: Regeneration
“Finally alive” by John Piper
“If your heartache is for your own personal change, or for change in your marriage, or change in your prodigal children, or in your church, or in the systemic structures of injustice, or in the political system, or in the … Continue reading
“God the Holy Spirit must begin it” by Charles H. Spurgeon
“My brethren, it is quite certain that no man ever begins the new birth himself. The work of salvation never started with the efforts of any man. God the Holy Spirit must begin it. Now, the reasons no man ever … Continue reading
“Nicodemus was a deeply religious man” by T.F. Torrance
“Nicodemus was a deeply religious man, but it was precisely to him that Jesus spoke so strongly of the need for new birth and birth from above.” –T. F. Torrance, When Christ Comes and Comes Again (Eugene, OR: Wipf and … Continue reading
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“The Wind rules the soul” by John Piper
“The declaration of Jesus that we must be born again (John 3:7) is either deluded or devastating to the one who would be captain of his soul. Not many biblical realities are better designed by God to reveal our helplessness … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Holy Spirit, John Piper, Quotable Quotes, Regeneration
