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If you have been following The Whole Counsel for the last few weeks, you know we are looking at helpful letters throughout Christian history. We aren’t taking the letter chronologically. Dr. John Snyder has instead opted to jump straight to the letters he has benefited most from in his life and ministry. To that end, we have begun with three letters John Newton wrote describing three phases of the Christian life: Life in the Blade, Life in Ear, and Life in the Full Corn.

This week’s episode focuses on Newton’s second letter and details the particular blessings and challenges of the “Ear” season of the Christian life. This is the time where feelings become more unreliable, and the believer is led to a deeper reliance on the objective realities of the gospel. This reliance feeds our humility, grows our prayer life, and teaches us to set the eyes of our heart on Christ and not on ourselves.

Next week’s letter:

The Full Corn in the Ear

https://www.gracegems.org/Newton/108.htm

Show Notes:

John Newton Introductions from Behold Your God: The Weight of Majesty

https://youtu.be/m9riTq53Vg4

Grace in the Ear:

https://www.gracegems.org/Newton/108.htm

Grace in the Blade:

https://www.gracegems.org/Newton/108.htm

Letter to a Student of Divinity:

https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/extract-of-a-letter-to-a-student-of-divinity

The Works of John Newton:

https://banneroftruth.org/uk/store/christian-living/works-john-newton/

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