This is my discussion of the sixteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.

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While each individual Christian certainly still has the freedom to shop at Target, would it not be best to abstain? What witness might your abstinence display personally, and what witness might Christians display collectively? After all, denouncement by refusal to participate can be a powerful cultural witness, just ask Daniel and his friends.

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That day is swiftly coming. Indeed, even if Christ does not return for another millennia, each of us will surely see His face, in either grace or judgment, within the next century.

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This is my discussion of the fifteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.

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To belong to God’s people in this life is a visible testament that we will stand in the day of judgment numbered among those whom God has redeemed and made righteous.

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This is my discussion of the fourteenth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Note: Because this chapter is predominately a series of questions for self-reflection and self-examination, I will not be providing questions of my own.

As a Puritan writer noted, the fattened calf appears for a while to have everything that it could desire, yet it does not know that it is ripe for the slaughter. So, it is with the prosperity of the wicked; it only fattens them for the soon coming day of judgment.

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Again, the wicked are not so. They do not yield fruit in season for the benefit of others; instead, they only hinder the good of others until they are at last driven away.

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