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- Chapter 6: Meditation
This is my discussion of the sixth chapter of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection- How did you understand meditation before reading this chapter?
- How has your understanding of meditation changed now that you have read Watson’s thoughts on the subject?
- Which of Watson’s six matters for meditation most stood out to you? Why?
- How do you plan to make meditating upon Scripture a regular practice in your life?
For further information on biblical meditation, I suggest reading David Saxton’s book, God’s Battle Plan for the Mind. You can read my review here.
24 min - The American Nightmare?
I am no prophet to be able to predict the future success or defeat of the American Dream. I do know, however, that “what has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). We should not be surprised, therefore, to find our society repeating itself.
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6 min - He Meditates Day and Night | Psalm 1:2
Blessed are those whose delight in God’s law is evidenced by their constant chewing and tasting of its eternal truths.
For more meditations and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
5 min - Chapters 4-5: Hearing the Word & Prayer
This is my discussion of the fourth and fifth chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Questions for Reflection- What does Watson mean by hearing the Word?
- Do you attend to the hearing of the Word with the devotion that he describes?
- Are your prayers marked by holy violence?
- Which of Watson’s points to consider most stirs up your heart to and in prayer?
27 min - C. S. Lewis, Fantasy, & Scaring Children
It is our responsibility as parents to instruct our children how to guard against the wiles of the world while also preserving their innocence. We do our children no favor by presenting a fantasy of the world as harmless to our children.
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6 min - His Delight Is in the Law of the LORD | Psalm 1:2
Blessed are those who delight in God’s law, for by it they behold the Blessed One.
For more meditations and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
4 min - Procrastination, or, The Sin and Folly of Depending on Future Time | A Sermon by Jonathan Edwards
Dead Men Preaching is a monthly series aimed at bringing sermons from the past into the ears of the present. This month's sermon is by Jonathan Edwards on procrastination, his text being Proverbs 27:1: Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
For more sermons and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
1 hr 1 min - To Manuscript Or Not to Manuscript?
That is the question that every preacher must ask, and he must answer that question for himself in accordance with the wisdom of the Spirit. I know plenty of faithful fellow preachers on both sides of the question. Even so, here is my experience attempting to answer the question.
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8 min - The Seat of Scoffers | Psalm 1:1
Blessed are those who turn away from the seat of scoffers, choosing to prize rather than ridicule the wisdom of God.
For more meditations and other resources for knowing and loving God's Word, visit bcnewton.co
5 min - Chapters 2-3: Self-Violence & Reading the Word
This is my discussion of the second and third chapters of Thomas Watson's book, Heaven Taken by Storm, from 2020.
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Chapter Two Outline- Mortification of Sin
- Provocation to Duty
Chapter Three Outline- Each paragraph in this chapter is essentially its own attempt to give us “a right notion of Scripture” so that our desire would be to read it diligently.
- Read the Word as…a book made by God Himself.
a perfect rule of faith.a soul-enriching treasury.a book of evidences.a spiritual magazine out of which you fetch all your weapons to fight against sin and Satan.a spiritual glass to dress yourself by.a book of spiritual recipes.a sovereign elixir to comfort you in distress.the last will and testament of Christ.a book by which you must be judged.Questions for Reflection- What reasons does Watson give for mortifying sin?
- Do you agree that prayer is the best means of battling sin?
- In what ways do you find your heart sluggish to the things of God?
- Which of Watson’s descriptions of God’s Word stood out most to you? Why?
- How might you become more diligent in reading the Word?
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Rooted theology for the unwithered church.
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