Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Build Your Own GTR-Live Broadcast

Hey Folks:
We are making a few changes to our Internet Broadcast, and we need your help.
Due to some events out of our control, OK due to the fact that Jason had a baby, we will no longer be broadcasting live every Tuesday night.
We are interested in finding a new time that works best for our devoted listeners, so we need your feedback and suggestions on what time and day works best for you.
The winning day/time will be our new broadcast (within reason of course UK). So drop us an email or respond to this post with your suggestions!

Monday, April 28, 2008

The unsaved man's motto

There is a proud heart in every natural man. There
was much pride in Adam's sin—and there is much of
it in all Adam's sons. Pride is a radical sin, and from
hence arises this over-inflated opinion of a man's
spiritual state and condition.

"The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself:
God, I thank you that I am not like other men—
robbers, evildoers, adulterers." Luke 18:11

This is the unsaved man's motto. A proud man has
an eye to see his beauty—but not his deformity. He sees
his abilities—but not his spots. He sees his seeming
righteousness—but not his real wretchedness.

It must be a work of grace—which must show a man
the lack of grace. The haughty eye looks upward—but
the humble eye looks downward, and therefore this is
the believer's motto, "I am the least of saints—and
the greatest of sinners!"

"But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared
not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead,
he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, 'O God, be merciful
to me, for I am a sinner!' I tell you, this sinner, not the
Pharisee, returned home justified before God!"
Luke 18:13-14

(Matthew Mead, "The Almost Christian" 1661)
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

There must be a difference


"You are the salt of the earth." Matthew 5:13

"You are the light of the world." Matthew 5:14

Surely, if words mean anything, we are meant to learn from these two figures, that there must be something marked, distinct, and peculiar about our character, if we are true Christians.

It will never do to idle through life, thinking and living like others, if we mean to be owned by Christ as His people.

Have we grace? Then it must be seen. Have we the Spirit? Then there must be fruit. Have we any saving religion? Then there must be a difference of habits, tastes, and turn of mind, between us and those who think only of the world.

It is perfectly clear that true Christianity is something more, than being baptized and going to church.

J. C. Ryle, "The Gospel of Matthew" 1856

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Exposed