The following is Chapter 13 of Richard Sibbes’ The Soul’s Conflict with Itself. The chapter is entitled “Of imagination, sin of it, and remedies for it.”
When seeking your lost cattle, keep in mind,
That thus Christ Jesus seeks your souls to find.
The local coyote, mange-struck, found the neighbor's chickens in my yard over by the garden:
Feathers, blood, and bone, wet with dew.
The following is Chapter 13 of Richard Sibbes’ The Soul’s Conflict with Itself. The chapter is entitled “Of imagination, sin of it, and remedies for it.”
At the core of the Christian gospel is not more advice, checklists, or effort, but an event. The death of death in the death of Christ!
In recent years, the Church has seen a renaissance and recovery of the Classical doctrine of God. Most of this recovery has centered on doctrines like simplicity, impassibility, reactions against Eternal Subordination of the Son, and a more Classical focus on Christology.
When seeking your lost cattle, keep in mind,
That thus Christ Jesus seeks your souls to find.
