If you are taking the Puritan Challenge then you will know that the Puritan for this month is Richard Sibbes. We will be reading his classic work The Bruised Reed in January. Timmy Brister has graciously provided a biographical sketch of Sibbes. (Actually it's taken from Beeke and Pederson's Meet the Puritans). Brister has also provided a helpful catalog of Sibbes' links; some are of Sibbes personal works and others are works about Sibbes. He has also posted a few quotes of what others have said about Sibbes.

As soon as I receive my copy of Sibbes' Bruised Reed in the mail, I will begin reading and blogging on it.

Ray Ortlund Jr. reminds us that The Cross is the Attraction. He offers us a 7 question sample of Dohnavur's missionary tests. He then sums it up with an excellent quote by Amy Carmichael: "Do not come unless you can say to your Lord and to us, The Cross is the attraction."

I'm not sure to hat tip here, Chris Gensheer found this quote on Ortlund's blog. (So, HT: Gensheer and Ortlund) An excellent, heart-wrenching, convicting, repentance drawing quote by A.W. Tozer: “Pseudo faith always arranges a way out to serve in case God fails it. Real faith knows only one way and gladly allows itself to be stripped of any second way or makeshift substitutes. For true faith, it is either God or total collapse. And not since Adam first stood up on the earth has God failed a single man or woman who trusted him.”

Challies continues posting on Inerrancy. Today he asks, "What Does Inerrancy Mean?"