BOOK REVIEW: What is Covenant Theology?
By James Jeffery Author: Ryan M. McGraw Publisher: Crossway Year: 2024 My first encounter with covenant theology was back in 2019 when I began seriously wrestling with the issue of […]
Review: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Reviewed by James Jeffery Author: John Bunyan (Edited by C.J. Lovik, Illustrated by Mike Wimmer) Publisher: Crossway Year: 2019 Apart from the Bible, The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the only books of which I […]
BOOK REVIEW: ESV Preaching Bible (Verse-by-Verse Edition) (Goatskin)
Reviewed by James Jeffery Publisher: Crossway Year: 2022 Author: God (Translated by the ESV Translation Committee) Over the past two months, I have had the privilege of using the ESV Preaching Bible, Verse-by-Verse […]
True Assurance
By James Jeffery One True Assurance / Fundamentals of the Faith (Part V) “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own […]
One True Mediator
By James Jeffery One True Mediator / Fundamentals of the Faith (Part IV) “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ […]
Facing God’s Judgment
By James Jeffery One True Judgment / Fundamentals of the Faith (Part III) “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment…” (Hebrews […]
Real vs. Counterfeit Repentance
By James Jeffery One True Assurance // Fundamentals of the Faith (Part II) “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” […]
Ultimate Authority
By James Jeffery Fundamentals of the Faith (Part I) “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isaiah 40:8 ESV) What is Your […]
Life is a Pilgrimage
By James Jeffery “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ…” Philippians 3:20 (ESV) The great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. […]
Book review: ‘Biblical Typology’
By James Jeffery Author: Vern S. Poythress Publisher: Crossway Year: 2024 What do we do with the Old Testament? Back in 2018, celebrity pastor Andy Stanley made headlines for a […]
Book review: Memorizing Scripture
BOOK REVIEW: How to Memorize Scripture Author: Andrew M. Davis Publisher: Crossway Year: 2024 Scriptural Memorisation: My Story During my late high school years, I dedicated significant time to memorising […]
A Powerful Story of Forgiveness
By James Jeffery “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for […]
If Only I …
By James Jeffery “…by the grace of God I am what I am…” 1 Corinthians 15:10 Looking back on our lives, we all have things we would do differently if […]
One Seed, Four Soils
One Seed, Four Soils The Parables of Jesus – James Jeffery ““Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow” (Mark 4:3). The two most important things in farming are seeds […]
The Danger of External Religion
The Parables of Jesus (Part IV) By James Jeffery “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and […]
Why ‘Religious’ People Go to Hell
The Parables of Jesus (Part III) By James Jeffery “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, […]