Fred SandersPosts by Fred Sanders
Great Doctrinal Deductions vs Sentimentalism
I’ve been pondering these lines from a Martin Lloyd-Jones sermon on Eph 1:6. I don’t think they are in the published version of the sermon, and I don’t know the…
Read More“Son” without Eternal Generation?
To maintain eternal sonship without linking it to eternal generation is to take up a theologically eccentric position. It is eccentric not just in the sense of being outside the…
Read MoreThe Holy Spirit Bridges the Gap (Sermon)
Here’s the video (below) and the manuscript (below below) of a sermon I preached at my church, Grace Evangelical Free Church of La Mirada, on July 28, 2024. We’re preaching…
Read MoreThree Things Are Too Difficult For Me
I hope it’s obvious that I freely and confidently affirm and teach the doctrine of the Trinity. In fact, while I love to lose myself in the details and ponder…
Read More“Many a Bridge:” Reading Tennyson’s In Memoriam in Cambridge
The Torrey Cambridge summer course reads short works by authors with a Cambridge connection. The works chosen this year are all related to themes from Colossians, so we’ve read sermons…
Read MoreElucidarium (Honorius)
I can’t help but like the Elucidarium, a little book of popular-level theological instruction from around the year 1100. It’s written in dialogue form, sort of as a reverse catechism…
Read MoreAlanus de Lille’s Vision of Order
When C.S. Lewis took the chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature in Cambridge, he knew it would be hard work to convince his new university, with its greater proportion of…
Read MoreHow to Read a Charles Simeon Sermon
Charles Simeon (1759-1836) published sermons on the whole Bible. Or rather, he produced a kind of commentary on the whole Bible in the form of sermons. Or rather, he worked…
Read MoreChoral Evensong Notes (Torrey Cambridge 2024)
On Tues 7 Feb at 6pm, the choirs of King’s and St John’s Colleges will be singing choral evensong in St John’s College Chapel. On this summer trip, we normally…
Read MoreImmersive Rereading: Colossians
Any chance I get, I introduce students to a classic form of Bible study that I call immersive rereading. It’s a simple method that has been around for ages, and…
Read More“God Rested in Himself”
On the seventh day, God rested from all his works (Gen 2:2). The OT itself, and then the NT, especially Hebrews, shows some interest in the meaning of divine rest.…
Read More“The Father is Greater Than I”
In John 14:28, Jesus says “the Father is greater than I.” There is one wrong way to understand his meaning, and two right ways. The wrong way is the Arian…
Read MoreOn Frittering
From Frederick Faber’s Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual Subjects, volume 2.
Read MoreDistinction Between Creation and Generation
The Nicene Creed says the Son is “begotten, not made.” This contrast is one of the ways the creed clarifies its teaching about what begetting, or generation, is; by contrast…
Read More“It Is The Lord!” (Sermon on John 21)
Here’s the video and written text of a sermon I preached at my home church on April 22, 2024. Because the written text was originally a script for oral delivery,…
Read MoreProportional Blessing
When I guest preach in a brand new place, it’s likely to be on Ephesians 1:3-14. I’ve lived in that passage long enough that I know what I’m doing in…
Read MoreHow to Learn from Other Kinds of Christians
The Student Ministry at my church (middle school and high school) has been studying John 13-17 for a few months. The Pastor of Student Ministry invited me to join their…
Read More“Quite …Able to Communicate”
There’s a little story in Brother Andrew’s classic book God’s Smuggler that always comes to mind when I think about what Christians have in common. The gist of it is…
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