Dan Greenfield

Category: Theology

  • Ezekiel 9

    In Ezekiel 9 the prophet saw a vision where Jerusalem was slaughtered because of their great wickedness. God commissioned an angel to mark any in Jerusalem who had remorse and regret over the sins taking place in the city (vv. 4-6). Those bearing this mark would be delivered from judgment. Only one…

  • When Your Church Changes, What Do You Do?

    This article provides some helpful counsel. I appreciated this point:  Large churches can provide many resources (thank the Lord for the large churches that remain faithful), but the strength of the church at large is in the number of faithful small churches that are committed to Biblical disciple making in…

  • Sin Has a Thousand Treach’rous Arts

    Sin has a thousand treach’rous arts To practise on the mind; With flatt’ring looks she tempts our hearts, But leaves a sting behind. With names of virtue she deceives The aged and the young; And while the heedless wretch believes, She makes his fetters strong. She pleads for all the…

  • An Effective Pastorate

    I am so thankful that I had the privilege of an excellent college and seminary education. I cannot imagine serving the Lord and His church as a pastor without such training. Facility in the original languages (Hebrew and Greek), a knowledge of the content of Scripture, understanding the flow of…

  • The Self-Existence of God

    O self-existent One in Three, Jehovah, God alone, In glory wrapt, invisible, By revelation known! Incomprehensible Thou art, And all research is vain; Nor even can the wise in heart The mystery explain. Yet does thy holy word declare, That we may learn thy name— That they who worship Thee…

  • The Holiness of God

    “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory,” Isaiah 6:3 Holy and reverend is the name Of our eternal King; Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry, Thrice holy, let us sing. Heaven’s brightest lamps with…

  • The Mercy of God

    I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, Psalm 89:1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections and bound my…

  • The Loving-Kindness of the Redeemer

    “I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His compassion and according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses”…

  • The Unsearchable Wisdom of God

    Wait, O my soul, thy maker’s will, Tumultuous passions all be still! Nor let a murmuring thought arise, His ways are just, his counsels wise. He in the thickest darkness dwells, Performs his work, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. In…

  • God’s Dominion and Decrees

    This hymn might be hard for some to swallow as God’s absolute sovereignty is explicitly set forth. Many believe that God has imposed upon Himself limited sovereignty (a misnomer if there ever was one) so that finite and sinful man can exercise his own will. Such will therefore express considerable angst…

  • The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God

    Lord, thou with an unerring beam Surveyest all my powers; My rising steps are watched by thee, By thee, my resting hours. My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth, Great God, are known to thee; Abroad, at home, still I’m enclosed With thine immensity. To thee the labyrinths of life In…

  • The Infinite God

    Thy names, how infinite they be! Great Everlasting one! Boundless thy might and majesty, And unconfined thy throne. Thy glories shine of wondrous size, And wondrous large thy grace: Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound,…

  • God’s Eternity and Man’s Mortality

    “So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 Lord, thou hast been thy children’s God, All-powerful, wise and good, and just, In every age their safe abode, Their hope, their refuge, and their trust, Before thy word gave nature…

  • The Doctrine of the Trinity, and the Use of It

    “For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father,” Ephesians 2:18 Father of glory, to thy name Immortal praise we give, Who dost thy work of grace proclaim, And bid us, rebels live. Immortal honor to the Son, Who makes thine anger cease; Our lives…

  • The Unity of God

    “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 Eternal God! Almighty cause Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown; All things are subject to thy laws; All things depend on thee alone. Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possessed; Controlled by…

  • Mega Church Pastor vs. Truck Driver

    Mega church pastor Steven Furtick recently tweeted this: Any interpretation of God’s sovereignty that diminishes the value of human initiative – is distorted & DANGEROUS. I forwarded that to a truck driver in our church, and he responded with this: I have this written down in my truck. I would…

  • Snow and Salvation

    “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.” –Isaiah 1:18 I like how the Ring’s post pictures with Scripture references. Check out their blog…

  • Conversion

    “Any theory of conversion that encourages a sinner to think himself born of God, on account of something that he has felt or done, or ‘made up his mind’ to do, while he is still an utter stranger to the ‘plague of his own heart,’ is clearly contrary to the…

  • Daily Bale for October 2, 2012

    Today started significantly different than most other days. Hannah is getting braces and that’s done at Case Western Reserve. It’s a lot cheaper but it isn’t exactly around the corner, being a good 45 minute drive away. Of course, there isn’t a whole lot around the corner where I live anyway!…

  • Looking at the Cross

    Tonight we’ll sing this hymn by John Newton, to the tune Prospect: In evil long I took delight, Unaw’d by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career. I saw one hanging on a tree, In agonies and blood, Who fix’d his languid…