The condition of Jesus Christ before his incarnation was a state of the highest and most unspeakable delight and pleasure, in the enjoyment of his Father.

He was not liable to any of those sorrowful consequences of that frail and feeble state of humanity, which he afterwards assumed. He was unacquainted with griefs; there was no sorrowing or sighing in that bosom where he lay.

He never underwent reproach and shame in that bosom, there was nothing but glory and honour reflected upon him by his Father, though afterwards he was despised, and rejected of men. His holy heart was never offended with an impure suggestion or temptation of the Devil. There were no hidings or withdrawings of his Father from him; there was not a cloud from eternity upon the face of God, till Jesus Christ had left that bosom.

All these things were new things to Christ; he was above them all — till for our sakes he voluntarily subjected himself unto them. (John Flavel, The Fountain of Life)

by Richard Shin

It was a busy week in the blogosphere. So, let’s get to it.

• This video by The Gospel Coalition explains the question: Why is TGC complementarian? In the article, a number of documents and articles are also referenced. I’d like to point you particularly to the one by Kathleen Nielson, who wrote “To My Egalitarian Friends”.
• Justin Taylor quotes the last sermon Steve DeWitt ever preached as a single man. At age 44, he has some wise words for young men and women in regards to sexual purity. You can find the sermon in its entirety at the bottom of that page.
• When you get guys like James White, Phil Johnson, Carl Trueman, and Mike Abendroth into one room and start talking unscripted, it’s bound to be good. Well, you can watch them do just that with the first episode of No Compromise Ever (shortened as “No Co Ever”) where they discuss the debacle of the Elephant Room 2.
• In case you didn’t know, Tim Challies has a series called Reading Classics Together where he takes various influential Christian books and read one with his blog’s readers, a chapter a week. As he is currently going through Disciplines of Grace by Jerry Bridges, he narrows in on chapter 3 which talks about preaching the gospel to yourself. Take a look and see what it means to do so.
• Paul Tautges shares six points on true piety (godliness) as summarized from Tom Hovestol’s Extreme Righteousness. In a completely separate post, yet not completely unrelated (like that?), he also summarizes three characteristics of righteous anger here.
• No matter how many articles there have been, I can always get a little more of Ray Ortlund. You can find his encouragement to the wronged here.

Like I said, it was a busy week. Chop, chop! Have a great weekend, y’all.

Coram Deo