“[B]efore God granted us new sight, we were blind, utterly unable to see God’s beauty (2 Corinthians 4:4). Like a blindfolded man in a furniture store, we walked around smacking our shins against majesty, tripping over splendors, repeatedly running face-first into glory in God’s word and his world, and yet we could not see…how all the beauties point to God.” - Desiring God
“It may seem that, compared to what we see in Scripture, visible miracles are very few and far between today. But greater invisible miracles are in fact are happening all the time around us as God regenerates hard human hearts.” - Randy Alcorn
“Martin Luther looked upon The Bondage of the Will and his Shorter Catechism as his most significant writings. The first of these, The Bondage of the Will, was Luther’s exposition of the monergism that characterized the Reformation.” - Ligonier
“…all these examples showcase people who directly observed astounding miracles and were unfazed by them. How could that happen?” - Robin Schumacher
1970s… “As the phrase grew in the public consciousness, many Americans assumed that born-again Christianity was a new Christian sect.” - Desiring God
“The next issue of The Master’s Seminary Journal just released. It’s on regeneration. I contributed this article…. This article inductively examines what key passages in the Gospel according to John say about election, regeneration, and faith” - Andy Naselli
CHAPTER IV - REGENERATION—CONVERSION—REFORMATION
BY REV. GEORGE W. LASHER, D. D., LL. D., Author of “Theology for Plain People” CINCINNATI, OHIO
CHAPTER III - THE NATURE OF REGENERATION
BY THOMAS BOSTON (1676-1732)
I. For the better understanding of the nature of regeneration, take this along with you, in the first place, that as there are false conceptions in nature, so there are also in grace: by these many are deluded, mistaking some partial changes made upon them for this great and thorough change. To remove such mistakes, let these few things be considered:
