Comments on: Watson on Godliness http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/08/05/watson-on-godliness/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Becky Pliego http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/08/05/watson-on-godliness/#comment-332906 Becky Pliego Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:11:10 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/08/05/watson-on-godliness/#comment-332906 Dear Nancy, I like to read Thomas Watson as well, maybe you would like to see my "sketched notes" on his book "The Art of Divine Contentment" Happy Thanksgiving! Becky. Dear Nancy,

I like to read Thomas Watson as well, maybe you would like to see my “sketched notes” on his book “The Art of Divine Contentment”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Becky.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/08/05/watson-on-godliness/#comment-298106 Valerie (Kyriosity) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:37:23 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/08/05/watson-on-godliness/#comment-298106 Poor Mr. Watson got lost in the kerfuffle, I think. I like this idea that "Godliness consists in an exact harmony between holy principles and practices." If we know the right things to do, we must do them. And if we're doing the right things, we must be doing them for the right reasons. One danger of Internet discourse is that we so often see principles without practices. Not that the practices are always absent, but we can't blithely assume that their present amongst folks we don't know except on screen. Writing alone -- whether in books or online -- isn't sufficient for discipleship. We need flesh-and-blood examples living out truth in plain sight. We need families and we need churches. We need godly parents and godly shepherds. God sets the standard this principle by sending us not only His written Word, but His incarnate Word. Poor Mr. Watson got lost in the kerfuffle, I think. I like this idea that “Godliness consists in an exact harmony between holy principles and practices.” If we know the right things to do, we must do them. And if we’re doing the right things, we must be doing them for the right reasons.

One danger of Internet discourse is that we so often see principles without practices. Not that the practices are always absent, but we can’t blithely assume that their present amongst folks we don’t know except on screen. Writing alone — whether in books or online — isn’t sufficient for discipleship. We need flesh-and-blood examples living out truth in plain sight. We need families and we need churches. We need godly parents and godly shepherds. God sets the standard this principle by sending us not only His written Word, but His incarnate Word.

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