Stumbling Blocks

In this edition of the Free Grace Broadcaster, entitled Stumbling Blocks, James Durham introduces this crucial subject by explaining the importance and meaning of stumbling blocks. He begins by telling us that Christ condemned stumbling others. Octavius Winslow sets forth our Lord Jesus as the model for avoiding unnecessary offense. In a second article, James Durham gives us a lengthy list of the ways we stumble one another. You may be surprised to find that you stumble others more than you think! David Martyn Lloyd-Jones warns us never to stumble a believer, and Matthew Henry describes just how dreadful that sin is. One of the great sins of our generation is the abuse of Christian liberty; John Calvin addresses it biblically with clarity. Thomas Brooks helps us to see that strong saints must show Christlike, self-sacrificing love to weaker saints: do we practice self-denial in that way? One of the worst ways to stumble others is with false doctrine; William Perkins makes this clear. John Flavel reveals that the sins of God’s people and the ways those sins stumble others are a bag of poison cast by Satan! Briefly, Jonathan Edwards reveals the dangerous madness of stumbling ourselves. Finally, Matthew Henry reminds us that the incarnate Son of God did not please Himself. What a model we have in our precious Savior!