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To Bring Great Joy
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. — LUKE 2:10 With due respect to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, not all fear is to be feared. Some fear is perfectly rational. For example, it’s...
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God’s Imperatives for Purposeful Christ-centered Living
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Christian Living
We are personally connected by love
Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10: “But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that...
Christian Living
We give practical obedience to Christ
In John 14:15, Jesus says, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” He later adds, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them…loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him” (v. 21). Obedience is...
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To destroy the Devil and his works
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. — HEBREWS 2:14 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the...
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Parable of the Mustard Seed
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Church History
Practical Lessons from the Life of Idelette Calvin
John Calvin was devoted to Scripture and the church. He emphasized God’s sovereignty and Christian living in his preaching and writing, and he was surrounded by many loyal Christian friends. Not surprisingly, he also had a happy marriage. Yet finding a suitable marriage partner had proved to be a daunting...
Christian Living
The Ultimate Puritan Reading List
In the video below, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley present their top choices for starting to read the Puritans. Below the video you’ll find a list personally prepared by Joel and Paul, with links to purchase from RHB. Joel and Paul discuss most of the books on this list...
Christian Living
We make diligent use of the sacraments
I am not suggesting that baptism and the Lord’s Supper have any inherent power to save. Trusting in the sacraments for salvation is idolatry. In its historic Reformed usage, sacrament means “a public sign and seal of the covenant between God and man.” Sacraments are also called “ordinances,” for Christ...
