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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...
Christian Living
To bear witness to the truth
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth...
Resources
What is Your Mind Toward Christ?
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Books
Book of the Month for December 2023
Beeke’s Book of the Month for December 2023 is Taking Hold of God: Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer by Dr. Joel Beeke and Brian Najapfour. Enjoy this brief excerpt from the preface of the book that captures the vibrant Puritan spirit in prayer. (Note: All of the references in...
Resources
To be made like his people
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made...
Christian Living
We personally trust in Christ
Colossians 2:6–7 says, “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” True church members receive Christ personally as prophet, priest, and king (for that...
