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Articles
Simple Trust
Nancy was an old woman who lived in Scotland long ago. She had been a God-fearing woman for most of her years. Her home was a lowly thatched cottage in one of the quiet glens of Scotland. Now she was sick and was quietly waiting for death to end her...
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Don’t Be Troubled: Believe in Christ
God speaks to us in many different ways. In the words of the Bible especially, through preaching, but also in the beauty of nature all around, and the joys of life, and in the storms of life. Sometimes He speaks softly like leaves rustling in a gentle breeze. Sometimes he...
Books
Book of the Month for November 2023
Beeke’s Book of the Month for November 2023 is A Radical, Comprehensive Call to Holiness by Dr. Joel Beeke and Dr. Michael Barrett. Enjoy this brief excerpt from the preface of the book that will remind you that God’s glory in our holiness is truly the end of the Christian...
Resources
What Is Theological Anthropology?
“What is man?” So asks more than one biblical writer. It is a question that has stirred the hearts of men, women, and children since the earliest days. Who am I? What are we, and why are we here? Human beings are unique among the creatures that walk upon this...
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The Passover Lamb
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Love toward the Unlovely
We tend to love things that are lovely. If your pet dog is always biting you and eating your toys, you probably won’t love it. If a neighbor boy steals your bicycle and calls you mean names, you probably won’t want to be his friend. People and things that are...
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Experimental preaching must be discriminatory
Experimental preaching must be discriminatory. I am not referring to discrimination on the basis of skin color or ethnicity. Neither am I speaking of any form of bigotry and hatred. Discriminatory preaching aims to distinguish the Christian from the non-Christian so that people can diagnose their own spiritual conditions and...
Church History
Calvin The Educator
Reason #12: Calvin models for us a proper recognition of the importance of education—especially seminary training, which is the backbone of the Christian enterprise (2). David Hall provides an apt summary of this point: Calvin broke with medieval pedagogy that limited education primarily to an aristocratic elite. His academy, founded...
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Assurance May Take Time to Develop
Assurance is not the same thing as faith, but it’s closely related to it. Assurance grows organically out of faith like a plant out of a seed, or a flower grows out of a plant and a root. Assurance then pertains to a believer’s present degree of faith. Weak faith...
