Christian Living
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Spirit-Worked Faith Versus Dead Faith
Alexander Preaching on Living Faith versus Dead Faith Alexander opens his sermon by recognizing that the Scriptures teach that many people in professing Christian nations possess a kind of faith “which it is evident is not that faith which works by love (Gal. 5:6) and purifies the heart (Acts 15:9).”...
Church History
Archibald Alexander Life and ministry
The nineteenth century was a time of great change in the churches of Britain and the United States. This period witnessed an explosion of worldwide missions as William Carey, Adoniram Judson, Henry Martyn, Hudson Taylor, and many others led waves of Protestant missionaries to fields around the world. At the...
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Read. Learn. Live.
I am pleased and humbled to announce that a German publishing company, 3L (which stands for Lesen. Lernern. Leben. or “Read. Learn. Live.” in English), has decided to translate and publish articles from those who run my blog (JoelBeeke.org) into German every week. If you would like to read these...
Christian Living
Twenty Benefits from the Lord’s Supper
Our Reformed and Puritan forebears were fond of calling the Lord’s Supper a feast. They viewed it as a feast given by the Lord of hosts, the faithful, covenant-keeping God, who, in Christ Jesus, is the author, founder, master, and divine host of this feast. He provides this feast “of...
Christian Living
Receive Criticism Realistically
Coping with criticism in the ministry requires a healthy reckoning with reality. Perhaps this strikes you as a strange point for us to make at the beginning of a section on practical principles for handling criticism. What does reality have to do with properly receiving verbal critique? There is an...
Christian Living
Preach Christ
A healthy church is one that is shaped by the gospel. Our people need to see the beauty of Christ. Nothing will enable them to lovingly and humbly give and receive constructive critique more than heart-searching, expository gospel preaching. This is our great task and privilege as ministers—to proclaim Christ....
Resources
The Lord’s Supper as a love feast
The church of all ages has regarded the Lord’s Supper as a love feast in two ways: first, we regard it vertically, through communion with God. When remembering Christ at His Supper, we may experience a love both from Christ and for Christ that can better be experienced than explained....
Christian Living
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work.
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work. Yet apart from faith in Christ, prayer is also difficult, demanding, and in many ways impossible. There is not a believer on earth that cannot sympathize with that. So, though I may have bordered on the idealistic in this closing chapter, my aim is...
Christian Living
Taking Hold of God in Prayer
Deep within us, we know that it is impossible to solve prayerlessness by our own strength. The sacredness, gift, and efficacy of prayer are far above human means. God’s grace is necessary for prayerful praying. Yet grace does not passively wait for God to strike us with revival. We must...
