Podcast
Christian Living
Godly Conversation
Scripture teaches that we must take time each day to speak to our covenant children about God. Serious, spiritual conversation should be done in regular times of family worship and teaching, but also spontaneously through the process of everyday life. As Deuteronomy 6:7 says, “Thou shalt teach them diligently unto...
Resources
The Final Judgment!
(1) God’s right to it; (2) Christ’s exercise of it; (3) Our assurance of it....
Christian Living
A Child’s Gift
A little girl named Katy was the daughter of a poor widow. At Sunday School she heard a missionary tell about heathen children living in sin and misery, never having heard the gospel. When he talked about the importance of sending Bibles to them, Katy said to herself, “I want...
Books
Beeke’s Book of the Month for July 2024
Beeke’s Book of the Month for July 2024 is Following God Fully by Dr. Joel Beeke and Michael Reeves. Enjoy this brief excerpt from the preface of the book that sheds light on how the Puritans can help us strive to pursue godliness. (Note: All of the references in this article...
Christian Living
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands
— PSALM 66:1 Dear Children have you ever been awakened by the singing of the birds? These little creatures that the Lord God has made wake early in the morning, and the first thing they do is sing. It seems there is not one that does not sing, nor do...
Church History
Richard Sibbes: Sweet Mercy and Bruised Reeds
Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) was a kindhearted Puritan known for the sweetness of his writings. He was converted through the ministry of Paul Baynes, Perkins’s successor at Cambridge. He trained many preachers and cultivated a remarkable network of friendships with ministers and political figures. His classic book on repentance, The Bruised...
Christian Living
Biblical, Doctrinal, Experiential, and Practical
Experiential preaching, then, teaches that the Christian faith must be experienced, tasted, and lived through the saving power of the Holy Spirit. It stresses the knowledge of scriptural truth “which [is] able to make [us] wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 3:15). Specifically, such...
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Distinguishing True Churches from False Churches
The Holy Scriptures warn us that false teachers arise and gather movements around themselves. Christ foretold, “There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matt. 24:24). Paul said to the Ephesian...
Podcast
God Strengthening Abraham’s Faith (Part 2)
Abraham believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.”-Genesis 15:6 This week, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke teaches us how faith in the Lord can help us overcome our fears in the second part of his sermon on Genesis 15:1-6....