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The Psalms Reveal Christ
The Psalms Reveal Christ in His Sufferings and Glory Though written under the old covenant, the Psalms are extremely relevant for God’s new covenant people. Of the many times that the New Testament quotes the Old Testament, over 40 percent of those quotations come from the Psalms—116 direct quotations.7 The...
Books
Beeke’s Book of the Month May 2023— A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life
Beeke’s Book of the Month for May 2023 is A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life by Dr. Joel Beeke and Dr. Mark Jones. Enjoy this brief excerpt from their introduction to learn why A Puritan Theology is the best starting place for anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of these eminent...
Christian Living
The Transition to Work
We all agree that children play. We all agree that adults work. So, how do we get from one to the other? It’s a process. Through their growing up years, children start out with mostly play. As the years go by, the playtime decreases, and the work time increases, until...
Church History
God is undoubtedly active in history
For the Christian community, history is the stage on which the drama of redemption is displayed. At the beginning is the fall; at the end is the last judgment. In between, the most crucial event is the entry of the eternal God into time as a man, Jesus Christ, the...
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Learning in Community
In the first place, we need to understand that growing in heavenly-mindedness and the pursuit of Christ happens by learning in community. In verse 17 Paul writes, “Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example.” The growth in heavenly-mindedness...
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The Meaning of Renewal
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25). Buchanan uses this verse to argue for the inevitability of new conduct in those who are brought to life by the Spirit, [Buchanan, The Office and Work of the Holy Spirit, 240–241.] without denying the...
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God’s Attribute of Holiness
God’s attribute of holiness may be considered the glory of all His attributes. He is “the Holy One”—and thus incomparable (Isa. 40:25), but He is also “the Holy One of Israel”—the faithful Lord of His covenant people (Isa. 1:2–4). Holiness thus summarizes both the majesty and moral excellence—the greatness and...
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God speaks through His Word
I fear that there are many evangelicals today who believe that God spoke but doubt whether He speaks. They know and talk about the fact that God spoke in the Old Testament but think now that He no longer does so and that they must therefore invent new ways to...
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Prepare Faithfully For Worship
The Puritans held that all preparation is ultimately ineffectual apart from the Holy Spirit’s work. Stephen Charnock writes, “To render our worship spiritual, we should, before every engagement in it, implore the actual presence of the Spirit, without which we are not able to send forth one spiritual breath or...
