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Christian Living
The “greatest sinner on the face of the earth”
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Christian Living
Remembering
To those who come to the Lord’s Table, sorrowing for the sins that nailed Christ to the cross, hating those sins but trusting that His death has atoned for them all, and resolving to walk in thankful obedience and in love to God and their neighbors, the Lord’s Supper holds...
Christian Living
“Come, Lord Jesus” with John Piper
Here is an interview that I had with Dr. John Piper, two days ago on his moving and humbling new book on loving Christ’s appearing. I pray that this book, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, would stir all of us to live more in the light of the...
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Lectio Continua Method of Preaching
The greatest need of the church today is the recovery of sound biblical preaching. We need preaching that faithfully explains and applies the text, courageously confronts sin, and boldly trumpets forth the sovereign majesty, law, and gospel promises of God. This type of powerful proclamation has vanished in many quarters...
Christian Living
Family Worship
I believe one major reason for this failure is the lack of stress upon family worship. In many churches and homes family worship is an optional thing, or at most a superficial exercise such as a brief table grace before meals. Consequently, many children grow up with no experience or...
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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 2
It was part of Christ’s wisdom that “he knew what was in man” (John 2:25). This knowledge enabled our Lord Jesus to deal skillfully with people ranging from Pharisees to prostitutes. Christ understood people. As the light of the world, he both revealed himself to us and revealed us to...
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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 1
Theology is conceived by hearing God’s Word, and it comes to birth by prayer. “Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths” (Ps. 25:4). Our systematic theology was certainly born of prayer, beginning when God taught us by grace to “call upon the name of the Lord” (Rom....
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Reformed Preaching
Perhaps you have heard preaching that fills the head but not the heart. You come away better informed and educated, but little moved by God’s glory to do God’s will. In the worst case, such preaching puffs people up with knowledge. At its best, it is light without heat. You...
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Pulpit A flame
Although sermonic style varies in different times and places, the Reformation produced a legacy of expositional and experiential preaching that godly men have passed down through the ages. This was certainly the case among the seventeenth-century Puritans. It continued among preachers in various branches of the Reformation tradition, including Presbyterians,...
