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Common Objections to Theology
The question of why we do theology presses hard against us in this age. A number of objections are raised against the discipline of systematic theology. Though we deal with them individually here, we realize that in many cases they appear in combinations. Each objection rejects theology as a valuable...
Christian Living
Remember the Value of Prayer
The disciples wanted to learn to pray because they saw the place that prayer had in the life of our Lord (Luke 11:1). We should always remember these five truths: prayer is essential for the well-being of your own soul; prayer is essential for you to fulfill your calling in...
Christian Living
The Blessing of Childlike Faith
There once was a gentleman in New York named Mr. Smith, who said he did not believe in God. He never went to church, of course, and never read the Bible. He did not believe that Jesus is God, or that He died and rose again to save sinners. Yet,...
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Worshiping Idols in our heart leads to harm
“He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”—Galatians 6:8 Today on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke warns us that worshipping idols always leads to harm in the second part of his...
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Assurance Must Be Actively Pursued as a Duty
Westminster Confession 18.3 says that “it is the duty of every one to give all diligence to make his calling and election sure” (cf. 2 Peter 1:10). As concerned souls, we should never rest until we can say that God is our God. In a sermon on particular election, Charles...
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Belonging to the Perfect Father
By gracious adoption; By supernatural rebirth; By expectant prayer. John 1:12-14; Matthew 6:9...
Christian Living
Priest in the home
When question 31 of the Heidelberg Catechism asks why Jesus is called the Christ, the second part of its answer is, “to be our only High Priest, who by the one sacrifice of His body, has redeemed us, and makes continual intercession with the Father for us.” Christ’s priestly work...
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The Sealer of Our Souls
The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, meticulously edited with a 110- page memoir by Alexander Grosart, was published by James Nichol of Edinburgh in the 1860s and reprinted by the Banner of Truth Trust. Sibbes’s most famous work, The Bruised Reed, which has done so much good in healing troubled...
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The dangers of the lusts of the eyes
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.”—1 John 2:15 Today, on Doctrine for Life, Dr. Joel Beeke reminds us of the dangers of the lusts of the eyes in the first part of his sermon on Lot and Abraham from Genesis 13....