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We are personally connected by love

Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10: “But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that...
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We give practical obedience to Christ

In John 14:15, Jesus says, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” He later adds, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them…loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him” (v. 21). Obedience is...
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The Ultimate Puritan Reading List

In the video below, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley present their top choices for starting to read the Puritans. Below the video you’ll find a list personally prepared by Joel and Paul, with links to purchase from RHB.  Joel and Paul discuss most of the books on this list...
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We make diligent use of the sacraments

I am not suggesting that baptism and the Lord’s Supper have any inherent power to save. Trusting in the sacraments for salvation is idolatry. In its historic Reformed usage, sacrament means “a public sign and seal of the covenant between God and man.” Sacraments are also called “ordinances,” for Christ...
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To bear witness to the truth

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth...
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We personally trust in Christ

Colossians 2:6–7 says, “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” True church members receive Christ personally as prophet, priest, and king (for that...
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Loving Your Spouse

Without sincere, selfless love, a marriage cannot glorify God. A husband and wife are to love each other with a strong, fervent, and steadfast love and not with a love that waxes and wanes with the changing tides of beauty, dress, or riches or fluctuates with emotions and lusts. It...
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We actively listen to the Word

Jesus describes four kinds of listeners to the Word in the parable of the soils, only one of whom receives the Word, perseveres in faith, and goes on to bear abundant fruit. In Luke 8:18a, Jesus says, “Take heed therefore how ye hear.” On Saturday, prepare for Sabbath worship by...
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We faithfully attend corporate worship

Hunger for the Word in church is expressed publicly by faithful attendance at church worship services. Hebrews 10:25 says we must not forsake assembling ourselves in corporate worship. Christian worship fills us with the Word. Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;...
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We personally hunger for the Word

In 1 Peter 2:2, the apostle Peter urges all Christians to thirst for the sincere milk of the Word, “that ye may grow thereby.” If you are sick and have no appetite, you feel only nausea when served a delicious meal. The longer supper lasts, the more restless you become....
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