Theology
Theology
Theology
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...
Theology
To be made like his people
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same…. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made...
Theology
A Christian Worldview Applied to Every Area of Life
The universal scope of God’s sovereignty teaches us that we must glorify Him with all of our being. There is no “must” to enjoying God; it is but the consequence of glorifying Him. Do the one, and you will have the other. The Puritans fervently practiced this conviction in seeking...
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Transformed Relationships Resulting from Adoption
Adoption brings blessings into every part of a believer’s life. It affects his relationship to God, to the world, to his future, to himself, and to his brothers and sisters in God’s family. Thus, the biblical doctrine of adoption is central to a proper understanding of every important aspect of...
Theology
How to view the Bible
The Bible is unique; there is nothing like it. Sixty-six separate books written by multiple authors over a span of 1,500 years, the Bible is ultimately one book with one Author, God Himself. The Scriptures, therefore, are not what ancient men thought about God or divine matters; they are the...
Theology
What Is Theological Anthropology?
“What is man?” So asks more than one biblical writer. It is a question that has stirred the hearts of men, women, and children since the earliest days. Who am I? What are we, and why are we here? Human beings are unique among the creatures that walk upon this...
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Love toward the Unlovely
We tend to love things that are lovely. If your pet dog is always biting you and eating your toys, you probably won’t love it. If a neighbor boy steals your bicycle and calls you mean names, you probably won’t want to be his friend. People and things that are...
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Experimental preaching must be discriminatory
Experimental preaching must be discriminatory. I am not referring to discrimination on the basis of skin color or ethnicity. Neither am I speaking of any form of bigotry and hatred. Discriminatory preaching aims to distinguish the Christian from the non-Christian so that people can diagnose their own spiritual conditions and...
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Assurance May Take Time to Develop
Assurance is not the same thing as faith, but it’s closely related to it. Assurance grows organically out of faith like a plant out of a seed, or a flower grows out of a plant and a root. Assurance then pertains to a believer’s present degree of faith. Weak faith...
