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Twenty Benefits from the Lord’s Supper
Our Reformed and Puritan forebears were fond of calling the Lord’s Supper a feast. They viewed it ...
Lord's Table
Preach Christ
A healthy church is one that is shaped by the gospel. Our people need to see the beauty of Christ. N...
Christ, criticism, preach
The Lord’s Supper as a love feast
The church of all ages has regarded the Lord’s Supper as a love feast in two ways: first, we regar...
Lord's Table
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work.
Prayer is amazing, glorious, delightful work. Yet apart from faith in Christ, prayer is also difficu...
prayer
Taking Hold of God in Prayer
Deep within us, we know that it is impossible to solve prayerlessness by our own strength. The sacre...
prayer
Puritans on Marital Love
Edward Taylor (c. 1642–1729), a pastor, physician, and poet of Puritan New England, wrote, “A cu...
marriage, Puritans
The Cultivation of Friendship in Marriage
Cultivation is rooted in farm work. Seed is sown, and tender plants spring up. They cannot flourish ...
friendship, marriage
The Joel Beeke Interview on Family Worship
We recorded a video interview with Joel Beeke on the topic of family worship, a spiritual discipline...
family, worship
Practical Helps for Reading the Bible
You’re not alone. Let me say first of all: If we are going to be successful in attempting to read ...
bible
Practical Helps for Studying the Bible
…Your reading of the Bible will be greatly enhanced if you study the Bible as you read it. But...
bible
The Law of Love and the Teachings of the Bible
The questions raised by homosexuality are deeply personal, for the most important factors in this co...
homosexuality, Law, love
God’s Principles for Marriage
The Puritans often spoke of “duties,” and Gouge was no exception. By “duty” he did not mean ...
marriage
The Worldview of the Puritans
The Puritans did not use the term worldview, for such terminology did not appear until the late eigh...
Puritans, sovereignty, worldview
Some of My Favorite Puritans
My favorite Puritan-minded theologian from the English tradition is Anthony Burgess; from the Dutch ...
Puritans
What the Puritans Would Say to Modern Pastors
…One of the great motives driving the Puritans was the need to raise up ministers who imitate ...
Pastors, Puritans
The Foundation of Puritan Worship: Knowing God in Christ
Stephen Charnock (1628–1680), a gifted Puritan pastor and theologian, said that we cannot worship ...
worship
The Amazing Wonder of Adoption
The triune God delights in family planning. Unlike most modern human family planning, which is restr...
adoption
The Marriage of Christ and His Church
Have you ever noticed that the Bible does not speak about dying and going to heaven? It speaks about...
Christ, church
How to Profit from Reading the Puritans
Here are nine ways you can grow spiritually by reading Puritan literature today: 1. Puritan writings...
Puritans
The Spirit’s Work
The night on which He was betrayed, Jesus spoke to His disciples about the dawn of a new day that wo...
Holy Spirit
What is Prayer
Prayer is the act of forging a connection between two specific points: our human needs and the resou...
prayer
The Need for Prayer Meetings
“We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting ...
family, prayer
Office Bearers by Union with Christ
The Heidelberg Catechism (Q. 31) says Jesus is called the Christ because Christ means “anointed,...
family, office-bearers
Calvin as an Experiential Preacher
John Calvin embraced a high view of preaching. He called the preaching office “the most excellent ...
John Calvin, preaching
The Preacher
How do we view ourselves as ministers of the Word? Why are we in the ministry? What does our work co...
preachers
Understanding Union with Christ
Union with Christ is an essential and most wonderful component of the gospel. The believer’s secur...
Christ, Gospel, Union
Why is it so tough to read the Bible?
Here are three big reasons: The Bible is big. In fact, it’s huge! It’s more like a library than ...
bible, teens
Meditation on Heaven
For the Puritans, probably the most important theme for meditation was heaven—the place where God ...
Meditation
Christian Meditation
Spiritual growth is intended to be part of the Christian life of believers. [This booklet is adapted...
Meditation
Plant Godly Convictions
For years we care for our children like birds care for their nestlings. We shield them from danger, ...
children
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