From the Ligonier Blog
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Through Many Toils
Here’s an excerpt from Through Many Toils, Burk Parsons’ contribution to the May issue of Tabletalk. Read More May 22, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Resurrection Now and Not Yet — The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology
One of John’s few explicitly eschatological passages is found in chapter 5. The occasion is the healing of a lame man at the pool of Bethesda on a Sabbath. Because Jesus heals the man on a Sabbath, the Jews persecute him (5:16). Jesus then says to them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working” (v. 17). The response infuriates the Jewish leaders even more because “not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling ... Read More May 21, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from Keith Mathison
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Twitter Highlights (5/20/12)
Here are highlights from our various Twitter accounts over the past week. Read More May 20, 2012 at 08:06 PM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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I Have Friends
It was, I suspect, somewhat early on in the growth of the “accountability” movement. I had heard the concept, but had not given it much study. The deacon at the church I attended as a young married man apparently had studied it. And so, seemingly with the approval of the session, he sat perched by the entrance of the sanctuary. He asked me, as he asked everyone passing by, with all the tact and enthusiasm of a carnival barker, if ... Read More May 19, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from R.C. Sproul Jr.
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Christian Graduates Need a Christian Worldview
Families are rejoicing across America as their sons and daughters are graduating and looking forward to college. Sadly, not every graduate will go to college with a fully formed Christian worldview. In addition to the temptations of the world, they will face, possibly for the first time, direct challenges to their faith. Read More May 18, 2012 at 10:24 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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General and Special Revelation — A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture
In this series of blog posts, we have been discussing Dr. R.C. Sproul’s answer to a question about the age of the universe during the Q&A at Ligonier’s 2012 National Conference. In the previous post, we stopped in the middle of his answer to discuss his assertion: All Truth is God’s Truth. Following this statement, Dr. Sproul continued by making a very important point about general and special revelation. Read More May 18, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from Keith Mathison
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$5 Friday: Apologetics, Suffering, & Theology
This week’s $5 Friday sale has resources that cover such topics as apologetics, suffering, theology, worldviews, God’s promises, and more. Thanks to Reformation Heritage Books for partnering with us this week. Sale runs through 12:01 a.m. — 11:59 p.m. Friday EST. View today’s $5 Friday sale items. Read More May 18, 2012 at 12:05 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Someone is Wrong on the Internet
Here’s an excerpt from Someone is Wrong on the Internet, R.C. Sproul Jr.’s contribution to the May issue of Tabletalk. Read More May 17, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Feed My Sheep — 99¢ eBook Sale
Feed My Sheep is currently on sale for 99¢ as both an ePub from the Ligonier store or from Amazon’s Kindle Store. Read More May 16, 2012 at 06:45 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Biblical Calvinism Should Evoke a Passion for Lost Souls
In the following excerpt from Steven Lawson’s, The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon, we see in the life and ministry of Spurgeon the fruit biblical Calvinism should produce: a passion for lost souls. Read More May 16, 2012 at 06:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
