If you live near Tupelo, Mississippi, I would encourage you to head over to the Mid-South Theology Conference this weekend for their conference "Living in the Hands of a Sovereign God". Tabletalk magazine editor Burk Parsons will be speaking Friday evening on the subject of "The Power and Dominion of...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Christian and Art pt. 2) The Fruitful Moment Rembrandt used a fascinating technique whenever he painted his portraits, much like Michelangelo did when he created his sculptures. He used a technique later described by German philosophers (particularly Herder) as the "fruitful moment." (The German...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Christian and Art pt. 1) There Was Nothing "Tacky" About the Temple If we move from the realm of creation to the realm of biblical history, again we see dimensions of God's involvement in art. In the Old Testament, God ordained and commanded the...

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Ligonier Ministries is pleased to announce that we are now taking registrations for the Certificate Program of the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies.  The Certificate program of Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies is a non-degree distance education curriculum designed for laypeople, ministers, and educators who...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Christian and Science pt. 3) I lived in the city of Amsterdam during the 1960s. As I walked through the city, I recognized the names on many of the street corners. There was Beethoven Straat, Vanderhelstlaan, and Rembrandt Plein. The streets and places that...

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Although books related to the never-ending discussion of the pros and cons of Darwinism are constantly rolling off the presses, there are only a few that have the potential to mark a major turning point in the debate. James Le Fanu's new book Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery...

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by R.C. SproulWithin the Christian church there are three leading options for answering your question. Some Christians believe that the Sabbath was an Old Testament ordinance and has no application to the New Testament church. No less a giant than Saint Augustine took the position that the Sabbath was not...

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The book of James is possibly the earliest writing found in the New Testament canon. It was likely written after Paul began to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles but before he and James met at the Jerusalem Council (cf. Acts 15). In short, the book of James was likely...

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Truth and Consequences by Gene Edward Veith These days it's easy to become cynical about politicians, government officials, and other national leaders. Governing a country takes hard-nosed, practical realism. Morality and religion are well and good, many of us say, but someone who follows such ideals in the political arena...

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Seek Ye First by R.C. Sproul Jr. There is a tension among the people of God that reflects a delicate balance to which the Bible calls us. Paul, you will recall, argued that in his passion for the gospel, he wished to be all things to all people, that by...

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Generation to Generation by Tim Challies Admiral Lord Nelson once remarked that "every sailor is a bachelor when beyond Gibraltar." This was a statement about anonymity, a rare concept even just a few short generations ago. Nelson knew that once his sailors moved beyond the bounds of the British Empire,...

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Ligonier Ministries is exhibiting this week at The Gospel Coalition in Chicago, Ill. Stop by our booth to meet staff and receive free resources and special discounts on books and teaching series....

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Pro Ecclesia: For the Church by Larry G. Mininger About forty people scattered on metal chairs greeted me on my first Sunday in my first (and only) pastorate in a quaint little sanctuary nestled in the woods between massive orange groves just west of Orlando, Florida. There were no pews,...

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by R.C. Sproul Jr.The Apostle Paul writes to the church at Corinth "Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?" (2 Cor. 6:14). The text at least ought to raise the question in our minds. Would Paul's...

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Don Kistler: Preachers are one of the love gifts of the ascended Christ to His body, the church. We should never let anyone denigrate the sacred calling of a pastor to stand in his pulpit and faithfully exegete the inspired Word of God to the people of God, thereby carrying...

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The prophet Habakkuk lived at the end of the seventh century during the period of time when the Assyrian empire was faltering and the Babylonian empire was on the rise (625-605). He likely prophesied between 609 and 605, during the reign of the Judean king Jehoiakim in the last days...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Christian and Science pt. 2) Christians Need Not Fear Scientific Inquiry There is a sense in which the Christian should be the most passionate scientist of all because he should be rigorously open to truth wherever it is found. He should not be afraid...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Christian and Science pt. 1) Is Aquinas to Blame? Many Protestant scholars venture earlier into church history and lay the blame for this division at the feet of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Among Protestant thinkers, there seems to be a kind of allergy to the...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" pt. 3) What is the Christian's role in the scientific enterprise? How do we as Christians live in a culture that has been shaped and influenced by the impact of scientific accomplishments? Lest we slip into critical attitudes toward...

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Pastor's Perspective by Kris Lundgaard "We, the Slovak People, bearing in mind the political and cultural heritage of our predecessors...mindful of the spiritual bequest of Cyril and Methodius...adopted this constitution." Slovakia, lying at the crossroads of East and West in secular Europe, after being dominated for over forty years by...

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by Sinclair B. Ferguson(Quoted in John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology, p. 40-41)It is commonplace today in Reformed theology to recognize that the Christian lives "between the times" -- already we are in Christ, but a yet more glorious future awaits us in the final consummation. There...

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R.C. Sproul Here is the watershed of human history where the misery of the race is transformed into grandeur. Here the kerygma, the proclamation of the early church, was born with the cry "He is risen." We can view this event as a symbol, a lovely tale of hope. We...

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The book of Hebrews was likely written sometime before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. The author of Hebrews wrote this book to warn the recipients about the peril of apostasy. In order to guard the hearts of his readers against falling away, the author of Hebrews makes an...

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What is the significance of the shedding of blood in the atonement? R.C. Sproul:The idea that there's some intrinsic or inherent power in the blood of Jesus is a popular concept in the Christian world. It even crops up from time to time in various hymns and praise songs. This...

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Devoted to the Apostles' doctrine (Acts 2.42) as we Christians want to be, we need to make sure that Christ's resurrection has as much significance to us as it had to the Apostles. In 1 Corinthians 15, we have a passage where we are reminded how important Christ's resurrection was...

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Current Reformation Trust books now available for purchase in the Kindle format are:The Truth of the Cross, by R.C. SproulIn Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life, by Sinclair FergusonJohn Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology, edited by Burk ParsonsLiving for God's Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism, by...

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Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul It was many years ago when my grandmother related to me games that she played as a little girl in the 1880s. One game she mentioned was one that she and her Methodist girlfriends played with their Roman Catholic friends. In a playful...

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Coram Deo: Living Before the Face of God by Burk Parsons "Pray with your mouth, cry out with your heart, make petitions while you work, so that every day and night, every hour and moment, God may always assist you." These are the words of the ninth-century, Christian noblewoman, Dhouda....

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The military of ancient Rome really blew it. When it came to the resurrection of Jesus, the troops who guarded his tomb could have saved us all a lot of time and trouble by just giving up his dead body. One problem: they never did. They didn't because they couldn't....

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The April edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "The Church in the Ninth Century." Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Burk Parsons, Kris Lungaard, Larry G. Mininger and Tim Challies. We do not post all of the feature articles or the daily devotionals from the issue, so you'll have...

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The prophetic oracles found within the seventh century B.C. book of Nahum concern Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. Approximately a century before Nahum, Jonah had been sent to the Ninevites, and they had repented upon hearing the prophetic word. Their repentance, however, was apparently short lived because Nahum...

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This morning, my colleague and friend Burk Parsons joined me in the studio to record an upcoming Renewing Your Mind interview. We were talking about his new book on John Calvin when he read this section from Calvin's The Golden Booklet on the True Christian Life:If we are not our...

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This is the second part of our two-part series on the very important, but very uncomfortable topic of what the Bible teaches about hell. In the first installment, we learned three key points about hell. We learned, first, that hell is a place far more frightful than we could ever imagine; second,...

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The topic of this two-part series is very important. But it is also very uncomfortable. My subject is what the Bible teaches us about hell. You may respond with fear. You should respond with fear if you are not a Christian. But my prayer is that God will replace your...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" pt. 2) "If It Feels Good, Is It Good?" Hedonism makes a value judgment by saying that the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure are good. At the same time, it produces a system of ethics which,...

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