Here is a collection of resources about Calvin, a full collection of books and sermons by Calvin that are currently in print, and words of wisdom from the Reformer himself....

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The book of Zechariah is the lengthiest of the so-called Minor Prophets and one of the most difficult books in the Old Testament. The historical context of the book is identical to that of Haggai. The first eight chapters of Zechariah contain date references ranging from October of 520 B.C....

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July 10, 2009, marks the 500th birthday of reformer John Calvin. There are several events going on this summer that will celebrate John Calvin's life and contributions. Ligonier will also have a special week of Calvin-themed broadcasts on Renewing Your Mind July 6-10.Ligonier Ministries' Rhine River Cruise and TourJune 11-24Dr....

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Meaning of God's Will, Part 4) Knowing the Will of God for Our Lives Pursuing knowledge of the will of God is not an abstract science designed to titillate the intellect or to convey the kind of knowledge that "puffs up" but fails to...

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With great expectation, Ligonier has launched its first-ever capital campaign--Here We Stand: The Campaign for Ligonier Ministries. This bold initiative follows years of visionary planning and is designed to create a unique destination of learning and fellowship from which men and women will be grounded in biblical truth for generations. For...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Meaning of God's Will, Part 3) God's Will of Disposition This aspect of the will of God refers to what is pleasing and agreeable to God. It expresses something of the attitude of God to his creatures. Some things are "well pleasing in his...

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Tolle Lege: Take Up and Read by Keith A. Mathison Without a doubt, the greatest theologian in the first thousand years of the church was Augustine of Hippo (354-430). His voluminous theological, exegetical, and devotional writings have had a lasting impact and continue to be studied to this day. One...

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Seek Ye First by R.C. Sproul Jr. It is a strange habit, though I am often caught in its grip. Why is it, I wonder, that we find ourselves so often longing for those days of the early church? Where did we begin to confuse the descriptive with the prescriptive,...

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All Scripture is inspired and profitable, but Scripture does not profit us if we do not read and understand it. Many of us as Christians have been confused at times when we tried to understand the Bible. As believers, we know that Scripture is the Word of God, but what...

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Truth and Consequences by Gene Edward Veith The seven churches of Asia addressed in the book of Revelation had their problems. One of them looked quite lively but it was actually dead. Another was so lukewarm that the Lord was ready to spit it out of His mouth. And yet...

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The epistles of 2 Peter and Jude are among the most neglected books in the Bible. Both books are dealing with the same problem. 2 Peter and Jude were written to combat the rise of false teachers in the Christian churches. These books are, therefore, extraordinarily relevant, even today. There...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Meaning of God's Will, Part 2) Biblical Righteousness Habakkuk's famous statement "the just shall live by faith" (Habakkuk 2:4, kjv) is found three times in the New Testament. It has become a slogan of evangelical Protestantism, whose emphasis has been upon the doctrine of...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from The Meaning of God's Will, Part1) The Decretive Will of God Theologians describe that will by which God decrees things to come to pass according to his supreme sovereignty as the "decretive will of God." This is also sometimes called "God's sovereign efficacious will"; by...

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It's a time of joyful celebration for students all over the world as graduates prepare for the next phase of life. We've put together this list of resources that will help guide these students in their faith as they head off to college, the work force, or other avenues God...

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by R.C. Sproul (Continued from Can I Know God's Will?) The Biblical Meaning of the Will of God We yearn for simple answers to difficult questions. We want clarity. We desire to cut through the entanglements to the heart of the question. Sometimes the answers are simple enough in themselves,...

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by R.C. Sproul Alice in Wonderland came to a fork in the road. Icy panic stung her as she stood frozen by indecision. She lifted her eyes toward heaven, looking for guidance. Her eyes did not find God, only the Cheshire cat leering at her from his perch in the...

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Every Christian is a theologian. Not all Christians are professional theologians, but we are all theologians because we are all thinking and learning about the things of God. The question is not whether we are theologians or not, but whether we are good theologians or bad theologians. Because our theology...

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by R.C. Sproul How can we as evangelicals recover the emphasis on prayer in worship that our Reformed forebears understood? Let me mention some ways. One is to kneel when we pray. Other postures have been used by the people of God at different times and in different places to...

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The exile was a major turning point in the history of Israel. Judah and Jerusalem had fallen to the armies of Nebuchadnezzar. Many of the people of the land had been taken captive to Babylon, while others had fled to Egypt and parts unknown. A small number of the poor...

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Generation to Generation by Roger Nicole We are called upon by the Lord to contend earnestly for the faith (Jude 3). But that does not necessarily involve being contentious; it involves avoiding compromise, standing forth for what we believe, standing forth for the truth of God -- without welching at...

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Pro Ecclesia: For the Church by John MacArthur The truth that Christ is Lord of His church may sound somewhat benign to a casual listener in our generation, but the struggle for Christ's authority in the church has come to us through the ages on a sea of blood. Thankfully,...

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School is almost out, and summertime is just around the corner. While taking a break from the hustle and bustle of a regular routine and the busyness of life, it can be easy to take a break from our biblical studies as well.  Amidst the vacations and relaxation this summer,...

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Pastor's Perspective by Mark Bates The pipes in our home sprung a series of leaks. Since most of my neighbors had replaced their plumbing, I knew it was time for me to do the same. However, hiring a plumber to do this would cost thousands of dollars. My friend, Monte,...

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Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul When we consider the predicament that the evangelical church of the twenty-first century faces in America, the first thing we need to understand is the very designation "evangelical church" is itself a redundancy. If a church is not evangelical, it is not an...

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by John MacArthur (Continued from Divine Immutability and the Doctrines of Grace Part 4) Divine Election and the Role of the Son In 1 Corinthians 15:25-28, we find a remarkable conclusion to this whole discussion. There Paul says, "For he [Christ] must reign until he has put all his enemies...

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It appears that the first epistle of Peter was written by the apostle from Rome sometime around A.D. 62-63, immediately before severe persecution began under Nero. The letter was written to Christians in Asia Minor (1:1) who were already suffering for their Christian faith. Peter writes to encourage these embattled...

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by John MacArthur (Continued from Divine Immutability and the Doctrines of Grace Part 3) Divine Election and the Love of the Father Second Timothy 1:9 introduces us to the answer. Speaking of God, the verse says that He "saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of...

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by R.C. Sproul Jr. As my friend Doug Phillips has pointed out, this year has brought, in the providence of God, a strange confluence of anniversaries. The two men who have had the greatest impact on these United States may well be, on the one hand, Charles Darwin, and on...

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As of May 4, 2009, Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R.C. Sproul is airing in Seattle on KGNW-AM 820 at 8:30 a.m. The broadcast will continue airing at the previous 5:30 a.m. timeslot as well, so you still have a chance to listen if you miss it the first time.You can...

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by John MacArthur (Continued from Divine Immutability and the Doctrines of Grace Part 2) Why Did God Determine to Elect the Redeemed? Though the doctrine of election applies to all that God does in a general sense, it most often refers, in a specific New Testament sense, to the election...

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The nineteenth-century Roman Catholic theologian George Tyrrell once criticized Adolf von Harnack's liberal view of Jesus in these now famous words: "The Christ that Harnack sees, looking back through nineteen centuries of Catholic darkness, is only the reflection of a Liberal Protestant face, seen at the bottom of a deep...

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Coram Deo: Living Before the Face of God by Burk Parsons I love to hear stories about our faithful forefathers in ages past, and while it may be mere legend, I have heard that the great nineteenth-century British pastor Charles Spurgeon posted a sign on the door of his study....

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by John MacArthur (Continued from Divine Immutability and the Doctrines of Grace Part 1) What Is the Doctrine of Election? The idea that God does what He wants, and that what He does is true and right because He does it, is foundational to our understanding of everything in Scripture,...

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The May edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "The 7 Letters of Revelation" to urge readers on toward holiness. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Mark Bates, Chris Donato, Paul Gardner, Dennis Johnson, John MacArthur, Roger Nicole, Jason Stellman, Cornelis Venema and R. Fowler White. We do not post...

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Ligonier Academy is pleased to announce the courses that will be offered in January 2010 as part of our Doctor of Ministry program. For more information on this new program, please visit the Ligonier Academy Doctor of Ministry website.The Winter D.Min. course schedule is:January 11-15: Reformed Philosophy of Ministry -...

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by John MacArthur The Bible repeatedly and unapologetically underscores the fact that God does not change. In fact, He cannot change because He cannot improve on absolute perfection or decline in His eternally fixed nature. His person does not change: "'For I the Lord do not change'" (Mal. 3:6). His...

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News reports in recent days have brought word of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and around the world, raising fears of a "pandemic." For those of us who live in the West, where health care and good nutrition are taken for granted, a plague is a thing...

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The book of the prophet Zephaniah indicates that he ministered during the reign of Josiah (640-609), the last of the godly kings of Judah (cf. Zeph. 1:1). He likely prophesied sometime between 622 and 612 B.C. Just as Amos had prophesied about the imminent coming of the Day of the...

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Tolle Lege: Take Up and Read by Keith A. Mathison One of the most common ways of looking at the relationship between science and faith is the conflict thesis, which posits an inherent conflict between science and religion. The conflict thesis was popularized in the nineteenth century by John William...

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