As today is Reformation Day, we thought it would be fitting at 15:17 Wittenberg time to let you have a peek at the new Ligonier.org.Our team has been diligently planning and working to offer a trustworthy internet destination for growing Christians and serious-minded inquirers. While there is still some work...

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To celebrate Reformation Day (October 31st), we are making a very special offer available, today only: You can purchase The Reformation Study Bible ESV hardcover edition for only $15.17, plus shipping. That's more than 60% off the retail price of $39.99. This offer is good while supplies last and is only available by...

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by R.C. Sproul Charles Colson speaks of a modern "return to the Dark Ages." When I think of the original Dark Ages, I think of a period when culture was in decline and the progress of knowledge was static. But today we read of the problem of the explosion of...

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On behalf of R.C. Sproul and Ligonier, we hope that you will join us in Louisville next April 13-15 for Together for the Gospel 2010. It's an event that Dr. Sproul speaks about regularly as an encouraging sign of theological health within the North American church. We hope you can...

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by R.C. Sproul The irony of the theology of meritorious suffering is that it tends to produce the very opposite effect from its original intention. What began as a call to humble willingness to suffer became an insidious tool for self-righteousness. Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform...

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The Lord is so good to us by allowing our team to hear regularly from folks touched by Ligonier's outreach. Every day brings us new reasons for praise and thankfulness to our holy God as he blesses the ministry of his holy Word. Here are just two testimonies that came...

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Truth and Consequences by Gene Edward Veith As seen in other articles this month, the word hypocrisy derives from the Greek term for "playing a part." The ordinary word for an actor on the stage in Greek drama was hypocrite. In the tragedies of Sophocles or the comedies of Aristophanes,...

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R.C. Sproul's best-selling book The Holiness of God is now available in case quantities, discounted up to 83% off through the Books By The Box program from Man in the Mirror.  Twenty-five years after its first release The Holiness of God book continues to be one of our most popular resources. "When...

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Seek Ye First by R.C. Sproul Jr. The world is full of hypocrites, and the solution to this problem is twofold: If you are more modern, you deal with the gap between your obedience and what you pretend to be by trying harder to be good. You try to make...

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As the Director of Publications for Reformation Trust Publishing, Greg Bailey spends his time working with authors, editors, and proofreaders, editing and preparing manuscripts for print, and evaluating manuscript proposals. He also chairs the editorial committee that evaluates promising proposals for books that may be published by Reformation Trust.Greg brings to...

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by R.C. Sproul Martin Luther's teaching of "justification by faith alone" was a battle cry for the sufficiency of the merit of Christ and for the graciousness of redemption. His slogan sola fide ("by faith alone") was merely an extension of Augustine's earlier credo, sola gratia ("by grace alone"). What...

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by R.C. Sproul Martin Luther's tenure in the monastery was a time of spiritual desperation. He was tormented by unrelieved guilt coupled with a gripping fear of the wrath of God. Why would an educated man retreat to a barren cell and abuse himself with self-inflicted physical punishment? Why would...

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The end of September marked the one year anniversary of Ligonier Ministries' first-ever capital campaign. Here We Stand: The Campaign for Ligonier Ministries was launched to fund the entire campus project that will be home to the new Ligonier Academy of Biblical & Theological Studies and our other ministry outreaches....

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by Keith Mathison "When we think about the last things we must never allow our minds to be diverted from this principle, that the last things, like the first things, are the things of Jesus Christ." --Sinclair Ferguson, "The Last Things," Ligonier Leadership Conference Christians have long been fascinated with...

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"How can you love Jesus and not love who He loves?" -- Ligon Duncan, "The Church and Sacraments," Ligonier Leadership Conference Ligon Duncan's message on the church is all about the need of Christians to love His church. So many of us are indifferent to the church and its people....

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by Keith A. Mathison"When we exalt God's holiness and put man in his rightful place, we magnify grace." --Steve Lawson, "Saved by Grace," Ligonier Leadership ConferenceIt seems to be common knowledge among "enlightened" Christians that grace is somehow exalted when we soften the holiness of God and diminish the wrath...

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"Mankind is made to resemble God. What, then, does it mean to be made in the image of God?" --Ligon Duncan, "Created in God's Image," Ligonier Leadership Conference The question quoted above is that which Dr. Duncan sought to answer throughout his second discussion at the Ligonier leadership conference. His...

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by Nick Batzig When the Holy Spirit comes to us He comes primarily to mediate the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- Sinclair B. Ferguson, "The Holy Spirit," Ligonier Leadership Conference In his second address, Dr. Ferguson drew attention to the words of the apostle Paul in Romans 8:1-17....

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by Keith A. MathisonLigon Duncan reminds us that our answer to the question "Who is Jesus?" is of crucial importance.  Every religion and cult has a different answer to that question.  Many individuals in our culture will not hesitate to tell us: "To me, Jesus is...."  The one thing all...

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by Nicholas T. Batzig"When people don't want to listen to preaching, the remedy is preaching." --Sinclair FergusonIn his first address at the ministry leadership conference, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson led off with the well known words of 2 Timothy 3:14-16. In these verses the apostle Paul admonished Timothy with regard to...

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"Jesus hurls great chunks of God's Word at Satan in the wilderness--insurmountable words of resistance: 'Man shall not live by bread alone,
 but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" --Sinclair Ferguson, "The Word Is Truth," Ligonier Leadership ConferenceDuring His temptation in the wilderness nothing less than...

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"Sovereignty is the Godness of God." -- Steve Lawson talks about "Our Sovereign God" at the Ligonier Leadership Conference Like many people, I did not grow up in a Reformed church, and Calvinism was often used as a dirty word in some of the churches I attended. Although when I...

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by Nicholas T. Batzig "Idolatry is a religious exercise." --R.C. Sproul, discussion on "Creation and Providence" at the Ligonier Leadership Conference Dr. Sproul opened the Ligonier leadership conference with the words of Acts 17:16-28, the well-known account of Paul in the Areopagus. When Paul came into this city, instead of...

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"Christians on the one hand defend the doctrine of creation but on the other hand remain almost silent on the doctrine of divine providence." --R.C. Sproul, discussion on "Creation and Providence" at the Ligonier Leadership Conference Dr. Sproul appropriately kicks off Ligonier's Pillars of the Christian Faith leadership conference with...

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As the catalog of originally-conceived and produced music at Ligonier continues to grow, we are constantly looking for avenues to make this music available to wider audiences. Now twelve of Ligonier's music titles are available for digital download through the iTunes® store, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody and more than 19 other...

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Generation to Generation by Alex Chediak You may have heard that retirement can kill you. Men and women die of boredom, for lack of intellectual challenge, or from the deafening silence that can accompany a spouse's death. Depressed saving accounts may represent another motivation to stay gainfully employed. Even if...

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by R.C. Sproul Does man have a free will? This question is one of the most frequently asked questions of theology. At times, it is not voiced as a question but as an objection to the whole idea of a sovereign God. At the heart of the problem is the...

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by R.C. Sproul Israel's reformation came via a rediscovery of the law, which created a brief awakening to the bankruptcy of a corrupt nation. As a young man, King Josiah began the process of reformation with a spiritual purge, a cleansing of pagan elements from the religious life of the...

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Pro Ecclesia: For the Church by Michael S. Horton If you've been in Protestant circles for very long, whether conservative or liberal, you may have heard the phrase "reformed and always reforming" or sometimes just "always reforming." I hear it a lot these days, especially from friends who want our...

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Each month, Tabletalk magazine aids thousands of people around the world in their study of Scripture. Make 2010 a year of enriching and engaging study for someone on your gift list by sending them a gift subscription of Tabletalk magazine. When you do, you can choose any book listed below...

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Ligonier media resources have a long history in their global outreach. It is a great joy for the ministry to be able to contribute hundreds of resources from obsolete inventory and find an inexpensive way of distribution. DVDs, CDs, and MP3s are the media formats of the twenty-first century, yet...

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Tolle Lege: Take Up and Read by Keith A. Mathison Let's do a quick word association test. What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you see or hear the word teenager? Sadly, for many, the first words that come to mind are entirely negative. The word...

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Pastor's Perspective by Robert Barnes I'm a confessional Calvinist, but I have the nagging sense that God slipped up when he allowed me to pastor a church. A number of questions go through my mind as I consider God's decision to allow me to pastor at Dayspring Church (PCA). Is...

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by R.C. Sproul The Christian life is lived in the context of mystical union with Christ. This union finds its initial origin in eternity. Our salvation is from the foundation of the world, resting in the grace of God's sovereign election. Paul indicates this in Ephesians 1:3-6. It is in...

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by R.C. Sproul Our souls cannot climb out of the mire of sin because they are dead. Salvation comes not to those who cry out, "Show me the way to heaven," but to those who cry, "Take me there for I cannot." Lest we see the sinner's prayer as mere...

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Ligonier Ministries presents our annual Christmas resource guide with gift ideas for those wanting to grow in their faith. Find several new resources from Ligonier and Reformation Trust Publishing, including brand new commentaries from R.C. Sproul and animatic DVDs of Dr. Sproul's children's books. Also included are a fine selection...

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Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul About thirty years ago, my close friend and colleague, Archie Parrish, who at that time led the Evangelism Explosion (EE) program in Fort Lauderdale, came to me with a request. He indicated that on the thousands of evangelistic visits the EE teams made,...

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by R.C. Sproul The dark night of the soul. This phenomenon describes a malady that the greatest of Christians have suffered from time to time. It was the malady that provoked David to soak his pillow with tears. It was the malady that earned for Jeremiah the sobriquet, "The Weeping...

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Last July, Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies welcomed its inaugural class of D.Min. students. One of the first courses offered, on the subject of preaching, was taught by Dr. Steve Lawson. Dr. Lawson is the Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama and the author...

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Coram Deo: Living Before the Face of God by Burk Parsons I just began reading a book by a well-known pastor who, in the opening pages, referred to himself as a "professional hypocrite." Being a pastor, he is all too familiar with the hypocrite label that is so often leveled...

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by R.C. Sproul When Christ purchased His bride, He bought a bride who was "damaged merchandise." His bride was sullied by manifest impurities. She was covered by spots and marred by wrinkles. Yet what He purchased He also sanctifies: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and...

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The October edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "Hypocrisy"--what it is, how it impacts the church's mission, and how we can guard against it. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Robert Barnes, Iain Campbell, Alex Chediak, Richard Ganz, Michael Horton and Richard Phillips. We do not post all of...

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by Albert Mohler The Bible consistently affirms education as a central responsibility of God's people. In the Old Testament, the Jewish people were reminded that the education of their own children was an essential part of their responsibility as God's covenant people. In Israel, a father was to teach his...

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This is part two of an interview with Keith Mathison. Click here to read part one. If you could study under any churchman in history who would it be and why? John Owen. Owen was perhaps the most brilliant English-speaking theologian of the past five-hundred years, but he was not...

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