From the Ligonier Blog
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Contentment, A New Teaching Series from Melissa Kruger
What was Paul’s secret? How do we cultivate contentment in our lives? In Contentment, a new eight-part video teaching series, Melissa Kruger considers what it really means to be content: to place our trust in our good and sovereign God. Only in Jesus Christ do we find ultimate contentment. Read More October 18, 2018 at 06:00 PM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Luther’s Excommunication
To be excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church is to be told that your soul is damned to hell. In this brief clip, Stephen Nichols explains how Martin Luther responded to his excommunication. Read More October 18, 2018 at 05:00 PM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Faith Comes by Hearing God’s Promises
Faith comes by hearing God’s promises. In this brief clip, W. Robert Godfrey explains what John Calvin taught about faith, knowledge, and gospel preaching. Read More October 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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When God Gave His Holy Spirit to Simple Men in Great Abundance
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, now in his mid-thirties, made his way to the Castle Church in Wittenberg and posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the church door. Originally intended as propositions for public debate, the theses were written in Latin—the language of the scholar, not of the street. Luther could have had no idea that they would echo around Europe and become the catalyst for a spiritual revolution. Read More October 18, 2018 at 05:00 AM | from Sinclair Ferguson
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Recovering the Teaching of the Fathers
The Reformers were not turning their backs on the church, but recovering its true teachings. In this brief clip, Sinclair Ferguson looks at the authority and clarity of Scripture. Read More October 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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Where Does Ultimate Authority Lie?
There is a science in theology and in biblical studies that we call hermeneutics. It is the science of biblical interpretation. It teaches objective principles and rules that govern our treatment of the text, lest we turn the Bible into a piece of clay that we can shape and form for our own desires, as the Pharisees did. At the heart of the science of hermeneutics in Reformed theology is the regula fidei, or “the law of faith,” which says ... Read More October 17, 2018 at 05:00 AM | from R.C. Sproul
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The State of Theology: The Questions that Matter Most
The year 1971 was a tumultuous time in American history. Three years earlier, the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago became a stage for riots, with armed police and guardsmen marching through the city streets. That same year, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated. The nation was divided over the war in Vietnam. In May of 1970, gunshots rang out on the campus of Kent State University. In 1971, the Nixon Administration declared a “War on Drugs.” ... Read More October 16, 2018 at 01:00 PM | from Stephen Nichols
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What Does “Simul Justus et Peccator” Mean?
By whose righteousness will we be judged? In this brief clip, R.C. Sproul shares the very heart of the gospel as he explains Martin Luther’s Latin phrase, “Simul Justus et Peccator.” Read More October 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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The State of Theology: What Do People Really Believe in 2018?
What do people believe about God, Jesus Christ, sin, and eternity? Ligonier’s State of Theology survey helps uncover the answers. Every two years, we take the theological temperature of the United States to help Christians better understand today’s culture and equip the church with better insights for discipleship. Read More October 16, 2018 at 05:00 AM | from Nathan W. Bingham
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John Calvin and the Doctrine of Irresistible Grace
In 1610, the followers of the Dutch pastor and professor Jacob Arminius drafted a protest called “the Remonstrance.” The document contained five negative statements that rejected specific Calvinistic doctrines, followed by five articles stating Arminian doctrines. Among the Calvinistic teachings with which the Remonstrance took issue was the doctrine of irresistible grace. Read More October 16, 2018 at 12:00 AM | from Keith Mathison
