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Christian, Do You Love God’s Law?
from Sinclair Ferguson May 17, 2021 Category: Articles
At a PGA Tour tournament in October 2015, Ben Crane disqualified himself after completing his second round. He did so at considerable financial cost. No matter—Crane believed the personal cost of not doing it would be greater (encouraged by a devotional article he had read that morning by Davis Love...
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Since We’re Justified by Faith Alone, How Should We Understand Jesus’ Words in Luke 9:23–24?
from Nathan W. Bingham Apr 02, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
True saving faith is not mere head knowledge or sentimental emotion. From one of our live events, Steven Lawson shows that following the Lord in faith involves a decisive break with our old selves and entrusting our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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What Does the Cross Mean?
from Nathan W. Bingham Apr 02, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
What is the meaning of the cross of Christ? In this brief clip, Derek Thomas identifies several important words that draw out the rich depths of meaning behind the crucifixion of Jesus. Keep Reading -
Jesus Became a Curse for Us
from R.C. Sproul Apr 02, 2021 Category: Articles
One image, one aspect, of the atonement has receded in our day almost into obscurity. We have been made aware of present-day attempts to preach a more gentle and kind gospel. In our effort to communicate the work of Christ more kindly we flee from any mention of a curse inflicted by God upon his Son. We shrink in horror from the words of the prophet Isaiah (chap. 53) that describe the ministry of the suffering servant of Israel and tells us that it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Can you take that in? Somehow the Father took pleasure in bruising the Son when he set before him that awful cup of divine wrath. How could the Father be pleased by bruising his Son were it not for his eternal purpose through that bruising to restore us as his children?
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$5 Friday (And More): The Doctrine of Atonement, the Work of Christ, & the Meaning of the Cross
from Nathan W. Bingham Apr 02, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
It’s time for our weekly $5 Friday sale. This week’s resources include such topics as the doctrine of atonement, the work of Christ, the meaning of the cross, the Gospel, and more.
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What Was God’s Purpose in the Cross?
from R.C. Sproul Apr 01, 2021 Category: Articles
The doctrine of limited atonement (also known as "definite atonement" or "particular redemption") says that the atonement of Christ was limited (in its scope and aim) to the elect; Jesus did not atone for the sins of everybody in the world.
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Resurrection and Justification
from R.C. Sproul Mar 31, 2021 Category: Articles
How is the resurrection of Christ linked to the idea of justification in the New Testament? To answer this question, we must first explore the use and meaning of the term justification in the New Testament.
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God Himself Will Provide the Lamb
from Nathan W. Bingham Mar 31, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
Before Abraham could do the unthinkable, the Lord provided the sacrifice in place of Abraham’s son. In this classic clip, R.C. Sproul dramatically retells the story of Abraham and Isaac to teach us about the ultimate sacrifice God has provided in His Son.
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A Question with Eternal Consequences: Saved from What?
from Nathan W. Bingham Mar 30, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
Have you ever been asked by a stranger, “Are you saved?” Many Christians use this question as an opportunity to tell someone about Jesus. But a common response to that question might catch us off guard: “Saved from what?” Until this essential question can be answered, we won’t be able to make sense of Christ’s sacrifice or explain it to others.
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What Does It Mean for God to “Give People up” to Their Sin (Rom. 1:24)?
from Nathan W. Bingham Mar 29, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
When someone is able to flaunt God’s law to his heart’s content, it may be a sign that he is under God’s wrath. From one of our Ask Ligonier events, Sinclair Ferguson explains that divine judgment often manifests itself in allowing sinners to reap the consequences of their own rebellion.
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The Design and Scope of the Atonement
from R.C. Sproul Mar 29, 2021 Category: Articles
In an age wherein the ground of theology has been saturated by the torrential downpour of existential thinking, it seems almost suicidal, like facing the open floodgates riding a raft made of balsa wood, to appeal to a seventeenth-century theologian to address a pressing theological issue. Nothing evokes more snorts from the snouts of anti-rational zealots than appeals to sages from the era of Protestant Scholasticism.
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