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  • Enjoying God Is a Command

    from Sinclair Ferguson May 07, 2021 Category: Articles

    While shaking hands at the church door, ministers are sometimes greeted with a spontaneous, "I really enjoyed that!"—which is immediately followed by, "Oh! I shouldn't really say that, should I?" I usually grip tighter, hold the handshake a little longer, and say with a smile, "Doesn't the catechism's first question encourage us to do that? If we are to enjoy Him forever, why not begin now?"   Keep Reading

  • What Is Providence?

    from R.C. Sproul May 05, 2021 Category: Articles

    One way in which the secular mind-set has made inroads into the Christian community is through the worldview that assumes that everything happens according to fixed natural causes, and God, if He is actually there, is above and beyond it all. He is just a spectator in heaven looking down, perhaps cheering us on but exercising no immediate control over what happens on earth. Keep Reading

  • Five Themes on Providence from the Psalms

    from W. Robert Godfrey May 03, 2021 Category: Articles

    In his preface to his commentary on the book of Psalms, Calvin made a most remarkable statement about providence that went to the very heart and soul of the religion he embraced and counseled others to embrace. Keep Reading

  • The Holy One of God

    from Steven Lawson Apr 30, 2021 Category: Articles

    The title "Holy One of God" means that Jesus is infinitely and absolutely holy, fully and perfectly divine. He is transcendent and majestic. He came down from above to save sinners, yet He is set apart from sinners in that He is completely sinless, without any moral blemish, perfect in all of His ways. His being is holy. His character is holy. His mind is holy. His motives are holy. His words are holy. His actions are holy. His ways are holy. His judgments are holy. From the top of His head to the bottom of His feet, every inch, every ounce, the totality, the sum and the substance of the second person of the Godhead is equally holy with God the Father. Keep Reading

  • How to Mortify Sin

    from Sinclair Ferguson Apr 26, 2021 Category: Articles

    My friend — a younger minister — sat down with me at the end of a conference in his church and said: "Before we retire tonight, just take me through the steps that are involved in helping someone mortify sin." Keep Reading

  • The Preface to the Canons of Dort

    from W. Robert Godfrey Apr 23, 2021 Category: Articles

    The synod of Dort approved the canons on April 23, 1619, and two days later adopted a preface to the canons as a brief historical and theological introduction to the work of the synod and the canons. This preface has seldom been reprinted and is not regarded as an official part of the canons. Nevertheless, it is a useful introduction to them and is included here in a new translation. Keep Reading

  • God’s Global Work

    from J.D. Bridges Apr 21, 2021 Category: Articles

    Around the world, the number of professing Christians is on the rise. Keep Reading

  • The Christian’s Duty to Hold Firm

    from R.C. Sproul Apr 19, 2021 Category: Articles

    The nineteenth-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for his declaration that “God is dead.” That brief dictum does not give the whole story. According to Nietzsche, the cause of the Deity’s demise was compassion. He said, “God is dead; He died of pity.” But before the God who was the God of Judeo-Christianity perished, Nietzsche said that there were a multitude of deities who existed, such as those who resided on Mount Olympus. That is, at one time there was a plurality of gods. All of the rest of the gods perished when one day the Jewish God, Yahweh, stood up in their assembly and said, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Hearing this, according to Nietzsche’s satirical summary, all of the rest of the gods and goddesses died. They died of laughter.   Keep Reading

  • What Makes It Possible for the Christian to Rejoice in the Midst of Pain and Anxiety?

    from R.C. Sproul Apr 16, 2021 Category: Articles

    In 1993, my wife and I were involved in an historic train wreck. The crash of the Sunset Limited into an inlet from Mobile Bay killed more passengers than any Amtrak accident in history. We survived that eerie accident but not without ongoing trauma.  Keep Reading

  • What Does the Gospel Mean?

    from W. Robert Godfrey Apr 14, 2021 Category: Articles

    Many Christians, churches, and organizations regularly use the word gospel to describe their convictions. Theological controversies have occurred and do occur over the meaning of the gospel and who preaches it faithfully. What does that familiar word gospel mean? The best way to answer that question is to turn to the Bible. Keep Reading
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