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  • The Great Exchanges of Romans

    from Sinclair Ferguson Sep 23, 2019 Category: Articles

    When the wonder of the gospel breaks into your life, you feel as though you are the first person to discover its power and glory. Where has Christ been hidden all these years? He seems so fresh, so new, so full of grace. Then comes a second discovery—it is you who have been blind, but now you have experienced exactly the same as countless others before you. You compare notes. Sure enough, you are not the first! Thankfully you will not be the last.   Keep Reading

  • How Do I Know That God Is for Me?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Sep 16, 2019 Category: Articles

    God has promised to work everything together for the good of His people. If God is for us, it follows that, ultimately, nothing can stand against us. That is logical. Otherwise, God would not be God. If something could rise up against God and overcome Him, that other thing would be God. God would then prove to be a false god—no God at all. But on the contrary Paul is saying that in the last analysis, nothing can be against us if God is for us. Keep Reading

  • Endless, Bottomless, Boundless Grace and Compassion

    from Sinclair Ferguson Sep 09, 2019 Category: Articles

    The New Testament’s most frequent, and indeed most basic, description of the believer is that he or she is a person "in Christ." The expression and its variants overwhelmingly dominate the teaching of the Apostles. Keep Reading

  • The Essence of the Calvinistic Life

    from Sinclair Ferguson Sep 06, 2019 Category: Articles

    Calvinism—at least in its consistent forms—has never been merely cerebral. The history of Reformed Christianity is also the story of the highest order of spiritual experience. Keep Reading

  • What’s the Greatest Chapter in the Bible?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Aug 15, 2019 Category: Ministry News

    What is your favorite chapter in the Bible? My friend and fellow Teaching Fellow Derek Thomas says Romans 8 is the greatest chapter in the whole Bible. That doesn’t mean it is any more God-breathed than Ezra 2, but it is certainly more directly applicable to our lives. Keep Reading

  • Is it ‘Unspiritual’ to be Discouraged?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Aug 09, 2019 Category: Articles

    From time to time over the centuries some Christians have taught, sometimes with tragic consequences, that a truly spiritual person never gets discouraged. Keep Reading

  • Deep Theology

    from Sinclair Ferguson Aug 05, 2019 Category: Articles

    Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be within hours of death—not as an elderly person, but as someone condemned to die although innocent of every crime? What would you want to say to those who know and love you best? You would, surely, tell them how much you loved them. You might hope you could give them some comfort and reassurance—despite the nightmare you yourself were facing. You would want to open your heart and say the things that were most important to you.   Keep Reading

  • Apostasy and How it Happens

    from Sinclair Ferguson Jul 31, 2019 Category: Articles

    I can still recall the conversation although it took place more than three decades ago. A shocked friend asked, "Have you heard that Sarah is no longer a Christian?" What was so alarming to my friend was that Sarah had been one of the most influential, and apparently fruitful, members of her Inter-Varsity group. What would those who had been influenced by her witness to Christ say, or do? Would they be shaken to the core and now doubt their own Christian faith? After all, the person who had pointed them to Christ no longer trusted Him.   Keep Reading

  • What Does it Mean to Abide in Christ?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Jun 24, 2019 Category: Articles

    The exhortation to "abide" has been frequently misunderstood, as though it were a special, mystical, and indefinable experience. But Jesus makes clear that it actually involves a number of concrete realities. Keep Reading

  • What Is Discernment?

    from Sinclair Ferguson May 20, 2019 Category: Articles

    Discernment is like the physical senses; to some it is given in unusual measure as a special grace gift (1 Cor. 12:10), but some measure of it is essential for us all and must be constantly nourished. The Christian must take care to develop his "sixth sense" of spiritual discernment. This is why the psalmist prays, "Teach me good judgment and knowledge" (Ps. 119:66). Keep Reading
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