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  • The Privileges That Are Ours

    from Sinclair Ferguson Jul 07, 2021 Category: Articles

    The letter to the Hebrews, as our studies throughout the year have shown, is full of Old Testament language and ritual. Running throughout it is an ongoing sense that as believers we are on the move, on a pilgrimage through the wilderness. This motif echoes in our ears as we turn the pages. We are seeking to reach the land of rest (4:1). Indeed we can already come near enough to see the throne of its King (4:16; 10:19). It is the throne of grace before which Christ our High Priest stands. So we run the race before us with perseverance, our eyes fixed on Him (12:1–2). Keep Reading

  • How Do I Know That God Is for Me?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Jun 23, 2021 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

  • Does Christology Matter?

    from Sinclair Ferguson Jun 05, 2021 Category: Articles

    “We all unanimously teach that our Lord Jesus Christ is to us one and the same Son, the self-same perfect in Godhead, the self-same perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man … acknowledged in two natures, unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably … the properties of each nature being preserved.” Keep Reading

  • Christian, Do You Love God’s Law?

    from Sinclair Ferguson May 17, 2021 Category: Articles

    Neither Jesus nor Paul had a problem with the law. Paul wrote that his gospel of grace upholds and establishes the law (Rom. 3:31)—even God's laws in their negative form, since the "grace of God . . . teaches us to say 'No'" (Titus 2:11–12 NIV). And remember Jesus' words in Matthew 5:17–19? Our attitude to the law is a litmus test of our relationship to the kingdom of God. Keep Reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 4 Principles for the Exercise of Christian Liberty

    from Sinclair Ferguson Nov 11, 2020 Category: Articles

    It was years ago now, but I still remember the discussion. I was making my way out of our church building some time after the morning service had ended, and was surprised to find a small group of people still engaged in vigorous conversation. One of them turned and said to me, "Can Christians eat black pudding?" Keep Reading

  • Four Implications of Martin Luther’s Theology

    from Sinclair Ferguson Oct 28, 2020 Category: Articles

    What do the sovereignty of God, salvation by grace, justification by faith, and new life in union with Christ mean for the living of the Christian life? For Martin Luther, they carry four implications: Keep Reading

  • 4 Ways to Enjoy God

    from Sinclair Ferguson Sep 02, 2020 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 Discernment?

    from Sinclair Ferguson May 08, 2020 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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