10 Basic Facts About the NT Canon that Every Christian Should Memorize
by Dr. Michael J KrugerMike Kruger, author of Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books (Crossway, 2012) has a good series on the New Testament canon, designed...
View ArticleDoes God Really Rule Over our Sin?
Jason Van BemmelPart of the "Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and the Psalms" seriesToday's reading: John 21:15-19 & Psalm 103Get the full reading plan
View ArticleUnpopular - The Movie
with James White, Emilio Ramos & Paul WasherUnpopular The Movie – A Resource for the ChurchA Message for the World. Share this with your friends, and family.
View ArticleOnline Bible Commentary Resources
Many thanks to Travis Fentiman for putting this resource together.The largest theologically conservative & Reformed Bible Commentary collection now available online:Bible Commentaries –...
View ArticleHow Do We Know if the Gospel is from Men or from God?
by Jason A. Van BemmelToday's Reading: Acts 5:17-42 & Proverbs 6:20-35So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man,...
View ArticleComfort For Those Who are Called According to His Purpose.
Jerome Zanchius, 1516-1590"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also...
View ArticleHow Does God Use Persecution to Strengthen and Advance His Church?
by Jason A. Van BemmelToday's Reading: Acts 8:1-3 & Proverbs 10:12-23And Saul approved of his execution.And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they...
View ArticleDemonizing our Opponents
Brothers and sisters, I am sure many of you have noticed that there is a significant group of people in the USA who have taken up a kind of mob mentality, who think that if you disagree with them on...
View ArticleDoes Definite Atonement Undermine Our Zeal for Evangelism?
by Jonathan GibsonThe Achilles Heel of Reformed Theology?The doctrine of definite atonement, known historically as “limited atonement” or “particular redemption”, has always courted controversy. It has...
View ArticleGod has Sent the Spirit of His Son into Our Hearts - Galatians 4:4-7
by Martin Luther"...when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And...
View ArticleIf the Doctrine of Election is True, Why Preach the Gospel?
Visitor: if election is true, why preach the gospel?Response: why preach the gospel? because "election" saves nobody by itself. Salvation is by Christ. Election is merely a blueprint of what God...
View ArticleThat the Law is Designed to Lead to Christ by Giving Knowledge of Sin
by Martin LutherAnd here is the solution of the question which the Diatribe repeats so often all through the book: 'if we can do nothing, what is the purpose of all the laws, precepts, threats and...
View ArticleFor those Christians who are concerned that their sin has disqualified them...
by John HendryxYou said you trust in Jesus yet you claim YOUR sin has disqualified you. Consider ... this means you are not trusting in Christ alone but, at least partly, in your own ability to...
View ArticleThe Calling of God
by C. H. Spurgeon"Whom he did predestinate, them he also called."— Romans 8:30
View ArticleSalvation Belongs to the Lord!
by C. H. SpurgeonEdited by Alistair BeggSalvation belongs to the Lord! – Jonah 2:9Salvation is the work of God. It is He alone who quickens the soul “dead in…trespasses and sins,”1 and He it is who...
View ArticleNo True Evangelism Without It
by D. Martyn Lloyd-JonesThere is no true evangelism without the doctrine of sin, and without an understanding of what sin is. I do not want to be unfair, but I say that a gospel which merely says ‘Come...
View ArticleEvolution is a Channel, not a Canal
Steve Hays has an impromptu debate with an atheist on Facebook:
View ArticleThe Christian's Reasonable Service (Indexed)
by Wilhelmus a BrakelWith a decidedly Puritan flavor and representing Reformed experiential religion at its best, Wilhelmus à Brakel systematically moves through the major doctrines of the Bible in...
View ArticleWhat Happens after Death (and before Resurrection)
Dr. Kim RiddlebargerThis post is adapted from Kim Riddlebarger’s chapter, "Eschatology," in Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary edited by Matthew Barrett."On the Sleep of the Soul"John Calvin’s...
View ArticleHow to Get Rid of the Problem of ‘Self’
by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones“Here is a superb bit of psychology, for what after all, is the main cause of this spirit of fear? The answer is ‘self’ – self-love, self-concern, self-protection. Had you...
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