• The Case Against Pro-Lifers Voting for Joe Biden. Justin Taylor writes “There are compelling reasonsto refrain from voting for Donald Trump. But this piece by George and Ponnuru is one of the clearest I have read arguing why Joe Biden does not deserve our vote.”
• Jesus’s Politically Diverse Disciples. Scott Sauls writes “Wherever the reign of Jesus is felt, differences are embraced and even celebrated as believers move toward one another in unity and peace.”
• The Battle for the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Constitutional Scholar Ilya Shapiro. On this episode of the Thinking in Public podcast, Albert Mohler visits with Ilya Shapiro, author of the new book Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court.
• 4 Ways to Worship – Not Worry – This Election Season. Kevin Halloran offers these helpful thoughts as well as a prayer for this election season.
• God and Government. Kevin DeYoung writes “What can we learn from Jesus—from one interaction in particular—about God and government? More than we might think.”

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The Reformation

• Why the Reformation Still Matters. Michael Reeves writes “None of the goodness or relevance of the Reformation’s insights have faded over the last five hundred years. The answers to the same key questions still make all the difference between human hopelessness and happiness.”
• Reformed and Always Reforming. Robert Godfrey writes “Where reform according to the Word of God—the whole Word—is needed, we must pursue it vigorously. On the other hand, where the church is faithful, she must persevere patiently and wait for seasons of richer grace from the Lord.”
• Why Was the Reformation Necessary? Robert Godfrey writes “As we look at the church in our day, we may well conclude that reformation is needed—indeed, is necessary—in many of the areas about which Calvin was so concerned. Only the Word and Spirit of God will ultimately reform the church. But we should pray and work faithfully that such reform will come in our time.”
  

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• This Isn’t Going to be as Easy as it Looks. Keith Mathison writes “Giving in to despair and cynicism is the easy way out when we feel overwhelmed by circumstances. On the other hand, casting our cares on God, refusing to worry, and doing what we need to do with faith, joy, and hope is difficult.”
• The Cure for Celebrity Christian Culture: Faithfulness over Fame. Randy Alcorn writes “The remedy is to stay plugged into Scripture and to remind ourselves we’re no better than anyone else. We’re all under the same rules.”
  

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• Can a Saved Person Be Lost? Can true Christians fall from the faith in his final days and be lost? From one of the Ask Ligonier events, Derek Thomas responds to a startling picture at the end of John Bunyan’s beloved book The Pilgrim’s Progress.
• Does the Church Need Anything Other Than the Means of Grace? In this video, Derek Thomas describes the relationship between the means of grace and other events or activities that may happen at a church.
• What Are Some Good Arguments for the Apostle Paul’s Authority? Some people claim that the Apostle Paul’s writings bear no authority for Christians today. How should we respond? From one of the Ask Ligonier events, Stephen Nichols shows how Scripture addresses this challenge.
• Do All Religions Worship the Same God? Nathan Bingham writes “These days, it’s popular to claim that adherents of various religions all worship the same God. To claim otherwise is to be labeled intolerant and promptly silenced. But what does God Himself say in His Word?”
• How Many Days Was Jesus in the Grave—Two or Three? After His crucifixion, was Jesus in the grave for three full days? From one of Ligonier’s Ask C.events, R.C. Sproul examines what it means that Jesus was raised “on the third day.”
  

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• Paralysis Was His Good Plan: How Predestination Changed My Suffering. Joni Eareckson Tada writes “If I were to sum up Boettner’s book, I would do so like this: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ proves God’s sovereign and glorious intentions. That alone inspires me to do all I can to be pleasing in his sight (Colossians 3:17). And so, I pass on the message that God permits what he hates to achieve what he loves — Christ in us, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).
• The Purpose of the Parable of the Vineyard. John MacArthur writes “Christ’s parables were never delivered in a vacuum. They were always provoked by the circumstances, discussions, and debates that surrounded Him. That kind of contextual background information is especially critical concerning the parable of the vineyard (Matthew 20:1–15). While the story itself delivers a profound lesson about the grace of God, we don’t feel the full weight of Christ’s words until we consider their immediate context.”
• What are Some Common Misconceptions about Covenant Theology? In this video, Ligon Duncan addresses some common objections to covenant theology.
• Why This May Be The Most Offensive Verse in the Bible. Trevin Wax writes that Psalm 100:3is offensive to the modern mind “because it takes an axe to the root of one of our society’s tallest and most twisted trees: the notion that we alone are responsible for making or remaking ourselves, and that we must make our own meaning and decide upon our own “truth.”
• 5 Questions about Church Discipline. Jonathan Leeman offers these answers to five questions about church discipline from his book Is It Loving to Practice Church Discipline?
• The Instrumental Cause of Justification. R.C. Sproul writes “The only One who can save us is Christ, and the only way we can get access to Him is through faith. We do not rest on anything else in our lives except Christ and His righteousness for our salvation.”
• Mastered by Matchless Love: The Sweet Experience of Irresistible Grace. Sinclair Ferguson writes “This is the work of the invincible Spirit. Mastered, we come freely, even if the pathway to this freedom is the hard road of reluctance and resistance. For it is not “resistible grace” that overcomes our resistance; nor is “cooperating grace” adequate to subdue us. Only the invincible Spirit who glorifies Christ can bring us to trust him.”

• Life between the already and the not yet was not meant to be comfortable…it was meant to be transformational. Paul Tripp
• Our worship should strive for the best lyrics available and the best tunes available and the best musicians available so that God is truly honored. J.I. Packer
• One way we glorify God is by our obedience to him, our refusing to believe we know best and instead trusting that his way is the way of life. Dane Ortlund
• The Bible is living and active. It’s light in the darkness. It’s hope for the hopeless. It is right and it’s true. It’s breathed out by God and it accomplishes the purposes of God. It is the word of eternal life. It is the living and abiding word. Alistair Begg
• Science is very good at telling us what we are made of. Only the Word of God tells us what we were made for. John Lennox
• The sovereignty of God means that since I don’t have to be in control, I can focus on being a servant. Paul Tripp
• Make my words honest and true, economical and few, wise and well chosen, calm and kind. Give me so much love and grace that this kind of conversation comes naturally to me. Amen. Tim Keller
• We love until we are betrayed. Jesus continued to the cross despite betrayal. We love until we are forsaken. Jesus loved through forsakenness. We love up to a limit. Jesus loves to the end. Dane Ortlund
• There’s a Lamb at the center of the Throne, not an Elephant or a Donkey. David Cassidy