- It’s Not Too Late to Make This a Great Year of Bible Reading. Tim Challies writes “I want you to believe that you can still make this an extraordinary year of reading your Bible. However, for that to be the case, you will need to take a bit of time to consider how to read, what to read, and how to either form a new habit or re-form an old one.”
- No Fear of Old Age. Tim Challies writes “It is in old age that the fruit that began to grow in the younger days finally comes to its ripeness. The seeds that were planted many years before are seen to have grown and multiplied.”
- 3 Marks of True Repentance. Matt Boswell writes “Repentance lies at the heart of the Christian message and forms the rhythm of the Christian life.”
- A Reflection on the Five Love Languages. Russ Gehrlein writes “What is your love language? What is your spouse’s love language? These are good questions to ask ourselves.”
- Rest as Sleep in the Third Third of Life, Part 2. Mark Roberts writes “If sleep is a gift from God, then we should feel free to ask for that gift, just as we would ask for other gifts from the Lord.”
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- When Nice People Face God. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “A seminarian, a Calvinist, and a Christian Hedonist writes in about Romans 9 and God’s final purpose for those vessels of wrath. “The main question for me comes down to this,” he writes. “Does God’s plan, which includes eternal judgment, bring him the most possible glory he could have received? I struggle to understand why God creates vessels of damnation when he takes no pleasure in their end, unless it is for the sake of a greater display of his own glory. Would God be more glorified by saving everyone, or is there a ratio of saved to condemned that perfectly displays the full spectrum of his character and reveals his justice and mercy and his wrath and grace to the world? As a Calvinist, of course I cannot appeal to human free will as the ultimate reason. Therefore, the only motivator must be his passion for his glory. But as Christian Hedonists, how are we to find gladness in this?”
- What Should I Say To My Christian Friend Who Believes Attending Church Is Optional? During a live Clearly Reformed Q&A Event, Kevin DeYoung answered a range of questions presented to him by attendees.
- What Did Jesus Mean by “Cut Off Your Hand if it Causes You to Sin”? Daniel Stevens answers this question in this episode of Honest Answers.
- How a Crushed Faith Comes Home. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions that can be summarized as “In your devotional Suffering That Crushes Faith, you explain that suffering can drive us either toward or away from God. What if suffering has already driven someone away from the Lord? What if, because of suffering, you feel distant from him, as if he is angry, disappointed, or no longer hears or cares for you? It’s a frightening place to be. How do I come back from this? How do I begin to believe that the Lord is with me, an ever-present help in times of trouble, faithful, loving, and caring? Is it too late for someone like me whose faith has been crushed, not strengthened, by suffering? I felt your devotional was a good warning, but for those of us in this position it leaves a sense of hopelessness without guidance on how suffering can draw us closer to God and strengthen our faith in the end.”
- When Walking Away Feels Good. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper answers the question “I’ve recently walked away from God, and I honestly don’t want much to do with him. I feel like he’s let me down so many times. When I was close to him and going to church, I tried to fix my marriage, get a house, and improve my life, but everything seemed to fall apart. No matter how hard I tried, I felt like I could never satisfy him. I kept falling into sins I swore to leave behind. Since I stopped going to church and trying to follow Jesus, life feels a lot easier, to be honest with you. I don’t feel guilty about how I live anymore. That said, I still believe Jesus rose from the grave and that there’s evidence to support it, but I’m questioning whether he’s worth following. Why should I believe in Jesus if my life is better now without him?”
- How Can We Wait with Hope in Hard Times? What do you do when things seem to be getting worse, not better? In this video, H.B. Charles Jr. offers a threefold answer rooted in Scripture.
- What is Covenant Theology? Kicking off a new season of What Christians Believe, host Derek Rishmawy is joined by Dr. Ligon Duncan to introduce the subject of Covenant Theology.
- My Joy and Crown: Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. I was excited to see that Sinclair Ferguson has a new 12-part teaching series with Ligonier on Paul’s letter to the Philippians.
- Scott Swain: The Covenant of Works. On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek Rishmawy is joined by Dr. Scott Swain to examine the Covenant of Works (also called the covenant of life or covenant of creation) between God and Adam.
- In the Library with Attorney General Russell Coleman. On this episode of In the Library, Albert Mohler speaks with Attorney General of Kentucky, Russell Coleman. They discuss the majesty of law, the authority vested in the Attorney General of the United States, the history of the role of Attorney General, the FBI, and more.
- The New Dark Age of Leftist Discourse. Nigel Biggar is the Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. It is his most recent book, The New Dark Age: Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars, that is the topic of this new episode of Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler.
- A man who has his eye on his future state of glorification will spend his time in preparing himself for it. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- I cannot afford to find my strength in my circumstances. I need to find it in Him who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Michael Reeves
- God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves. A.W. Tozer
- Go to the Bible looking for God. Find Him, and application will follow. But go looking for application, and you may miss both. Trevin Wax
- Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures. R.C. Sproul
- Other men may preach better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel. George Whitefield
- We should be careful about the words of the music we sing and ensure that those words communicate truth. R.C. Sproul
- Our sins are many, but His mercies are more: our sins are great, but His righteousness is greater: we are weak, but He is power. John Newton
- Our calling, shared with every Christian, is to see how and where and to whom we can serve as bondservants. Sinclair Ferguson
