God’s moral law was not temporary. It reflects his character. It is was revealed in creation to Adam. It was known by the Patriarchs. It was summarised by Moses and again by our Lord himself in Matthew 22:37–40. The Apostles repeated the very same moral law as the norm ofContinue Reading
What is it that causes you the most anxiety and unrest? Many people have phobias that can be diagnosed and dealt with. Others simply do not know what specifically causes them anxiety, only that they have anxieties in nearly all aspects of their lives. But how can we rid ourselvesContinue Reading
As beloved and memorable as John 3:16 is, this verse is sometimes the subject of debate. What does it mean that “God so loved the world”? In this short video, Sinclair Ferguson identifies “the world” in this passage.Continue Reading
During the 1960s, the United States underwent a paradigm shift in religion. A once-dominant Christian worldview was supplanted by a New Age spirituality that was anything but new. It was, rather, a rearticulation of ancient paganism. This pagan belief system is not limited to certain late-twentieth-century religions; it is theContinue Reading
[…] As the course progresses, what is striking to me is how the students come to realize that so much of what passes for Christian teaching and worship in the Church today is little more than the concerns of our wider culture expressed in a Christianese idiom. One case inContinue Reading
If we believe that “grace does not destroy nature but perfects it”, we must believe that God’s ordained means of worship are not designed to engage Christians in piecemeal fashion but holistically. Further, if our observance of the ordained means of worship leads us to spiritually separate man, body fromContinue Reading
In this short video, theologian Michael Horton discusses how Christians should defend their faith. Horton is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. He is the editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine, and president and host of the syndicated radio broadcast, The White Horse Inn.Continue Reading
The reason there was so much opposition to Jesus’ ministry was because his gospel got to the heart of matters. He wasn’t giving a muddled dry expositions, his goal wasn’t the dissemination of information, or simply to create controversies about how to correct human behaviour. Jesus had one great goal:Continue Reading
God doesn’t do anything arbitrarily. We may not be able to grasp his intentions in full or even in part, but we can be sure that everything that he does is full of eternal purpose and divine wisdom. The secret things may belong to God, but those that are revealed belongContinue Reading
Our good works do not justify us. They do not sanctify us. They do not save us, but they are the “fruit and evidence” of a true and lively faith. Christ saved us by his obedience, death and resurrection. The Spirit sanctifies by his grace. Our good works are theContinue Reading