Ben Shapiro recently gave a speech in which he issued a strong indictment against conspiracy theories and those who traffic in them. He warned, [t]he conservative movement is also in danger from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 15–21. Continue reading →
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about praying to Jesus. Continue reading →
He wanted above all . . . to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind . . . Continue reading →
One challenging aspect in parenting is how to get important matters of faith in front of our kids. In our house, we pray together, we talk about church, and we try to answer questions about the Bible together. Our son is three . . . Continue reading →
A lamb is both clothes and meat; Christ is clothing to us by his righteousness to cover our nakedness, and food to us by his body and blood to satisfy our appetite, a sacrifice and a feast for us. Stephen Charnock | . . . Continue reading →
For so many, myself included, it really is the most wonderful time of the year. The lovely smells and sights, the many feasts with family and friends—these provide us a hopeful transition from the heat of summer, lend a joyful anticipation even . . . Continue reading →
Our series on the Christian’s great hope in the face of death has so far covered issues pertaining to our culture’s discomfort with death, noting it as God’s judgment on sin, while also observing that Scripture offers a wonderfully tender perspective. We . . . Continue reading →
Christ alone gives us promises of eternal life in the state of sin. Yet in the state of nature, Adam might have had them by his own obedience, according to God’s pact. Francis Turretin | Institutes of Elenctic Theology (P&R Publishing, 1992–97, . . . Continue reading →
And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communion, that is, the breaking of the bread, and to the prayers. (Acts 2:42)1 Teaching The first words to consider here are “devoting” and “teaching.” The first expression . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 8–14. Continue reading →
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about praying to Jesus. Continue reading →
The righteousness with which we are here justified before God, is not our conformity with the law, nor our good works, nor our faith; but it is the satisfaction which Christ rendered to the law in our stead; or the punishment which . . . Continue reading →
Ours is an age marked by profound alienation, anxiety, and hopelessness. The previous U.S. Surgeon General observed that Americans suffer from a pervasive epidemic of loneliness. “Deaths of Despair,” such as drug overdose and suicide, have cut short the average American life expectancy for the past decade. Continue reading →
The present book is something of an experiment. The translation is intended for the world at large, not only for theological students. If it succeeds, other translations of other great Christian Books will presumably follow. In one sense, of course, it is . . . Continue reading →
Could it be that the way we speak about motherhood betrays a pharisaical tendency to self-aggrandize the ordinary, good, and faithful work that mothers do, while minimizing the ordinary, good, and faithful work of everyone else? And this mindset doesn’t only minimize . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 1–7. Continue reading →
Being included into the visible, Christ-confessing covenant community (the church) is only the beginning of the story of our Christian life. There is still the living of the Christian life. As the Reformed churches understand Scripture, the church is essential to the . . . Continue reading →
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about elders & deacons, and law & gospel. Continue reading →
Every sin leaves a stain. Hasty words, undone duties, secret thoughts that rot in the corners of conscience. Water cannot reach them. Resolve’s solvent cannot lift them. Only one blood has power to cleanse what lies beneath the surface of the soul. . . . Continue reading →
