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Reading the Bible Gathers a Family from Every Tribe and Tongue
Without the Bible, there would be no ingathering of God’s people, and without the Bible, there would be no beautification of the bride. So everyone who enters the people of God by faith comes by the word.
The Story of Jesus Guarantees How Your Story Will End
We all work to make the plot that we have written for ourselves come true. But grace introduces another author.
Podcast: How Does Life Change If God Is Actually My Friend? (Mike McKinley)
Mike McKinley talks about what it means for us as Christians to be friends of God, about the friendship that Jesus had on earth, and about what it looks like for us to lean into our friendship with God.
When God’s Provision Isn’t What We Expected
After Jesus’s first show of miraculous power in the Gospel of Mark (his healing of a man with an unclean spirit), the amazed people turn to each other and say, “What is this?”
How Grace Lets You Have It All
The more you understand the magnitude of God’s grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness, the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God’s gift of grace.
Podcast: An Overlooked Problem of Atheism (Mitch Stokes)
Mitch Stokes talks about the many problems with an atheistic worldview—including logical holes that skeptics often prefer to ignore.
God’s word and his holiness ought to bring us to our knees in fear, reverence, and obedience. And they ought to make us ask for a mediator—someone to act as a go-between for us and God.
Two Distinct Ways Owen and Didymus Each Defend the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Didymus argued against those who denied the divinity of the Spirit, and Owen argued against those who denied the personhood of the Holy Spirit, yet they used the same arguments to defend their claims.
If God Doesn’t Need Us, Why Did He Create Us?
God is not dependent on us in any way whatsoever. We are pure beneficiaries. We simply receive from God. He is a pure benefactor. We are pure beneficiaries.
Podcast: What Was the Trinity Doing on Christmas Day? (Matthew Emerson and Brandon Smith)
Matt Emerson and Brandon Smith explain what the doctrine known as the inseparable operations of the Trinity is all about.
The Measure of God's Love (Toward Those Worse Off Than Frogs)
The measure of God’s love for us is shown by two things. One is the degree of his sacrifice in saving us from the penalty of our sin. The other is the degree of unworthiness that we had when he saved us.
As humanity proved incapable of fulfilling God’s purposes from the very beginning, God, in his grace, became present to do what man was unable to do.
How does "God's glory in salvation through judgment" relate to the moral, ethical, social, economic, and political issues in our culture?
Podcast: Have We Domesticated the Cross? (Jeremy Treat)
Jeremy Treat talks about how the doctrine of atonement is often misunderstood by believers and unbelievers alike and about the impact that it should make on our day to day lives as followers of Christ.
Podcast: 5 Iconic Stories from the Book of Exodus (Jay Sklar)
In this podcast Dr. Jay Sklar takes a fresh look at 5 different stories in Exodus and offers helpful insight into their meaning and practical conclusions to take away from them.
Podcast: Enjoying Food, Sports, and the Rest of God’s Good Gifts (Joe Rigney)
Joe Rigney talks about the biblical command to love God and turn away from idols, and he discusses how to navigate the confusing task of being in the world but not of it.
Your marriage, like mine, is imperfect. But your imperfect marriage is amazing, more than you might think.
Preview: ‘Demystifying Decision-Making’ by Aimee Joseph
We are pleased to offer a special preview of Aimee Joseph's new book, 'Demystifying Decision-Making: A Practical Guide.’
The Errors We Might Fall into If We Don’t Affirm the Doctrine of Aseity
If we don’t affirm the doctrine of divine aseity, it can be very easy for us to imagine that God is in some way enriched by or benefited by us.
Podcast: A Metaphor That Helps Us Understand the Creation Account (Tyler Wittman)
Dr. Tyler Wittman addresses some of the common theological questions about the creation account and shows how it's doxological nature captures our imagination and teaches us about God.
4 Bible Passages That Help Explain the Doctrine of God’s Aseity
I name myself as a husband, as a dad, as a theologian, and as a human. I’m naming myself in relation to other things. God names himself as “I AM,” as the one who doesn’t need anyone or anything.
Jonathan Leeman on The Church and the Suprising Offense of God's Love
Is church discipline biblical? Jonathan Leeman wrote The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love to help Christians start taking their membership in their local church seriously . . .
How God Brings Us to Glory: A 5-Day Devotional Reading Plan
God doesn’t just require holiness; he promises it to his people, he bought it for them, and he brings it about in their hearts and lives.
Podcast: The Forgotten Yet Foundational Doctrine of Aseity (Samuel Parkison)
Dr. Parkison unpacks the foundational doctrine of aseity and how it impacts the way we approach theology, participate in grace, and understand the incarnation.
Sex, Strategic Righteousness, and Eternal Purposes
John Piper calls us to not be like the world, but to instead to be like Boaz and Ruth.
Podcast: What Is the Purpose of Our Pain? (Keith Krell)
Keith Krell discusses the many reasons God allows suffering and how this pain can bring us closer to the Lord.
Podcast: What Makes God Most Glad? (John Piper)
John Piper discusses how we can learn much about God through considering what pleases Him and what it means for the Christian life to live in light of this.
A common objection to God’s sovereign election is that it’s unfair for God to choose to save only some humans not based on any human condition but solely on God’s sovereign good pleasure.
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