Dr. R. C. Sproul – John 3:16 and Man’s Ability to Choose God
It is ironic that in the same chapter, indeed in the same context, in which our Lord teaches the utter necessity of rebirth to even see the kingdom, let alone choose it, non-Reformed views find one of...
View ArticleK. Scott Oliphint – We Destroy Arguments: The Achilles’ Heel
If God does exist as man’s Creator, it is as we have seen, impossible that evil should be inherent in the temporal universe. If God exists, man himself must have brought in sin by an act of wilful...
View ArticleJ. C. Ryle – Thoughts for Young Men
When St. Paul wrote his Epistle to Titus about his duty as a minister, he mentioned young men as a class requiring peculiar attention. After speaking of aged men and aged women, and young women, he...
View ArticleNathan Pitchford – What the Bible Says About the Doctrines of Grace
Introduction Ever since the Serpent first tempted Eve in the garden by casting doubt on God’s word and his character as he had revealed himself to her, mankind has always been engaged in the...
View ArticleJohn Hendryx – Our Poisoned Culture of Libel and Defamation
I have not historically spent much time, if any, obsessing on the various sexual liberation agendas in our culture. But it has come to my attention that perhaps the most troubled and confused people...
View ArticleJames Boice – God’s Glory Alone – Soli Deo Gloria
To him be the glory forever! Amen. – Romans 11:36 The title of this study is not an exact translation of the second half of Romans 11:36, but I have selected it because it is the way the Protestant...
View ArticleEssential Theological Video and Audio
Video Brandon Braun – The Story: The Beginning of the End (of the Kingdom of Israel) Dave Jenkins – Indwelling Sin and Mortification Audio Dr. D. A. Carson – The God Who is There: The God Who Loves...
View ArticleWilliam Romaine – Covenant Mercy
Mercy is that perfection in Jehovah which disposes Him to save miserable sinners: not a blind mercy such as infidels dream of, but consistent with the honour of His law and exercised to the glory of...
View ArticleDr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones – The Nature of Sin
Romans 1:18, 28, 32 18. ‘For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;’28. ‘And even as they did not like to...
View ArticleJ. C. Ryle – Following Christ Will Not Prevent Earthly Sorrows
“And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him,...
View ArticlePhil Newton – What is Biblical Preaching?
George Barna, the guru of statistics among evangelicals, seems to be influencing today’s pulpit more than the apostles Peter and Paul. Barna, whose popularity began with his book Marketing the Church,...
View ArticleSamuel Bolton – Free From the Dominion and Power of Sin
“Christ has also freed the believer from the dominion of sin: ‘Sin shall not have dominion over you’ (Rom. 6:14). Why? ‘For you are not under the law, but under grace.’ While we were under the law,...
View ArticleThomas Goodwin – Election, Predestination & Holiness (Ephesians 1:5-6)
“Having predestinated us unto adoption by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”...
View ArticleDr. Francis Turretin – The Sanctification of the Saint
What is required that a work may be truly good? Are the works of the righteous such? We affirm. I. When we speak of the truth of good works, we do not mean works simply moral as they are...
View ArticleJohn Calvin – A Father’s Main Responsibility (Genesis 18:19)
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he...
View ArticleZacharias Ursinus – What is the Gospel?
I. What Is The Gospel? The term gospel signifies, 1. A joyful message, or good news. 2. The sacrifice which is offered to God for this good news. 3. The reward which is given to him who announces...
View ArticleJohn Calvin – On Ephesians 1:4-5
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus...
View ArticleThomas Brooks – Six Excellent Properties of that Redemption Which We Have by...
[1.] First, It is a GREAT redemption. The work of redemption was a great work. The greatness of the PERSON employed in this work, speaks out the work to be a great work. This was a work too high, too...
View ArticleJ. I. Packer – Our Need of Scripture
“Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” Psalm 119:105 See the psalmist’s picture. He has to travel. (Scripture regularly pictures life as a journey.) He was in the dark, unable to see...
View ArticleJonathan Edwards – A Dissertation Concerning The End For Which God Created...
To avoid all confusion in our inquiries concerning the end for which God created the world, a distinction should be observed between the chief end for which an agent performs any work, and the...
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