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“One astonishing yet unappreciated truth of Christianity is that salvation in Jesus Christ contains not just future heavenly life but also present transformation by the Spirit. God changes the beli ...

The church visible is necessary to bring the means of salvation to sinners. This applies particularly to the preaching of the gospel, which imparts to us the knowledge of Christ. Paul encourages us ...

Many people recoil at thoughts about death. That’s understandable. Death is hauntingly foreign, like traveling to a country from which almost no visitor has returned to report. But we must think abo ...

As the Shorter Catechism unfolds the story of redemption, it gives a decidedly Trinitarian answer to the question, “How is man saved?” This is fitting, of course, since the Bible itself gives a Tri ...

John Knox was born in Scotland in about 1514. So he was only about three years old when the Protestant Reformation started in Germany in 1517. Converted to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism in 15 ...

In the early years of my life as a Christian, I didn’t realize it, but I was trying to reinvent the wheel. I voraciously studied the Scriptures, but I approached them in an atomistic and ...

Every day millions of people follow directions given to them by GPS. We are guided to our desired destinations by electronic maps. We input searches into these maps to know where to go for food ...

Is the Catechism a doctrinal document only, or does it actually have practical significance for our day-to-day lives? That’s something of a trick question, because doctrine and practice are never m ...

During the Reformation, one of the leading defenders of the Protestant view of the Bible was William Whitaker. In his A Disputation on Holy Scripture, Whitaker went blow-for-blow with the leading Ro ...

Are you on good terms with God? That is the basic question of religion. And to that fundamental question, Professor John Murray has given a terrifying answer: “How can we be right with [God?] The a ...

“The conviction of our sin against a holy God is the starting place of all true religion.” The heart of Christianity is not following rules to earn life, it is looking to God for the forgiveness of ...

Most of us have asked the question, even if we’ve used different words, “What is the chief end of man?” (WSC Q/A 1). It is universally human to wonder, “Why am I here? Where am I going? Does it eve ...

The study of God is at the same time impossible and inescapable. The question is fair: “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?” (Job ...

The Anatomy of Secret Sins, Presumptuous Sins, Sins in Dominion, and Uprightness Obadiah Sedgwick Just as it is painful for eyes accustomed to darkness to be exposed to the blazing light of the sun, ...

William Perkins was born in 1558 to Thomas and Hannah Perkins in the village of Marston Jabbett, in Bulkington parish, Warwickshire. As a youth, he indulged in recklessness, profanity, and drunkenne ...

A remarkable statistic is that there are almost an identical number of English speakers in England as there are English speakers in the Philippines. Yet, despite the efforts of some excellent minist ...

Transcript:Having just heard earlier this afternoon about faithfulness in the midst of opposition and thinking of passage of our topic. Now at this point, to connect the two, I would like to read a ...

 John Flavel (1630–1691) was a prolific preacher and writer whose influence extended well beyond his local congregation. In the words of one biographer, he was “famous among the writers of his ...

So today, again, the paradox, or my title, The Paradox of Suffering and Sovereignty in King Jesus, I will focus largely on the concluding prayer of Paul in Ephesians chapter 1. That will be the bas ...

Our CEO at Reformation Heritage Books, David Woollin, recently visited Kenya this past April as the featured speaker at the Passion for Mission Conference hosted by Trinity Baptist Church, Nairo ...

Unending QuestionsKids ask a lot of questions. According to a 2013 British study by online retailer Littlewoods.com, girls do so more than boys, asking as many as 390 questions per day based on a th ...

The Family Worship Bible Guide aims to provide invaluable help to fathers (or in the absence of a godly father, mothers) who want to do daily, intentional family worship. The guide present ...

Apple Podcasts | SpotifyEpisode Description:On this week’s episode of All of Life for God, English schoolmaster Alun Ebenezer charges young men to be strong AND wise in an excerpt from his newest b ...

Are the first two chapters of Genesis actual history, poetry, allegory, or something else? Cornelis Van Dam is emeritus professor of Old Testament at Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, and an R ...

Reformation Heritage Books just published a devotional on the epistle of James. Below is the last of the 47 devotions that take us through the letter. James closes on a note both somber and hopeful, ...

The Case and Cure of a Deserted SoulJoseph SymondsIn diagnosing diseases, it is vital to recognize symptoms, find the root cause of those symptoms, and prescribe the correct cure. Spiritual desertion ...

Practical Steps for an Organized and Effective Prayer Life The apostle Paul prayed constantly for believers and churches all over the world. Paul was a remarkably busy person whose life was full of c ...

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