Category: Ligonier Ministries

The Apostle Paul uses the imagery of a building and a body to illustrate the network of leadership and service in Christ’s church. The building is the new temple indwelt…

My grandparents were legally permitted to leave communist Russia in the 1930s, in an era when borders were sealed. Almost no one escaped Russia at that time. Humanly speaking, my…

The English word church comes from the Greek word kyriakē, which is a form of the noun kyriakos and means, that which is owned or possessed by the kyrios. So…

The question of whether we have free will has been debated by Christians for two millennia. But what does the Bible say? Can we find any help in God’s Word…

1. John Calvin was ousted from his church, ministry, and home. Less than two years after beginning his ministry in Geneva, a twenty-nine-year-old John Calvin (1509–64) found himself ousted from…

More people are entering the doors of churches in the United Kingdom. This year’s State of Theology survey reveals an encouraging trend in church attendance: 28% of UK evangelicals say they…

Have you ever started a project with a specific goal in mind, only to realize along the way that the final product would look very different from what you’d originally…

We must start by asking a seemingly simple question: What ifs predestination? There appear to be as many different definitions of predestination as there are doctrines of predestination. Since the…

“Great news, folks! We’ve arranged a training night for . . .” (insert pastoral care team, children’s ministry, music team, etc.). Does that sound like good news? Even with coffee…

Preparing a “top 5” list of commentaries on the book of Revelation is extremely challenging in a number of ways. Commentators differ on many basic issues, from the structure of…