In the eleventh century, one of the church’s most brilliant thinkers, Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, wrote three important works that have influenced the church ever since. In the field of…
Category: THEOLOGY
How to Use Tabletalk’s Daily Bible Studies in Family Worship
Parents are entrusted with a sacred charge to communicate the truth of God to their children. In Deuteronomy 6:6–9, we read, “And these words that I command you today shall…
Is It Ever Right to Lie? A God-Centered Approach – Daniel R. Heimbach
ABSTRACT: The two major positions on lying (lying as communicating contrary to neighbor love and lying as communicating contrary to what one thinks or knows), while offering helpful insights, do…
Our Infinite Treasure – John Piper
How does God become our treasure when we could never deserve him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 11:33–36 for a deeper look at the…
Mark 2 and the Paralytic’s Greatest Need (Extraordinary Encounters with Jesus)
In 2013, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Is Smart Making Us Dumb?” The writer reasoned that technology and technological advancement might be able to fix human behavior…
What Does It Mean That God Is Righteous?
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” (Gen. 18:25). Abraham asked this rhetorical question of Yahweh when punishment was threatened against the inhabitants of Sodom.…
The Sermons of the Golden Mouth: Preaching Lessons from John Chrysostom – Dan Miller
Spirit-filled preachers revel in the wonder of a mere mortal speaking for God. Of course, neither the privilege nor the sufficiency to do so rests with the preacher. And yet,…
Oh, the Depths of God – John Piper
What should happen in us when we are confronted with the depths of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Romans 11:33–36 to explore how unfathomably…
The Spirit Moves Through Hearing with Faith: Galatians 3:1–5, Part 4 – John Piper
The Spirit is both the gift of faith and the agent of faith. We receive him by faith, and he grants the very faith by which we receive him. Watch…
Learning from the Judges
Certain periods of history stand out to me as particularly instructive for the course of all of history. That is, sometimes we can zero in on one period of time…