Trusting in one’s self-righteousness is a constant temptation. The gospel is really humbling. It’s saying that we are justified, we are reckoned righteous in God’s sight without any contribution of…
Category: THEOLOGY
When Was I Born Again? How ‘Regeneration’ Blossoms in Reformed Theology – David Mathis
The curious man came at night, under the cloak of darkness. By and large, the masses may have been missing the significance of Jesus’s miracles, but Nicodemus, a Pharisee and…
God Qualifies Us for Eternal Light: Colossians 1:9–12, Part 9 – John Piper
The Father has mercifully and freely adopted us into his family and placed us in the bright kingdom of his Son. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Reversing Romans 1: A Glimpse of the Godward Life – Joe Rigney
The late R.C. Sproul was fond of inverting a particular biblical passage in order to bring home a theological truth. For instance, in seeking to press upon his hearers the…
Hamilton: An American Prodigal – David Mathis
Neither biographers nor Broadway can ignore Alexander Hamilton’s late-flowering Christian faith. He, like the prodigal son, finally came home after his journey into the far country. Watch Now Read More…
Strengthened Through Joy for Endurance: Colossians 1:9–12, Part 8 – John Piper
What produces the kind of strength we need to patiently and joyfully endure? The glory of God. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
First Baptist Church of All: Puritan Recovery of the Great Pattern – Michael A.G. Haykin
Baptists were birthed in the matrix of Puritanism, that sixteenth- and seventeenth-century movement of reform and renewal. The genesis of Puritanism between the 1560s and the 1580s was deeply intertwined…
Alistair Begg Discusses Evangelism
Could you write the story of how you came to faith in Jesus in a hundred words or less? I well remember when I was given that assignment. It was…
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What Is Deism?
What is deism? Deism is a religious philosophy that flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but its effects linger into our present age. Deism teaches that all people can…