Archive for January 2012
God made visible
— Paul David Tripp Jan 30, 2012The power of the incarnation is that it makes the presence and glory of God visible. By taking flesh and blood, Christ made known the […]
The goal of our salvation
— John Piper Jan 29, 2012Forgiveness of sins and justification are good news because they remove obstacles to the only lasting, all-satisfying source of joy: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is […]
A taste of Christ’s extravagant love
— J. D. Greear Jan 28, 2012How can any of us who have tasted the extravagant love of Christ be stingy with our resources? Doesn’t His compassion toward us make us […]
The conscious focus of all saving faith
— John Piper Jan 27, 2012God’s will is to glorify his Son by making him the conscious focus of all saving faith.
As Christ would stand
— J. Gresham Machen Jan 26, 2012We deserved eternal death; we deserved exclusion from the household of God; but the Lord Jesus took upon himself all the guilt of our sins […]
An ever fuller understanding
— J. Gresham Machen Jan 25, 2012Some men seem to devote most of their energies to the task of seeing just how little of Christian truth they can get along with. […]
Jesus’ primary concern
— John Piper Jan 24, 2012The first two petitions of the Lord’s Prayer are perhaps the clearest statement of all in the teachings of Jesus that missions is driven by […]
The value of faith
— John Stott Jan 23, 2012To say ‘justification by faith’ is merely another way of saying ‘justification by Christ’. Faith has absolutely no value in itself; its value lies solely […]
God, man and the atonement
— John Stott Jan 20, 2012All inadequate doctrines of the atonement are due to inadequate doctrines of God and man. If we bring God down to our level and raise […]
The root of all true companionship with Jesus
— J. Gresham Machen Jan 19, 2012The companionship of Jesus is indeed a gracious thing for burdened souls; but it is a terrible thing for those who have any trust in […]
He must have been raised
— J. Gresham Machen Jan 18, 2012I believe in the miracle which is at the foundation of the Christian Church because in that case the question does not concern merely the […]
From eternity to the eschaton
— Peter J. Leithart Jan 17, 2012From eternity to the eschaton, it is all about Christ.
The hinge on which the drama of Scripture turns
— Peter J. Leithart Jan 16, 2012Scripture everywhere teaches about Christ. His life, death, and resurrection are the hinge on which the drama of Scripture turns.
The ultimate expression of divine love
— John Piper Jan 13, 2012The death of Jesus Christ is the ultimate expression of divine love: ‘God demonstrates his own love toward us, in that while we were yet […]
This flesh shall throb with anguish no more
— Horatius Bonar Jan 12, 2012Our bodies shared the ruin into which sin brought our race. Mortality and corruption took possession of them. They became subject to pain, and weariness, […]
The coming of the perfect
— Horatius Bonar Jan 11, 2012The sin, and the darkness, and the misery, and the unbelief, and the distance from God—all these shall come to a final end. In their […]
The love and wrath of the Father for the Son
— Sam Storms Jan 10, 2012If the Father truly loved the Son, surely he would not have exposed him to such horrific suffering. How can the Son be ‘beloved’ of […]
He meant it
— James Montgomery Boice and Philip Graham Ryken Jan 9, 2012To add to the finished work of Jesus Christ is to disfigure it, mar it, and destroy it altogether. There is nothing you can contribute […]
Worship is the fuel and goal of missions
— John Piper Jan 8, 2012Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, […]
Factoring in God’s presence
— Ramon Presson Jan 6, 2012God is at peace in himself, and in his presence there is peace. The most repeated negative command in Scripture is ‘fear not.’ It appears […]
Thirst and Drought
— Edward Griffin Jan 5, 2012There is a thirst for happiness in the soul of man, but there is a drought in all things but in God.
A crown for every head, and a head for every crown
— Charles Spurgeon Jan 4, 2012An expression which grated on my ear the other evening from the lips of a certain good man ran something in this fashion: ‘There is […]
Hungering souls must go to Christ
— J. C. Ryle Jan 3, 2012There is but One to whom hungering souls must go, if they would not perish forever: they must go to Christ.
In Christ alone
— J. C. Ryle Jan 2, 2012In Christ alone God’s rich provision of salvation for sinners is treasured up: by Christ alone God’s abundant mercies come down from heaven to earth.Christ’s […]
Christ the priest
— J. C. RyleChrist is now carrying on in heaven the work of a priest, which He began upon earth.He took our nature on Him in the fullness […]

