Take Heed to Your Attitude to Ministry: Developing a Positive Attitude
The Purposes and Implementation of Prayer Meetings
The History of Prayer Meetings
Take Heed to Your Attitude to Ministry: Coping with Criticism
The Scriptural Warrant of Prayer Meetings
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
Take Heed to Your Attitude to Ministry: Fighting Pride
Defending Definite Atonement
Definite Atonement
The Church Built Upon This Rock Matthew 16
How the Kingdom Comes Matthew 13
The Extent of the Atonement
The Faithful Minister Matthew 11
Portraits of Jesus Matthew 8
Be Ye Perfect Matthew 5:33-48
Familiar Conversation with God: Calvin on Prayer Calvin on Prayer
Christ Victorious Over the Devil Matthew 4:1-11
Jesus’ Family Tree
Is God Involved in Politics? If So, How Did He Vote?
The Puritan Family
Preparing for the Lord’s Supper
John Flavel (1628–1691)
The Travelling Jesus
The Reformers and Change
The Tercentenary of Bach & Handel: J.J. and S.D.G.
The First Church-Centered Confession of Faith
Thanking God for Everything
Spiritual Growth
Religion: Christianity's Supremacy
A Call for Return to God's Attributes
Advent: How? Why? What?
Psalm 133 on Unity
Apologetics and Cornelius Van Til
An Open Letter to True Believers: Living Through Afflictions Christianly
Pastoral Advice to the Impressed, but "Unconverted" AN OPEN LETTER
Old Year's and True Submission
Ascension / Pentecost
David's Reminiscings as A Senior An Open Letter Based on Psalm 71
Needed on Prayer Day: True Prayer
Martin Luther: The "Father" of the Reformation
Easter Spells Victory
Faith and Promise Tried
How to Use Leisure Time: Loving Admonitions
How to Use Leisure Time: Biblical Principles
Jehovah's Perfect Parental Discipline
Knowing, Loving, and Living Our Reformation Heritage Introduction and Sola Scriptura
Falling Leaves
Fifty Impediments to Growth in Grace
Advent and the First Gospel Promise
Truth and Truth-Telling
How Do We Plant Godly Convictions in Our Children?
How God’s Special Revelation Should Impact Worship
Fighting Satan: Defensively and Offensively
Calvin’s Comprehensive Piety In Commemoration of the Reformation’s 499th Anniversary
Is Abortion Really So Bad?
The Church's Present Need Earnest Contention for Reformed Tenets
Self-Examination
Pentecost: Filled with the Holy Ghost
Impediments to Growth in Grace
God's Church Bent to Backsliding
Is Television Really So Bad?
Justification by Faith Alone: The Relation of Faith to Justification
This article studies the phrase "justification by faith," focusing on the preposition “by.” This study is done from four perspectives: scriptural, theological, experiential, and polemical.
Thirty-One Days of Purity: Putting Sin to Death
This article explains how John 8:36 can help in winning the battle for sexual purity. Through the Spirit, put sin to death.
Marks of a Faithful Church Member
With due consideration to Ephesians 4:10-16, this article describes the various marks of a faithful church member.
Defending Definite Atonement
This article interacts with objections levelled at the doctrine of definite atonement, or limited atonement.
Definite Atonement
This article discusses the Reformed doctrine of definite atonement or limited atonement.
Problems with Arminian Universal Redemption
This article raises a host of objections against the teaching of universal atonement, or universal redemption.
Herman Bavinck
This article considers the life of the Dutch theologian, Herman Bavinck.
Profiting from the Puritans for Devotional Reading
This article makes the case for using the Puritans for devotional reading, as their literature addresses the mind, conscience, and heart.
A Puritan Theology – The Puritans on Union with Christ, Justification, and Regeneration
How does regeneration and the believer’s justification by faith relate to the believer’s union with Christ? Chapter 30 explores how the Puritans answered this question. The authors consider the chief blessing that Christians receive, faith, and thus union with Christ as it relates to the ordo salutis (order of salvation).
Family Worship – The Duty of Family Worship
Beeke argues from Joshua 24:14-15 that God requires heads of households to lead their families in family worship. He further considers how this worship should be conducted.
Family Worship – Theological Foundations of Family Worship
In this chapter Beeke considers some theological foundations of family worship. These foundations, he argues, are rooted in the very being of God.
Calvin for Today – Twelve Reasons Calvin Is Important Today
Why is John Calvin important today? What did he teach and does that encourage remembrance in the church of Jesus Christ? Beeke identifies twelve roles of Calvin that make him relevant for the church today: his role as educator, socio-theologian, evangelist, pastor, pietist, commentator, churchman, trinitarian, preacher, Christian, theologian, and exegete.
Reformation Heroes – John Wycliffe (c. 1324 - 1384)
John Wycliffe was without a doubt one of the most important forerunners of the Reformation. Chapter 2 provides a popular overview of his life and his significance in church history. Reference is made to his Bible translation into English and his followers who were called Lollards.
Reformation Heroes – Peter Waldo (c. 1140-c. 1217)
Chapter 1 treats the life and times of Peter Waldo (c. 1140-1217). He was a wealthy merchant who lived in Lyons, France. Waldo learned that he could approach God through the Mediator, Jesus Christ. Some of Waldo’s followers worked to spread the gospel and were persecuted. A remnant of his followers were later called “the Waldensians.”
Church History 101 – First Century: Apostolic Foundations
Chapter 1 divides the first century of church history into roughly three periods.