“Calvin preached from the New Testament on Lord’s Day mornings, the Psalms on Lord’s Day afternoons, and the Old Testament at 6 a.m. on one or two weekdays.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 113
On a Special Mission
“This disclaimer even includes the true system of doctrine that, as we all know, the archangel Gabriel delivered in 1619 to the Synod of Dort.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 96
Calvinism and Girls
Dear Dawson, So this letter is going to be a discussion that combines your two favorite subjects—Calvinism and girls. Let me start by saying something you might think is problematic, and ...
Counseling and Preaching
“We would have less need for personal counseling if we provided more application in the pulpit.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 92
Because Proofs Bring Moral Obligation
“Evidential apologists for the Christian faith want arguments for Christianity; they do not want proofs. Like the Israelites outside Canaan, they don’t want to launch a campaign of total conquest.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 81
Last Letters of the Year
Letter to the Editor: I usually write questions but I thought you would enjoy a clown world story from the northeast! I had to get vaccinated for work, and it took me about a month to feel ...
A Terrible Weapon
“A minister’s life is the life of his ministry . . . In great measure, according to the purity and perfections of the instrument, will be the success. It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne, as quoted in Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 82
And Why the Last Judgment Is Just
“Evidentialism, in contrast, is concerned to present the Christian faith as probably true, as a reasonable option for reasonable men. In contrast, the presuppositional apologist says that Christianity is inescapably true.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 80
On Getting Your Grove Back
Introduction: I said that I was going to follow up on the Grove City story, and so here I am, following up on it. Some people talk about keeping their word; others just go ahead and keep their word. ...
The Knowledge of Good and Evil
Sermon Video Introduction: The Lord Jesus was born in this world in order to reestablish mankind. The first mankind in Adam had failed at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and so Jesus ...