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J.C. Ryle, on despising the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments, and Personal Holiness

First, let us beware of despising the Old Testament, for whatever reason. Let us never listen to those who tell us to throw it aside as an obsolete, antiquated, useless book. The religion of the Old Testament is the germ of Christianity. The Old Testament is the Gospel in the bud; the New Testament is the Gospel in full flower...

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Ye may know this (your adoption by God) by the following marks. Mark 1. The image ye bear. Children are like their father, and all God’s children father t

by Thomas Boston | Children readily partake of the disposition of their parents; so that as they are like them in the face, they are like them in their manners too. The child of God gets a new heart, Ezek. 36:26. So righteousness and holiness are parts of the image of God...

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The great B.B. Warfield once said that “Calvinism” (which he described as as "that sight of the majesty of God that pervades all of life and all of experien

The great B.B. Warfield once said that “Calvinism” (which he described as as “that sight of the majesty of God that pervades all of life and all of experience” and by which he simply meant that system of theology that joyfully embraces the rich, comforting, God-exalting, self-abasing...

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The Good News of progressive sanctification: 21 Encouragements

by Dr J. Ligon Duncan III | Christians tend to be encouraged about their justification (if they understand it), but sometimes discouraged about their sanctification (or seeming lack thereof). Consequently, they miss out of something that is intended to be a blessing from God for them for their good and His glory...

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The congregation that aims to be biblically directed and informed in its approach to public worship will gather weekly on the Lord’s Day for Bible reading, Bible preaching, Bible praying, Bible singing and biblical observance of the sacraments...