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3 Things You Should Know about Ruth

We love the book of Ruth because it narrates the delightful romance of Ruth and Boaz. We love it because it is full of delicious irony meant to make us laugh fo

by David Strain | We love the book of Ruth because it narrates the delightful romance of Ruth and Boaz. We love it because it is full of delicious irony meant to make us laugh for joy at the goodness of God. We love it because it is a tale that focuses not on the exploits of warriors, judges, or kings, but on two destitute women trying to find a path back to wholeness...

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What Was the Reformation All About? From Jorge R. Canedo E.

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Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves

“It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.” So wrote t

“It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.” So wrote the great hymn writer Isaac Watts. And of course, he was quite right, for we always love what seems most attractive to us. Whether it be God, money, sex, or fame, we live for and love what captures our hearts…

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3 Things You Should Know about 1 Corinthians

by Robert Carver | The Apostle Paul was the founder of the church in Corinth. That is, he was the human instrument that God used to bring to birth this church. It was on his second missionary journey, early in the 50s, that he arrived in this city located on the land bridge that connected the Achaean mainland with the Peloponnesus to the south. It was a city blessed...

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What Is Buddhism?

What is Buddhism? The fourth-largest religion in the world, Buddhism is an ancient religion with its origins on the Indian subcontinent. There are several branc

The fourth-largest religion in the world, Buddhism is an ancient religion with its origins on the Indian subcontinent. There are several branches and sub-branches of Buddhism (including Theravada, Mahasamghika, Vajrayana, Nichiren, Shingon, and Zen), but they are all monistic rather than monotheistic. That is, Buddhism is built on the belief in...

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Ligonier Daily Video | Real Body and Blood?

In what way is Jesus present with His church when Christians take the Lord’s Supper together? Today, watch as R.C. Sproul contrasts the major views held by Roman Catholics and Protestants.

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Charles Spurgeon on Calvinism — Unconditional Election by Steven Lawson

Charles Spurgeon tenaciously held to the doctrine of unconditional election. By necessity, this biblical truth flows from belief in human depravity. Because the

by Steven Lawson | Charles Spurgeon tenaciously held to the doctrine of unconditional election. By necessity, this biblical truth flows from belief in human depravity. Because the will of man is utterly dead and cannot choose God, God must exercise His sovereign will to save. Out of the mass of fallen humanity, God made an...

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Why do we still consider homosexuality a sin if so many Old Testament laws have been abrogated?

To abrogate something means to repeal something or for it simply to be done away with or go away.

by Burk Parsons | When it comes to sexual ethics in the Bible, we have to understand that they are rooted in creation. They are rooted in God’s ordering of creation, in creating man male and female, man and woman. Jesus appeals to the creation ordinance, and the Apostles in the New Testament appeal to the creation ordinance pertaining to all matters of sexual relations and...