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  • In college, I majored in philosophy. On the very first day of the very first course that I took in philosophy, the professor wrote the word philosophy on the chalkboard, then broke it down to show its etymological origin.
  • I cannot imagine an affirmation that would meet with more resistance from contemporary Westerners than the one Paul makes in 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
  • The gospel of Mark is notable for its lack of extended accounts of Jesus’ teaching.
  • The week before Christmas, when I was in third grade, my grandmother took me to downtown Pittsburgh so that I could buy gifts for my family and, for the first time in my life, my girlfriend. I wanted to buy something romantic for her, so I selected a small decorative pin.
  • The church of the twenty-first century faces many crises. One of the most serious is the crisis of preaching. Widely diverse philosophies of preaching vie for acceptance among contemporary clergy.

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  • The gospel of Luke ends with a supremely jarring statement: "Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God" (24:50-53).
  • These men had spent three years in a state of unspeakable joy. They had witnessed what no human beings before them had ever seen in the entire course of history.
  • I cannot imagine an affirmation that would meet with more resistance from contemporary Westerners than the one Paul makes in 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

Apologetics

  • "The God hypothesis is no longer necessary to explain the origin of the universe or the development of human life."
  • What about spiritual depression? Is there help for those who sense the absence of God or feel abandoned by Him? Dr. R.C. Sproul notes this is a common experience and the hope one can find in the presence of God.
  • What are Christian creeds? Were they only relevant historically or are they still relevant today? Dr. R.C. Sproul traces the use of creeds throughout history and looks at what they mean today.
  • Do you see sin as a little mistake or as a felonious crime? Dr. R.C. Sproul explains that it is not until we understand who God is that we gain any real understanding of the seriousness of our sin.
  • How can Christians narrow-mindedly claim there is only one way to God? Isn't all truth relative? How does the science of logic play into pluralism? Dr. R.C. Sproul addresses these issues in a new article available online.
  • Quicumque vult — this phrase is the title attributed to what is popularly known as the Athanasian Creed.
  • Have you ever wondered how the arts and sciences impacted the great Renaissance? R.C. Sproul outlines the history of this revival in his new article "All Truth Is God's Truth".
  • Today, the word honor has all but disappeared from the English language.
  • from Tabletalk magazine, August 2008
  • The adage tells us that there is a destination, the road to which is paved with good intentions.
  • What happens when the government replaces God as the supreme entity upon which human existence depends?
  • The rapid spread of the Protestant Reformation from Wittenberg, Germany, throughout Europe and across the Channel to England was not spawned by the efforts of a globe-trotting theological entrepreneur.
  • People use various adjectives to differentiate styles of worship.
  • If it is true that the cross is of central importance to biblical Christianity, it seems that it is essential for Christians to have some understanding of its meaning in biblical terms.
  • The gospel of Luke ends with a supremely jarring statement: "Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God" (24:50-53).
  • In history, there was much debate about the canon of Scripture, but we face a different issue today. Dr. R.C. Sproul looks at why we need to embrace the whole counsel of God in its entirety.
  • C.S. Lewis emerged as a twentieth-century icon in the world of Christian literature.
  • When you think of Christianity, does you vision extend beyond the Western world? R.C. Sproul addresses this concern and the power of the Christian gospel in places you may not even think of.
  • It has been called the Achilles' heel of the Christian faith. Of course, I'm referring to the classical problem of the existence of evil.
  • What about the separation of church and state? How did this work out in Israel and what can we learn for our own times here in America? We have Dr. R.C. Sproul writing for us on this important topic.
  • Some years ago, I drove along the Pennsylvania Turnpike about two o'clock in the morning with a friend after having spent all day at a steel corporation in eastern Pennsylvania dealing with labor management issues.
  • Join us at Ligonier Ministries' 2009 National Conference to study the holiness of God and for a mini-conference on the life and influence of John Calvin, whose 500th birthday we celebrate in 2009.
  • In the history of biblical studies, we have seen in the last two centuries the rise of so-called "higher criticism."
  • "You're out!" "I'm safe!" "Out!" "Safe!" "Out!" "It's my ball, and it's my bat, and I say that I'm safe." This is how we settled disputes over plays in our pickup baseball games played without the benefit of a referee or umpire.
  • It was many years ago when my grandmother related to me games that she played as a little girl in the 1880s.
  • When we consider the predicament that the evangelical church of the twenty-first century faces in America, the first thing we need to understand is the very designation "evangelical church" is itself a redundancy.
  • Soli Deo gloria is the motto that grew out of the Protestant Reformation and was used on every composition by Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • Thinkers in the ancient world sought to plumb the depths of ultimate reality.
  • In the last book of the Old Testament, God spoke through the prophet Malachi. He raised a provocative question: "Will man rob God?"
  • There have been several observations rendered on this subject by those I would call "erstwhile evangelicals."
  • About thirty years ago, my close friend and colleague, Archie Parrish, who at that time led the Evangelism Explosion (EE) program in Fort Lauderdale, came to me with a request.
  • Few books I have read have made a lasting impression on my mind and thought. One of them I read over fifty years ago. The title of the book was The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science, and it made a lasting impression upon me because it clearly set forth the importance of understanding that all scientific theories presuppose certain philosophical premises.
  • "What goes around, comes around." This American idiom suggests a view of history that has more in common with ancient Greek philosophy than with the Judeo-Christian understanding of history.
  • In 1993, my wife and I were involved in an historic train wreck.
  • In the past few years, the British bishop and New Testament scholar N.T. Wright has emerged as an icon of biblical theology around the world.
  • The crisis regarding the doctrine of justification that provoked the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century has not yet been resolved.
  • The college I attended was situated in a small western Pennsylvania town in an area heavily populated by one of the largest gatherings of Amish people found in the United States.
  • Volumes have been written giving detailed analyses of the extraordinary things that occurred in the first thousand years of church history, events that influenced everything that came after them. In this brief overview, I’m going to look at five dimensions of activity that had monumental impact for the future history of Christianity.
  • Wherever people come together to worship God, whether it be on a desert island or in a burgeoning metropolis, whether it be on the plains of Africa or in the cold winter of Siberia, people are concerned to worship Him in terms of the good, the true, and the beautiful.
  • Unbelief. This one word expresses the judgment Emil Brunner, the Swiss “crisis theologian,” used to describe nineteenth-century liberal theology.
  • The week before Christmas, when I was in third grade, my grandmother took me to downtown Pittsburgh so that I could buy gifts for my family and, for the first time in my life, my girlfriend. I wanted to buy something romantic for her, so I selected a small decorative pin.
  • The gospel of Mark is notable for its lack of extended accounts of Jesus’ teaching.
  • In college, I majored in philosophy. On the very first day of the very first course that I took in philosophy, the professor wrote the word philosophy on the chalkboard, then broke it down to show its etymological origin.

Church & Worship

  • When we consider the predicament that the evangelical church of the twenty-first century faces in America, the first thing we need to understand is the very designation "evangelical church" is itself a redundancy.
  • There have been several observations rendered on this subject by those I would call "erstwhile evangelicals."
  • About thirty years ago, my close friend and colleague, Archie Parrish, who at that time led the Evangelism Explosion (EE) program in Fort Lauderdale, came to me with a request.
  • The crisis regarding the doctrine of justification that provoked the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century has not yet been resolved.
  • I’m always puzzled when I see church billboards announcing a coming revival.

Culture & Worldview

  • What happens when the government replaces God as the supreme entity upon which human existence depends?
  • One of the oldest mysteries of theoretical thought is the question: What is time?
  • I’m always puzzled when I see church billboards announcing a coming revival.

Easter Week

  • These men had spent three years in a state of unspeakable joy. They had witnessed what no human beings before them had ever seen in the entire course of history.

Heaven & Hell

Leadership

  • The church of the twenty-first century faces many crises. One of the most serious is the crisis of preaching. Widely diverse philosophies of preaching vie for acceptance among contemporary clergy.

Salvation

  • If it is true that the cross is of central importance to biblical Christianity, it seems that it is essential for Christians to have some understanding of its meaning in biblical terms.
  • In the sixteenth century, Christendom underwent one of the most extensive and serious schisms in its history. The chief article that caused the controversy to end in division was the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

Study The Bible

  • In history, there was much debate about the canon of Scripture, but we face a different issue today. Dr. R.C. Sproul looks at why we need to embrace the whole counsel of God in its entirety.
  • In the history of biblical studies, we have seen in the last two centuries the rise of so-called "higher criticism."
  • It was many years ago when my grandmother related to me games that she played as a little girl in the 1880s.
  • It has often been charged that the Bible can’t be trusted because people can make it say anything they want it to say.

Featured Offer from Renewing Your Mind

by Dr. R.C. Sproul

The Donkey Who Carried a King
The Donkey Who Carried a King

The biblical teaching that Jesus was the Suffering Servant who carried the sins of His people when He went to the cross is vividly brought home to children in The Donkey Who Carried a King, the latest children’s book from respected theologian, author, and educator Dr. R.C. Sproul.

Davey was a young donkey who was bored and unhappy because he was never given anything to do. Then one day, some strangers came to the gate — and Davey’s master picked him for a very special task. Davey carried the King, Jesus, into Jerusalem. A few days later, Davey saw some angry people making the King carry a heavy beam of wood. Davey could not understand it — until another donkey helped him see that the King was being a Servant on behalf of His people.

The Donkey Who Carried a King offers a unique perspective on the events of Jesus’ Passion Week and calls all believers, both young and old, to follow in the footsteps of the Suffering Servant for the glory of God. Jesus was willing to leave the glories of heaven to suffer and die in this world on our behalf, so we should serve Him with all our hearts.

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