As a professor at Wittenberg University, Martin Luther gathered students around his table for meals cooked by his wife, Katherine Von Bora, and hours of stimulating theological discourse. These conversations, along with other notes and sayings of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Why would anyone love the law of God? Why would we love that which constantly tells us what miserable wretches we are, daily points out all our shortcomings, relentlessly reminds us of all our death-deserving sins, and keeps knocking us down to our... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Here are highlights from our various social media accounts over the past week. Christ’s lordship over His church is still the central truth we must recover. —@JohnMacArthur https://t.co/2GTyX3LUKw — Ligonier Ministries (@Ligonier)... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Hard words are not harmful words—when they come from Jesus. This is important to keep in mind when we read: If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Modern technology provides many benefits. Information can be exchanged at an unprecedented rate. The level of productivity can be astounding. Face-to-face conversations can be had with people halfway around the world. But there are also dark sides... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It's time for our weekly $5 Friday sale. This week's resources include such topics as Jonathan Edwards, covenants, the holiness of God, the Reformation, church history, baptism, prayer, and more. Sale runs through 12:01 a.m. — 11:59 p.m.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Here's an excerpt from The Courage to Be Reformed, Burk Parsons' contribution to the May issue of Tabletalk: We need men who love the Reformed confessions precisely because they love the Lord our God and His unchanging, inspired, and authoritative... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Nestled along the Rhine River, Heidelberg was the site for the General Chapter, or assembly, of the Augustinian Order in May 1518. Staupitz, the general vicar (or head) of the order, seized this moment for Luther to speak to the crisis caused by the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
In this brief clip from his teaching series Defending Your Faith, R.C. Sproul explains why Christianity is different from every other religion. Transcript I hear people say, "there is this underlining unity, we all believe the same thing." That's... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The May issue of Tabletalk marks the magazine’s fortieth anniversary by highlighting several of the key theological convictions that fuel the mission of the magazine and of Ligonier Ministries. For forty years, Tabletalk has endeavored to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]