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As I head ever-closer to eternity, I often find myself contemplating time. I think about how little time I may have left to use the spiritu...

John Piper ... I think that much exposure to sensuality, banality, and God-absent entertainment does more to deaden our capacities for...

"Remote" blog readers are welcome to join us for the Ladies "Winter Doldrums" Book Club. This year we'll be readin...

"the Father... has qualified us [ past tense, it is finished ] to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued...

  Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact . —George Eliot It is a mark of t...

 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man ; though per...

R.C. Sproul Jr's wife recently went home to be with the Lord following a 9 month battle with cancer, which led to his following musing...

“O Holy Night” is rooted in the French poem, “Minuit, chrétiens” (“Midnight, Christians”), by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877).  Sometimes we ...

Last week's post on Christian Resolutions and July's post about personal relationship with God being the primary focus out of w...

Here's an interesting little excerpt from a post Tim Challies wrote back in 2006. It's a reminder we need in the midst of our self...

  "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ , through whom also we have o...

The beginning of a new year turns our thoughts to resolutions. It can be a good time to evaluate where we've been and start fresh o...

What do you think of when you hear the word "comfort"? The English word means to "soothe, console or reassure, bring cheer...

Let us not be negligent in our prayers for all parts of the world. From the pen of J.C. Ryle (posted at the Ryle blog ) ... There may be...

Reading through notes written to encourage my daughter Beth during her recent cancer treatments left me very thankful for those able to wr...

Below is an excerpt from an article by Rev. Ian Hamilton, pastor of Cambridge Presbyterian Church, UK, reflecting on Isaiah's vision i...

Joel Beeke offers nine ways reading Puritan literature aids Christian spiritual growth. (See excerpt below.) Many, many of these works ar...

As John Stott nears the end of his book, The Cross of Christ , he looks into the relationship between Christ's sufferings and the suff...

This suggestion may be a little late for this Christmas season, but Keeping Holiday by Starr Meade is a book you may want to consider fo...

In Chapter 13 of The Cross of Christ , Stott writes, "The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single greatest challenge to...