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Most Influential Christian Books
After a search across the internet for the most influential texts in Christian history came up empty, I decided to create my own. It is admittedly biased toward western, evangelical, Protestant books with a skew toward more recent publications. I … Continue reading
Prioritized Bible Passages to Memorize
This prioritized Bible memory passage list is roughly based on Crossway’s most frequent ESV Bible searches and supplemented to expand the breadth of topics covered. Hopefully, it will be helpful to you as you consider what to memorize. If you … Continue reading
John Owen’s Four Characteristics of a Christian Man – JI Packer
John Owen has written some of the most significant and weighty works on the nature of man and sin. They should be tackled by every Christian who wants to know God’s grace and forgiveness more deeply. As a sample of … Continue reading
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Puritan Gospel Emphases
JI Packer’s summary of Puritan Gospel emphases helps correct some subtle ways the modern church has gone astray in its presentation of the message of salvation. Packer makes five points: Correct diagnosis of the plight of man: Our situation is … Continue reading
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Precious Remedies – Tim Challies Reading Classics Together
Tim Challies worked through the classic puritan book Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks with his blog readers. The book more or less exhaustively captures the ways that we’re drawn into sin and provides ways to protect ourselves. … Continue reading
Questions to Ask Before Joining a Church
The transition to a new church is difficult, so you’ll want to make a good decision rather than having to start over a year later. Going beyond attending a worship service and reading the web site will help you avoid … Continue reading
Calvin’s Summary of the Gospel
Here is a succinct quote from John Calvin about what he believed we should tell people about the Gospel. That man was alienated from God by sin, an heir of wrath, liable to the punishment of eternal death, excluded from … Continue reading
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Order of God’s Decrees – BB Warfield Chart
BB Warfield created a helpful chart that outlines the order of God’s decrees (aka order of redemption). Views of the nature and order of the degrees vary significantly by denomination. If you’ve ever heard infralapsarian or supralapsarian referenced, they are … Continue reading
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The Three Components of Faith
One of the most common criticisms of Christianity is its reliance on faith. The implication normally is that faith is a blind hope that something is true and the opposite of the fact based, repeatable experimentation that science supposedly produces. … Continue reading
Life Around the World in Pictures
A few photojournalist articles have been published in the past few months that show many eye opening (and often shocking) contrasts between cultures and standards of living across the world. The three sets of images are focused on children’s toys … Continue reading
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