Good Friday Reading Recommendations
Good Friday is a crucial day, not only of the year, but also for world history. Since Jesus’ death, Christians have proclaimed the cross and resurrection of Jesus to be […]
Human Trafficking: Recommended Reading
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. “Trafficking” is modern-day slavery and is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or taking […]
3 Books You Should Know By John Bunyan
1. Pilgrim’s Progress The Pilgrim’s Progress is John Bunyan’s most famous work and the most popular novel in the history of the world (The Portable Bunyan). It’s a story about a […]
The Bible is VERY Consistent
The chart above represents the 63,779 cross-references found in the Bible. A single arc depicts each cross-reference. Compare this to the 439 alleged contradictions from the chart Sam Harris commissioned […]
Shepherding Troubled Souls
Troubled Souls Part of a pastor’s job is “pastoral care”—shepherding troubled souls that are dealing with the effects of sin and suffering. Life has amazing joys, but also a lot […]
Charles Spurgeon: Scripture Is a Lion to be Unleashed
“Defend the Bible? Would you defend a lion? Loose him; and let him go!” When he spoke of Scripture, Charles Haddon Spurgeon consistently returned to two closely related themes. First, […]
Jonathan Edwards: Scripture Points to the Glory of God in Jesus Christ
“It seems to me that God would have our whole dependence be upon the Scriptures, because the greater our dependence is on the Word of God, the more direct and […]
John Calvin Says Scripture Is God’s Self-Disclosure
Interpretation Matters John Calvin was not only concerned about the authority of Scripture, but also with true interpretation of Scripture and its proper use in the church. To be sure, […]
Aquinas Says Scripture Foreshadows Christ
Aquinas and the Literal Sense of Scripture Although often overlooked by Protestants because of his place as the theologian of the Roman Catholic Church, Thomas Aquinas has much to teach […]
Martin Luther Says Scripture Is All About Christ
The Certainty of Scripture Caught up in the heat of controversy, Martin Luther reached the revolutionary conclusion that when the conflicting pronouncements of popes and councils threaten to leave the […]