The person and work of Jesus Christ; his incarnation, atonement, resurrection, and intercession; the glory and excellency of Christ.
- Not My Deserving Johann Heermann
Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee, think on thy pity and thy love unswerving, not my deserving.
- About Christ Council of Nicaea
We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, …
- Christ and the Day of Atonement Gavin Ortlund
For Stephen Charnock, the high priest’s activity on the Day of Atonement in Lev 16 prefigured Christ’s priestly ministry in at least three ways.
First, his sacrificing …
- Christ's Specific Grace Gavin Ortlund
[God’s grace] doesn’t merely cover my life as a whole, leaving the details to work out on their own.
Christ meets us again and again in our particular moments of lust, …
- Intercession of Christ John Murray
But the fact that from the seat of exalted and undimmed glory and in the exercise of high priestly prerogative he interposes petition to the Father on behalf of every one …
- Christ's Commitment to Our Salvation Gavin Ortlund
Christ has a greater commitment to our salvation and we do—a greater concern for our welfare, a greater pity for us in distress, a greater zeal for our advancement, a …
- Growth of a Believer John Newton
Remember, the growth of a believer is not like a mushroom, but like an oak, which increases slowly indeed but surely.
Many suns, showers, and frosts, pass upon it before …
- We Cannot Be So Evil as He is Good John Newton
Well, when we have said all we can of the aboundings of sin in us, grace still more abounds in Jesus.
We cannot be so evil as He is good. …
In ourselves we have cause to …
- Training our Sons Joel Beeke
Our sons need our training not to respond to unkindness with unkindness, but rather to remember Christ, who was never combative or defensive, but ever loving, kind, and …
- Spend and be Spent Horatius Bonar
Go, labor on; spend, and be spent, your joy to do the Father’s will; it is the way the Master went; should not the servant tread it still?
- Calvin on Being an Elder John Calvin
It is no light matter to be a representative of the Son of God, in discharging an office of such magnitude, the object of which is to erect and extend the kingdom of God, …
- Stop Being Judgmental Gabe Fluhrer
And it’s only when you know Jesus as Judge and judged in your place, that you will begin to stop being judgmental, and so will I.
- Sinner, Pray Hard Martin Luther
Do you think such an exalted Lamb paid merely a small price with a meager sacrifice for our sins? Pray hard for you are quite a sinner.
- Imitation of Christ John Calvin
Yet [1 John] does not simply exhort us to imitate Christ; but from the union we have with him, he proves that we ought to be like him.
- Christ is in None of These Ways John Owen
Some men rejoice in others’ failings; they are malicious and fail more in that sinful joy than their brethren in that which they rejoice at.
Some are angry at weaknesses …
- Footsteps of Christ John Owen
Meekness, patience, forbearance, and forgiveness, hiding, covering, removing of offenses—these are the footsteps of Christ.
Do you see your brother fail? Pity him. Does …
- Jesus is Mine! John Newton
Jesus is mine! I’m now prepared To meet with what I thought most hard; Yes, let the winds of trouble blow, And comforts melt away like snow:
No blasted trees, or failing …
- A House of Rest in a Weary World J. Gresham Machen
Is there no place where two or three can gather in Jesus name, … to forget human pride, to forget the passions of war, to forget the puzzling problems of industrial …
- Jesus Must Increase James Dennison
Your maneuvering for power, for influence, for position, for status, for wealth, for reputation of the present is a contradiction of the eschatological nature of life in …
- Absurdity of the Incarnation? Scott Oliphint
That which is truly absurd is whatever is in opposition to God; and surely the incarnation is not. Absurdity, therefore, has to be measured not in terms of what we can …
- Power of Sin is Broken John Murray
In his finished work Christ did something once for all respecting the power of sin and it is the virtue of this victory which he secured that the power of sin is broken …
- The Authentic Face of Christ David VanDrunen
Making pictures of Jesus fails to recognize or submit to God’s inscrutable wisdom in requiring his people to live for a time by faith and not by sight as they wait …
- Look on Christ Thomas Watson
Oh look on Christ, this rare pattern, and be humbled! It is an unseemly sight to see God humbling himself and man exalting himself; to see a humble Saviour and a proud …
- Not Perfect, Just Forgiven? Richard Gaffin
Christians are not yet perfect, but in Christ, God has forgiven them and has begun a good work in them.
- To See an Old Disciple Thomas Watson
It is one of the best sights to see an old disciple; to see silver hairs adorned with golden virtues.
- Christ Outside of Us John Calvin
We must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from Him, all that He has suffered and done for the salvation of the human race …
- New Feelings and Purposes Charlies Hodge
The apostle therefore says that if any man is in Christ he experiences a change analogous to that predicted by the prophets, and like to that which we still anticipate …
- Radical Transformation Herman Ridderbos
The new life [in Christ] means a radical transformation, passing over from a condition of death and slavery into one of life and liberty, which on this account is not to …
- The Lions Roar but cannot Kill John Newton
The lions roar but cannot kill, / Then fear them not, my friends, / They bring us, though against their will, / The honey JESUS sends.
- Thomas Jefferon on Jesus Thomas Jefferson
And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation …
- Beeke on Prayer Meetings Joel Beeke
If your minister were to announce that at your forthcoming prayer meeting, the apostle Paul would appear, the entire congregation would attend. That, if course, will not …
- His Great Salvation Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
By slow steps and gradual stages He at once works out His saving purpose and molds the world for its reception, choosing a people for Himself and training it through long …
- Baptism-Curcifixion Meredith Kline
At the exodus these judgment waters performed both functions, destroying the Egyptian army but delivering the chosen, priestly nation of Israel. Paul identified these …
- The Promise of God’s Word Chad Van Dixhoorn
This is the promise of God’s Word. In spite of our daily failings, in spite of the accusations of our enemies, [Jesus] is there to quieten our consciences, to encourage …
- God's Ambassadors Joel Beeke
Though you should deeply appreciate your minister’s efforts to faithfully bring the Word of God, pray that you see ’no man, save Jesus only’ (Matt 17:8). Ministers are …
- Talk to Yourself Paul Tripp
How faith-driven and Christ-centered is the conversation you have with yourself every day? No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to …
- Propitiation is the Fruit of Love John Murray
It is one thing to say that the wrathful God is made loving. That would be entirely false. It is another thing to say the wrathful God is loving. That is profoundly true. …
- Ten Looks at Christ Robert Murray Mccheyne
Do not take up your time so much with studying your own heart as with studying Christ’s heart. ‘For one look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.’
- Jesus! Edmund Clowney
Jesus rose!
Our hope remains in the present: Jesus lives!
Our hope is completed in the future: Jesus is coming!
- Pilgrim Life Edmund Clowney
Peter will describe the political and social duties of the Christian pilgrim. But first the pilgrim must know his calling. It is not to pursue the mirage of humanistic …
- Ye May Ebb and Flow Samuel Rutherford
Ye may yourself ebb and flow, rise and fall, wax and wane; but your Lord is this day as he was yesterday; and it is your comfort that your salvation is not rolled upon …
- Eschatology of Victory Richard Gaffin
Most assuredly, the eschatology of the New Testament is an ’eschatology of victory’—victory presently being realized by and for the church, through the eschatological …
- Real Victory Already Possessed Richard Gaffin
The church today will remain impoverished in understanding its true identity and its task in the creation, until it is grasped by the fully eschatological significance of …
- Lamentably Ignorant Richard Baxter
I am daily forced to admire how lamentably ignorant many of our people are, that have seemed diligent hearers of me these 10 or 12 years, while I spoke as plainly as I …
- Christ's Gifted People G.K. Beale
First, whereas in the OT the Spirit gifted only prophets, priests, and kings, in the new age all of Christ’s people are gifted by the Spirit because they are ‘in’ Jesus, …
- Jesus for You G.K. Beale
Jesus’s life, trials, death for sinners, and especially resurrection by the Spirit have launched the fulfillment of the eschatological already-not yet new-creational …
- The Old Testament Story G.K. Beale
The Old Testament is the story of God, who progressively reestablishes his new-creational kingdom out of chaos over a sinful people by his word and Spirit through …
- Christ Gives More Herman Bavinck
Christ gives more than sin took away.
- Christ's image-wife Meredith Kline
Christ takes his church, his image-wife, in covenant of marriage to bear his glory and his name, to be the fulness of him who fills all in all.
- The Old Testament Revelation of the Messiah Geerhardus Vos
Old Testament Revelation approaches the concept of a personal Messiah very gradually. It sufficed for fallen man to know that through His divine power and grace God would …