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4 implications of Martin Luther’s theology
| What do the sovereignty of God, salvation by grace, justification by faith, and new life in union with Christ mean for the living of the Christian life? For Martin Luther, they carry four implications: 1. The Christian is justified and yet a sinner The first implication is the knowledge that the Christian believer is simul iustus et peccator, at one and the same time justified and yet a sinner.
The Importance of Being Mastered by Theology, Not Just Knowing It
Doctrine in Focus: The Trinity Nathan Busenitz | June 30, 2026 Why do Christians believe in the doctrine of the Trinity? Although the term Trinity does not occur in Scripture, the concept is inherently biblical. The Trinitarian nature of God is revealed implicitly in the Old Testament and explicitly in the New.. The King Who Can Cleanse Dan Jarms | May 01, 2026 Think of the most socially shameful and defiling sin you can imagine.
Three Aspects of Faith
Keep Track of What You Play Create a free account or sign in to effortlessly access your recently played content. Please note that your progress will not be saved unless you have a Ligonier account. June 19, 2012 TheologyTheology\SalvationSalvation\Faith and RepentanceFaith and Repentance romans 10:14–17 Share This Resource https://learn.ligonier.org/devotionals/three-aspects-of-faith romans 10:14–17 “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?
Light & Heat: A Passion for the Holiness of God: 2011 National Conference
The Apostle Paul declared to the Corinthian church that he had decided to know nothing among them except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The person and work of Jesus are at the heart of the Christian faith. In this lecture, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson explains what it means to confess our faith in one who is fully God and fully man and what it means that this Jesus was crucified for our sins.
Sojourners and Exiles
Socially, it has become challenging to have a Christian “accent” and to believe, confess, and live out the gospel. But isn’t this how it was for New Testament Christians? So should we be surprised? No. Should we be intimidated and conform? No—for “if you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you” (4:14). As a Scot living in the United States, I developed a mischievous (but innocent) pleasure.
Theology for All: New Teaching Series from Sinclair Ferguson
What difference does theology make in the Christian life? At first glance, the study of doctrine may seem like an abstract discipline reserved for pastors and scholars. But knowing God is vital for every believer—theology shapes how we think, worship, and live before the One who saved us.
Speed with God
This article was first published in Tabletalk, the Bible study magazine of Ligonier Ministries. Find out more at TabletalkMagazine.co.uk or try it free for three months today at TryTabletalk.co.uk. When Sereno E.
A Resolution for the Christian Life
If you are a Christian, you really need only one New Year’s resolution, and Paul’s will be a great help to you. Especially if you’re a younger Christian or a younger person, few things can be more helpful to you than to understand that this is the way to both simplify and integrate your life. This is what will give you direction. This is what will help you answer the great question, “What am I really here for?” Today, we’ll explore a text for the new year from one of the Apostle Paul’s letters.
Should we celebrate Christmas?
| It’s important for us to understand that there are no special holy days now for believers. In the Old Testament, the life of an old covenant believer was punctuated by holy days because God’s people had national holidays. They had many such days, but they were religious holy days. That is where the word holiday comes from. Before the Protestant Reformation, the church had created a whole calendar of holy days, Christmas being one of them.
Should we celebrate Christmas? - Crossmap News
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What Gives Preaching Its Power? Heralding Reality with Thomas Chalmers
“The expulsive power of a new affection.” These words are the title of a sermon. It might seem to have several strikes against it. The first strike is the title itself — not one that would pass muster in many congregations today. The second is that it was preached two hundred years ago (toward the close of 1819, to be more precise). Third, it was preached by a man with a pronounced Fife accent (Scottish accents are very varied and sometimes “thick,” as this one was).
Review: ‘The Message of the Old Testament’ by Mark Dever
At a conference for pastors, Mark Dever invited his audience to turn for the Scripture reading to Psalm 119. He meant it. His reading of Scripture didn’t end until he’d read verse 176, the closing word of the last section. Nobody who knew Dever at the time should have been overly surprised by this 176-verse Scripture reading and the exposition that followed.
No real atheists
Excerpted from Things Unseen, published by Ligonier Ministries. Republished with permission. The word that the New Testament uses for revelation is apoka-lypsis. This Greek word gives us the alternative title for the last book of the Bible: The Apocalypse of John. It means ‘unveiling’, disclosing something to us that would otherwise be hidden. God reveals himself in everything that he has made and his invisible attributes become visible to us in the created order.
Our Gratitude for Dr. John MacArthur
We are grateful to have celebrated the life and ministry of our founder, longtime president, and chancellor, Dr. John MacArthur, on August 23, 2025. Below is an adapted transcript of Dr. Sinclair Ferguson's message from the memorial service. I think I should have known that a service that began with the playing of the Scottish bagpipes would probably last about the length of an old 17th-century Scottish service.
Sermons from the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1650-1659)
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Texts that Transform Series Bundle
Special Category Marriage & Family, Theology, Christian Living, Church & Ministry Price $48.00 Original price was: $48.00.$39.00Current price is: $39.00. 500 in stock Texts that Transform Series Bundle quantity Weight 1.80 lbs Dimensions 7.125 × 4.75 × 2 in Binding Paperback Topic Eschatology, Marriage & Family, Christian Living, Church and Ministry Page Count 792 Format Book The Author Johnson, Terry L.
The Sermon on The Mount
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The Glorious Body Of Christ
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Lets Study Romans
Category New Release, Let’s Study Series, Commentaries Price $18.00 Original price was: $18.00.$16.20Current price is: $16.20. 499 in stock Lets Study Romans quantity ISBN 9781800405004 Binding Paperback Format Book Page Count 452 Banner Pub Date 2025 The Author Ferguson, Sinclair *Book releases 8 April 2025* The Epistle to the Romans is both a highly personal letter and an authoritative theological treatise, inspired by the Holy Spirit and penned by the Apostle Paul.
Ferguson, Sinclair Archives
Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson held the position of the Charles Krahe chair for Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and served as pastor to congregations in both Scotland and in the United States.
If I’m United to Christ, Why Do I Still Sin?
The very fact that you are concerned about the presence of sin and that you fight against it is only possible because you have been released from the dominion of sin and have been brought into the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ. If I’m united to Christ, why do I still sin? Let me come at the answer in two ways by reflecting back on the fact that this is the case for us as Christians.
Sermons and Tracts from the Civil Wars (1646-1649)
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The Christian Race
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How Do You Know If You Are Growing Spiritually?
Real spiritual growth involves us turning from our sinful focus on ourselves to be refocused on Christ, His Word, and His people. So, from one point of view, the less we think about, “Am I growing spiritually?” it may well be likely that we are growing spiritually because we’ve started forgetting about ourselves and we’re focusing on Him.
Unveiling the Cross
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Convey the Glory of the Incarnation
The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Sinclair Ferguson And there are moments in the gospels when, when this comes out, when he says, you know, how long do I have to bear with this? You’re not speaking of condemnation of us, but of longing for the pure air of glory that He knew as one of the Christmas hymns says he came from the glory down to such a world as this.
The Pundit’s Folly
Book Description The world is a sea of glass: a pageant of fond delight, a theatre of vanity, a labyrinth of error, a gulf of grief, a sty of filthiness, a vale of misery, a spectacle of woe, a river of tears, a stage of deceit, a cage full of devils, a den of scorpions, a wilderness of wolves, a cabin of bears, a whirlwind of passions, a fained comedy, a delectable frenzy; where is false delight, assured grief; certain sorrow, uncertain pleasure; lasting woe, fickle wealth; long heaviness,...
Child in the Manger
The True Meaning of Christmas Binding Clear Weight .6 lbs Dimensions 7.5 × 5 × .75 in ISBN 9781848716551 Binding Cloth-bound, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Cloth-bound & eBook (ePub & Kindle) Topic Christmas, Jesus Christ, Christian Living Banner Pub Date Nov 17, 2015 Page Count 216 Format Book Endorsements ‘The best story ever told in the best possible way.
Missions and Suffering
"This subject of suffering and missions comes in some ways as a dagger to the contemporary heart. We are so interested in being leaders, but less interested in being servants." Watch Sinclair Ferguson's closing talk on "Missions and Suffering" from day 2 of The Missionary Conference 2024.
Preaching to the Heart
We need to return to a true preaching to the heart, rooted in the principle of grace and focused on the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.…And when you have experienced such preaching, or seen its fruit, you will know what true preaching is. No more poignant or instructive description of the work of the minister of the gospel exists than Paul’s “defensive excursus” in 2 Corinthians 2:14–7:4.
Full and Final Holiness
From dust we came, and to dust we will return (unless our Lord returns first). But this dust will be resurrected, reconstituted when Christ comes again in glory. On that day of reunion—of body and soul, earth and heaven, men and angels—when all things are at last visibly made subject to the second man, Jesus Christ, then believers will live forever in fully and finally sanctified bodies. Holiness begins and ends with a crisis. In regeneration, we were definitively sanctified (past tense).
Cultivating Gratefulness
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Identity Reminders: When I Forget Who I Am
We are sinners, deserving God’s judgment; yet we are loved and redeemed by the grace of God—and accepted by Him in Christ (Eph. 1:3–14; 2:1–10). We are children of God and therefore are welcomed and cared for by our heavenly Father (Matt. 6:26, 31; Rom. 8:14–17, 29; Gal. 3:26; 4:4–7; 1 John 3:1–3). We are servants of Christ, having been bought with a price—we are no longer our own but are under His lordship and enjoy His protection (Rom. 14:7–9; 1 Cor. 6:19–20).
I Believe in the Holy Spirit
The Scriptures use a series of descriptions to identify the Spirit. He is the Spirit of glory, truth, holiness, sonship—and much more (Rom. 1:4; Rom. 8:15; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 John 4:6). We should notice particularly how our Lord Jesus introduces the Spirit in Jesus’ Farewell Discourse in John 13–17. In essence, Jesus tells His disciples that the Spirit will be to them everything that He Himself has been during the course of His ministry.
Oh How I Love Your Law!
Moses ascended the earthly mountain of God and came down with the law written on tablets of stone. But later, he expressed a longing that all the Lord’s people might have the Spirit (Num. 11:29). The law of Moses could command but it could not empower. By contrast, Jesus ascended the heavenly mountain of God and came down in the Spirit to write His law on our hearts. At a PGA Tour tournament in October 2015, Ben Crane disqualified himself after completing his second round.
Liberty of Conscience
Living according to conscience, then, is not a matter of “being faithful to my best self” or “following conscience per se.” It is a matter of conscience’s being informed, shaped, and trained by God’s Word and becoming increasingly sensitive to its assessments. To say that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” is to affirm that God’s Word is paramount in shaping this dimension of our self-consciousness.
The Church, the Scriptures, and the Sacraments
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Throughout the Bible we are told to fear God. What does that mean?
We need to make some important distinctions about the biblical meaning of “fearing” God. These distinctions can be helpful, but they can also be a little dangerous. When Luther struggled with that, he made this distinction, which has since become somewhat famous: He distinguished between what he called a servile fear and a filial fear. The servile fear is a kind of fear that a prisoner in a torture chamber has for his tormentor, the jailer, or the executioner.
How Can I Grow in My Faith?
3 Min Read Imagine a drowning man in a stormy sea who is thrown a lifebelt. In desperation, he grabs hold of it, clings to it, gets within it. At last, he begins to ride the fearful waves. Still full of terrors and doubts, he is troubled lest the lifebelt should somehow fail him, and he be swallowed by the deeps. Imagine he notices that the lifebelt has a small waterproof booklet attached to it.
Scriptorium: John Bunyan & Persecution
Just as the Lord promised, the people of God have suffered greatly for His name throughout history. Recorded at the Scriptorium in Orlando, Florida, Stephen Nichols examines books by John Bunyan and John Foxe on the topic of suffering and martyrdom on this episode of 5 Minutes in Church History. Transcript The Scriptorium in Orlando features a replica of a jail cell for a towering figure in church history, John Bunyan.
Ask Pastor John
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Scriptorium: The Van Kampen Collection
The Scriptorium in Orlando opened in 2002 and provides a beautiful showcase for the riches and treasures of the Van Kampen Collection of Bibles and of books related to the Bible. The Scriptorium also features a replica of a printing press, and it’s quite a structure. It looks like it took a lot of work to produce books and Bibles.
5 Enlightenment Figures
What were the hallmarks of the Enlightenment? What impact did it have on the church? Today, Stephen Nichols provides an overview of this philosophical movement and introduces us to five major Enlightenment thinkers. Transcript Welcome back to another episode of 5 Minutes In Church History. An Englishman, an American, a Frenchman, a German, and a Scott walk into a library. No, that’s not the beginning of a joke. It is an episode here on 5 Minutes in Church History.
3 Things You Should Know about Colossians
We cannot understand an email or text message unless we know its background, context, and purpose. Similarly, we cannot understand Paul’s letter to the Colossians unless we grasp its background, context, and purpose. Behind Paul’s letter to the Colossians was his concern that false teaching was undermining the faith and practice of the Colossian believers.
Robert Moffat | Ligonier Ministries
Even in the face of many dangers, Robert Moffat was dedicated to obeying the Lord’s call on his life. Today, Stephen Nichols recounts the life and adventures of this Scottish missionary and Bible translator. Transcript Welcome back to another episode of 5 Minutes in Church History. On this episode, we are talking about Robert Moffat.
Scriptorium: Spurgeon's Letters
Central Florida is known for its amusement parks. The Scriptorium in Orlando is an amusement park for Bible geeks and for church history geeks. We’re going to start our tour of the Scriptorium with Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Spurgeon is no stranger to Five Minutes in Church History. We talk about him almost as much as we can. The Scriptorium houses actual letters from Spurgeon. Some of them are in Spurgeon’s classic royal purple ink.
Thanksgiving | Ligonier Ministries
Happy Thanksgiving. American Thanksgiving, that is. In Australia, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Wednesday of November. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. But America celebrates Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. That wasn’t always the case. In fact, the New England Puritans celebrated the first Thanksgiving sometime in late September or October. And it wasn’t just one day; it lasted three days.
Luther on Medieval Piety
Many people in the medieval church believed their works could earn God’s favor. Today, Stephen Nichols looks at a sermon that Martin Luther preached against this false idea, expounding the true riches of God’s grace in salvation. Transcript Welcome back to another episode of 5 Minutes in Church History. In a few short days, on the 18th to be exact, it will be the 478th anniversary of Martin Luther’s death. He died on February 18th, 1546.
Luther’s Confession of Faith
Martin Luther wanted to ensure that no one would misuse his Reformation writings as an excuse for creating divisions in the church. Today, Stephen Nichols examines a confession of faith that Luther wrote to defend essential Christian truths. Transcript Welcome back to another episode of 5 Minutes in Church History. Last week we mentioned that on the 18th, we had the 478th anniversary of Martin Luther’s death.
A Catechism on the Heart
I must guard my heart as if everything depended on it. This means that I should keep my heart like a sanctuary for the presence of the Lord Jesus and allow nothing and no one else to enter.
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