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Ligonier Ministries exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. We support the church by providing trustworthy teaching to help Christians know what they believe, why they believe it, …
The Westminster Shorter Catechism - Ligonier Ministries
The Westminster Shorter Catechism. 1. What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him? The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and ...
What Are the Five Solas? - Ligonier Ministries
Oct 27, 2021 · Ultimately, the five solas are not merely a summary of Reformed theology. They guard and clarify the gospel, mounting a friendly offensive attack on an unbelieving world, transforming Christ’s enemies into His friends. The word alone is important in the solas. Alone secures the God-centered character of the gospel and of the Christian life.
3 Things You Should Know about Isaiah - Ligonier Ministries
Oct 11, 2024 · The people of Isaiah’s day, governed by Uzziah, Azariah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, were deaf to the prophet’s warnings. In the eighth century BC, as in our day, man’s mind was forever creating idols shaped after human desires and predilections. 2. Isaiah’s ministry was seemingly ineffective by God’s design. To show Judah’s ...
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy – Ligonier Ministries
The following Statement affirms this inerrancy of Scripture afresh, making clear our understanding of it and warning against its denial. We are persuaded that to deny it is to set aside the witness of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit and to refuse that submission to the claims of God’s own Word which marks true Christian faith.
5 Things You Should Know about Hell - Ligonier Ministries
Sep 25, 2024 · Here are five things to know about hell. 1. Hell is a real place of conscious and unending misery. The erroneous doctrine known as annihilationism, or conditional immortality, posits that the wicked are destroyed at the last judgment. They need not worry about conscious, eternal punishment in the afterlife.
Top 5 Commentaries on the Books of Colossians and Philemon
Sep 3, 2021 · There are a number of helpful commentaries on Colossians and Philemon, and the following are five of the best. 1. G.K. Beale — Colossians and Philemon (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 2019). G.K. Beale is one of the most important Reformed theologians writing today.
What Is a Christian’s Responsibility to Government? - Ligonier …
The function of government is to restrain evil and to maintain, uphold, and protect the sanctity of life and of property. Given this function, the Christian understands that government is ordained of God, and so Christians, first of all, are called to respect whatever it is that God institutes and ordains. For God’s sake we are called to be ...
Two Disciples of John: Polycarp | Ligonier Ministries
Dec 11, 2013 · Both Ignatius and Polycarp were the disciples of John. In fact there is this great legend in church history that as Ignatius was John's disciple, and Polycarp was John's disciple, then Polycarp was also Ignatius' disciple. Polycarp would go on to disciple Irenaeus. And Irenaeus would go on—now here's a great name from the early church—he ...
Should a Christian Attend an LGBTQ Wedding? - Ligonier Ministries
Feb 22, 2024 · He defines marriage. And marriage is defined clearly by God in Scripture as that union that God is instituted and ordained between one man and one woman. And so, to attend a union, or “marriage,” or wedding, or whatever it is, is to take part, to have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. And we as Christians must lovingly ...