Sermons on Ruth - John Piper In my yearly trek through the Scriptures, I have come today to the book of Ruth. I have read this book many times, but never studied it in depth. So I thought it would be good to look up a sermon series on this book ... Read More

This past week, I've been reading through Hosea. The language God uses to speak of Israel is quite striking. "For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore" (Hosea 4:12). The Lord, over and over in this book, describes His ... Read More

America has a rich history rooted in the Christian faith, drawing many principles from Scripture. And while this is true, it does not lend us the conclusion that America was a "Christian nation," even at our founding. Such an assumption is absurd and presents a misguided interpretation of history and ... Read More

American Patriot's Bible: combining God's infallible Word with the idolatry of American nationalism. If there is anything that really gets my blood boiling, it is any piece of merchandise or any program or movement that holds up the idea that being an American equals being a converted, born-again Christian, something plaguing ... Read More

"Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles ... were ... separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." - Ephesians 2:11-12 When reading this statement by Paul, in his mind, being separated from ... Read More

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no ... Read More

When we read Scripture and particularly the Old Testament, it is so easy to automatically view those heroes of the faith, those glowing golden embossed characters we have all read about as kids as if they did no wrong. Sadly, a lot of times, we carry those portrayals with us ... Read More

Yes, his mind was not changed toward theism (let alone the Gospel), yes, he's still a confident atheist ... yet this act of kindness from a believer very well could be the planting of a seed that the Holy Spirit will use to later bring him to faith. May we ... Read More

Is the Old Testament just a bunch of stories and instruction for what we should and shouldn't do? Or is it one big story compiled of smaller stories, that all make up an unfolding drama of redemption from Genesis to Revelation, in which God reveals hints and pictures that all ... Read More

"Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?" ... Read More