“Perhaps more than any previous generation of Christians, our generation needs to be saturated in the wisdom, grace, goodness, and health-giving clarity of God’s truth. We need our minds…
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TheologyWorship
It Is Well with My Soul
A Testimony to Sovereign Comfort in Sufferingby Tobe Hester May 31, 2024In the annals of Christian hymnody, few hymns stir the soul and summon the tears as profoundly as Horatio G. Spafford’s timeless piece, “It Is Well With My Soul.”…
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TheologyWorship
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Orthodox Christology in an Ancient Hymnby Sean Morris April 24, 2024The beautiful hymn of the Incarnation, called “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” is set to a tune likely based on an old Gregorian chant. The lyrics of the text…
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TheologyWorship
Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
A Special Hymn for Suffering Saintsby Chad Watkins January 23, 2024What makes a hymn a good hymn? In the first place, the lyrics must be theologically true and weighty. The lyrics must faithfully express biblical truth, and they must…
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MinistryTheologyWorship
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Carried by the Immense and Active Love of Godby Donny Friederichsen November 27, 2023During one of my first chapel services as a student at RTS-Orlando, Dr. John Frame played the organ to accompany our hymn singing. The first hymn we sang was…
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MinistrySanctificationWorship
O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go
Christian Hope in the Christian's Sorrowsby Derrick Brite November 25, 2023Despite being absent of any real musical ability, I have always been fascinated with the hymn lyrics and the history behind them. Some of these stories are legendary among…
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MinistryWorship
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
The Church History behind a Classic Hymnby George Grant November 22, 2023In 1857, shortly after he was installed as the new pastor of the Roxburgh Free Church on Hill Square adjacent to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Walter…
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Church
An Apostolic Prayer for the PCA – “Strength for Today”
Ligon Duncan's Sermon before the 50th General Assemblyby J. Ligon Duncan III November 2, 2023At the 50th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, GRN Executive Council Member Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III (CEO & Chancellor, Reformed Theological Seminary) delivered the sermon…
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ReformationSanctificationTheology
God Saves Sinners!
Six Statements from Ephesians 2:8-10by J. Ligon Duncan III October 28, 2023The great B.B. Warfield once said that “Calvinism” (which he described as as “that sight of the majesty of God that pervades all of life and all of experience”…
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ConfessionalTheologyWorship
God’s Self-Sufficiency
Embracing the Reality that God Doesn’t Need Youby Brian Cosby August 4, 2018In 2009, my wife and I purchased a home in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite being a larger house in a nice neighborhood, it was what our realtor called “a handy…