This is the second Sunday of “Chew on This,” a look at the Psalms by Leslie of Light Came. We’re invited to read the Psalm and post our personal thoughts about it.
Psalm 4
Answer me when I call,
O God of my righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear [...]

Not that there’s a deficit of it year-round, but summer brings a surge of unabashed immodesty. I’m sorry to say that Christian women are not immune to giving in to the prevailing fashions and sometimes I’m startled and concerned at what I see. The motivation that determines how we dress should not be to look [...]

I glean so much from the Desiring God blog that I have to hold back from linking to it almost on a daily basis. Today John Piper’s topic was “Christ is the Staff of Old Age.” I particularly loved this part of his quote from Samuel Rutherford:
Therefore I commend Christ to you as the staff [...]

I’m reading through the gospel of John in preparation for Easter, and this morning’s reading was the eleventh chapter. I was struck by the words of Caiaphas, the high priest, so I was very interested when I opened today’s post by John Piper on the Desiring God blog, because it deals with the same [...]

If you’re interested in expanding your view of marriage and what union with Christ means, this article, “Union with the Bridegroom: Exploring a Biblical Motif” by Ian D. Campbell will likely do just that. It’s posted in Reformation21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.

It’s giveaway time again at Challies Dot Com.This month’s sponsor is Fellowship for the Performing Arts. The Fellowship produces audio resources, primarily based around the performances of Max McLean. The prizes:
* First prize: The first prize winner will take home One copy of The ESV Listener’s Bible on CD (as read [...]

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening. ~Henry VanDyke
But the wisdom from above is first [...]

Here’s an offer you probably won’t want to refuse: entering your name for a giveaway of a complete set of commentaries. Tim Challies and Monergism Books have collaborated to for The Great September Giveaway!

First prize: All six available volumes of the Reformed Expository Commentary series.
Second prize: Any three volumes of the Reformed Expository Commentary series [...]

Here’s an unfortunate fact: 60 million Americans suffer from heartburn at least once a month, and 25 million experience heartburn daily. The usual cause is a reaction to a specific food. I’m sorry to say that I’m occasionally in that group.
But the last couple of days, I’ve been experiencing a different kind of heart burn. [...]