The dawn of 2015 is right around the corner, and many Christians are resolving to begin a new habit: to read their Bible daily. Well, we’re here to help! Blue Letter Bible has 6 daily reading plans for you to choose from. Here are three reasons you might want to sign up for one: 1. […]
Top 14 Posts of 2014
Throughout 2014, the BLB blog hosted a number of articles, from BLB announcements to theological articles written by various contributors to quotes from some of our most downloaded resources. This week, we went back and reviewed the most-read articles of the year. The top 14 are listed below. Whether you are reading them for the […]
An Important Message from the Co-Founders of Blue Letter Bible
Spurgeon: “There was greater glory among the oxen”
Think for a minute of Christ’s person as revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. What can more glorify him than for us to see his person, very God of very God, and yet as truly man? What a wondrous being, as human as ourselves, but as divine as God! Was there ever another like to him? […]
Celebrate the Christmas Season: Scriptures, Sermons, and More
To commemorate our celebration of Christ’s glorious birth, we have prepared a selection of materials that highlight this miraculous event. We trust these Scriptures, sermons, and commentaries surrounding the nativity will inspire a deeper, reverential love for God and His Word. The page serves as a starting point for those seeking to study this great moment in […]
Lloyd-Jones on the Life and Times of George Whitefield #Whitefield300
300 years ago today (on December 16, 1714), one of the history’s most influential preachers in history, George Whitefield, was born. What might draw a crowd of 20,000 people today to listen to an open air message of the gospel? For the eighteenth-century preacher George Whitefield, this was not an uncommon occurrence, as he preached […]
F.E. Marsh: Christ Came for Us (Part 3)
The following is adapted from the notes of F.E. Marsh, available at BLB. Hebrews 9 & 10 offer a number of reasons that Christ came for us. We’ve already discussed some of them in part 1 and part 2, but there are several reasons more. He also came to serve: As the Exalted Man in glory. “But when Christ […]
F.E. Marsh: Christ Came for Us (Part 2)
The following is adapted from the notes of F.E. Marsh, available at BLB. Hebrews 9 & 10 offer a number of reasons that Christ came for us. We’ve already discussed some of them in part 1, but there are several reasons more. He also came to serve: As the Substitute, to suffer. “so Christ, having […]
F.E. Marsh: Christ Came for Us
The following is adapted from the notes of F.E. Marsh, available at BLB. Different characteristics of Christ who appears for us in Hebrews 9 & 10. As the Propitiation, to atone. “he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his […]
Jonathan Edwards: “The infinitely high became infinitely low “
(The following is adapted from a sermon by Jonathan Edwards) These two concepts are met in Jesus Christ: infinite highness and infinite condescension. Christ, as God, is infinitely great and high above all. He is higher than the kings of the earth for He is King of kings and Lord of lords. He is higher than the heavens, […]