Thanks to the gift of mobile technology, Bible study is no longer contained to books or a desktop. You can read and study the Bible while waiting in line, sitting at the park, or listening in the pew—wherever you are. Blue Letter Bible’s mobile app allows you to access our best study tools right in […]

(The following meditation is adapted from Charles Spurgeon’s sermon on Matthew 11:19, available at Blue Letter Bible) “A friend of publicans and sinners” (Matthew 11:19). Our Lord proved Himself in His own time to be the friend of sinners. What better proof could He give of it than coming from the majesty of his Father’s […]

“Let brotherly love continue.” (Hebrews 13:1) The New Testament resounds with the command to love the “brothers,” an idiom for fellow believers in the faith (Matt. 22:39; John 13:34; Rom. 13:8; 1 Cor. 13; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 2:10; 3:10, 4:7).  The word “love” used in Hebrews 13:1 is φιλαδελφία transliterated from the Greek […]

The preaching pastor has a weighty task (2 Tim 4:1-5). He is responsible for feeding Jesus’ sheep with the solid food of God’s Word. Needless to say, for him, good theological training and resources are a necessity. Some pastors in hard to reach places lack these essential resources.

Let’s be honest. Sometimes, when we try to study Scripture for all its worth (digging into biblical languages, using BLB study tools, etc.) our hearts can grow dull to what the text is saying. We fill ourselves with head knowledge, but our hearts are left unaffected. In the following video, CCEF faculty member David Powlison […]

I recently wrote an article that noted how doctrine is the lifeblood of the Christian life. In that article, I defined doctrine using the Greek word “didaskolos” which means “teaching.” Furthermore, I explained that “doctrine explains the ‘who’ and ‘what’ of Christianity.” Doctrine: The fuel for discipleship Now, since doctrine provides the lifeblood of the […]

Just yesterday a friend and I were sitting outside a restaurant, hanging out and catching up on life. A half hour into our conversation, a young man walked right by us and gave me a long glare, staring at the Bible in front of us. A few minutes later, he walked by again with the […]

The following is adapted from a sermon by Charles Spurgeon, titled “Christ’s Resurrection and Our Newness of Life” “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans […]

One of the greatest concerns that I have about modern evangelicalism is a tendency to be theological without being explicitly grounded in sound biblical doctrine. The word “doctrine” comes from the Greek word “”didaskolos” and means “teaching.”  Doctrine helps Christians know who God is, what He has done, what the Trinity is, the deity of […]