“The meaning of the Pentateuch” by John H. Sailhamer

“The big idea of the Pentateuch is the importance of living by faith.”
–John H. Sailhamer, The Meaning of the Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009), 22.

“Higher critics can’t preach” by Brevard S. Childs

“In my judgment, there is no greater indictment of the critical method than the theological bankruptcy of its homiletical model.”
–Brevard S. Childs, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1979), 409.

“The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601-1602)
Oil on canvas. Sanssouci of Potsdam, Germany.
Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.”But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of [...]

“A merciful and faithful High Priest” by John Calvin

“In Christ’s human nature there are two things to be considered, the real flesh and the affections or feelings. The Apostle then teaches us, that He had not only put on the real flesh of man, but also all those feelings which belong to man, and he also shows the benefit that from hence proceeds.
And [...]

“The gospel is the power of God” by Milton Vincent

“Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes the gospel as ‘the power of God.’ (Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18)
Nothing else in all of Scripture is ever described in this way, except for the Person of Jesus Christ. [...]

“The Sermon on the Mount sears and burns” by D.A. Carson

“The more I read these three chapters– Matthew 5,6, and 7– the more I am both drawn to them and shamed by them. Their brilliant light draws me like a moth to a spotlight; but the light is so bright it sears and burns. No room is left for forms of piety which are nothing [...]

“Reading the Scriptures with the Church Fathers” by Christopher Hall

“Learning to read the Bible through the eyes of Christians from a different time and place will readily reveal the distorting effect of our own cultural, historical, linguistic, philosophical and, yes, even theological lenses. This is not to assert that the fathers did not have their own warped perspectives and blind spots.
It is to argue, [...]

“What can miserable Christians pray?” by Carl R. Trueman

“You will find in the Psalms that there is not a single emotion which you feel which the Lord Himself has not given us the words to express to Him in prayer and praise. Learn to pray the Psalms in private, for there you find the resources to cope with the day of death and [...]

“The great public act of God” by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“The death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross on Calvary was not an accident; it was God’s work. It was God who ’set Him forth’ there. How often is the whole glory of the Cross missed when men sentimentalize it away and say, ‘Ah, He was too good for the world, He was [...]

“An embarassment of riches” by Bruce M. Metzger

“The textual critic of the New Testament is embarrassed by the wealth of material… Besides textual evidence derived from the New Testament Greek manuscripts and from early versions, the textual critic has available the numerous scriptural quotations included in the commentaries, sermons, and other treatises written by early Church fathers. Indeed, so extensive are these [...]

“Making our worship more Biblical” by James F. White

“If we really believe, as we profess, that Scripture is central to the Christian life, then it ought also to be central in our worship life. That Sunday bulletin is an important statement of faith. If the bulletin makes it clear that Scripture is an important part of Christian worship, then we can be sure [...]

“Mercy has swallowed up all misery” by John Calvin

“It follows that every good thing we could think or desire is to be found in this same Jesus Christ alone. For, He was sold, to buy us back; captive, to deliver us; condemned, to absolve us; He was made a curse for our blessing, sin offering for our righteousness; marred that we may be [...]

“By the knowledge of the gospel” by John Calvin

“Without the gospel everything is useless and vain; without the gospel we are not Christians; without the gospel all riches is poverty, all wisdom folly before God; strength is weakness, and all the justice of man is under the condemnation of God. But by the knowledge of the gospel we are made children of God, [...]

“Scripture must be internalized” by Eugene Peterson

“If Holy Scripture is to be something other than mere gossip about God, it must be internalized.”
–Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006), 20.

“The Last Adam is greater” by John Calvin

“Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.”
–John Calvin, commenting on Romans 5:15 in Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, trans. John Owen (repr. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003), 206.