In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Paul calls upon Christians to "pray without ceasing." But what does that mean? I recently got some help from reading the Puritan pastor Ezekiel Hopkins (1633–1690). He observed: "To pray without ceasing is not to be engaged in the duty of...

In volume 2 of Stephen Charnock’s The Existence and Attributes of God, he has an especially moving section on how God’s goodness in redemption exceeds God’s goodness in creation. I share it with you this week in hopes that it will touch your heart and move you to...

This past Sunday I preached on Psalm 73. And in God's good providence, I read some of Richard Sibbes's (1577–1635) remarks on this wonderful Psalm: Carnal reasoning will tell you that God does not see or govern, but has left the earth. But as we go into the...