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May the peace of God and the hope of the gospel bring you joy in this season. From the whole team at Ligonier Ministries, Merry Christmas.

It is true, the Lord rewards the sincere obedience of his people, but his rewards are of grace, not of debt, freely bestowed, not due to them upon the account of what they do, Rom. 4:4. —Puritan David Clarkson, Works 1:300

Indeed! The "why" and the "how" are just as significant as the "what." May God shed His grace upon you by giving you faith in Him!

Give me to feel a need of his continual saviourhood, And cry with Job, I am vile, With Peter, I perish, With the publican, Be merciful to me, a sinner. —Valley of Vision, 6

“Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you.” -Sinclair Ferguson

“I exhort all who reverence the Word of the Lord to read it and diligently imprint it on their memory.” -John Calvin

“When God writes our names in the Lamb’s Book of Life, He doesn’t do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.” —R.C. Sproul From the teaching series ‘What is Reformed Theology?’

“Each Sola is important, but the first four really exist to preserve the last one, namely, the Glory of God." -R.C. Sproul

“Christ did not die for any upon condition if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect that they should believe.” -John Owen

“Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian.” -Sinclair Ferguson

"There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us." - Stephen Charnock

#OTD April 16, 1521: German reformer Martin Luther arrives at the Diet of Worms, expecting a chance to debate the concerns he raised in his 95 Theses, particularly the abuse of indulgences. To his surprise, it is not a debate but a judicial hearing demanding he recant his

“The Church is the true Israel, not by replacing it, but by being the organic continuation of God's covenant people." -Herman Bavinck