Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
How Does the Gospel Work in Our Lives?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gospel transforms our relationships with fellow Christians in the church, with those in authorit...
The Unfailing Promises of God
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After extolling the riches of the gospel, the book of Romans raises a sudden question: What about Go...
The Wonders of the Gospel
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the gospel: The holy God we've offended is the One who delivers us from sin's condemnation a...
None Is Righteous
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The opening chapters of Romans provide a devastating analysis of humanity's lost and sinful conditio...
The Letter That Changed the World
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All Scripture is inspired, yet some portions of God's Word are especially known for their transforma...
The Cup That Could Not Pass
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We will never know the full cost of our redemption, which drove Jesus to pray, "Let this cup pass fr...
A Foretaste of Christ's Glory
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Little did Peter, James, and John know that when they saw the glory of Christ in His transfiguration...
The Turning Point in Jesus' Ministry
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus' disciples began to truly understand His identity and His mission. Today...
Baptized into the Sins of His People
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In His baptism, Jesus was symbolically drenched in the sins of others so that He might carry them fr...
Living under the Shadow of the Cross
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The whole of Jesus’ life was lived under the shadow of the cross. As Christ faithfully served His ...
What’s New in the New Covenant?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prophets promised a new covenant for God’s people, and Jesus announced its arrival. But what c...
God’s Law and Grace
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why did God give so many commands to Israel? How do these laws relate to His gracious salvation thro...
The Covenant Made at Sinai
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re bound to misunderstand the law that God delivered to His people at Mount Sinai if we forget ...
Safeguarding the Promise of Grace
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even after the earth was deluged with a flood, and even after the world united in rebellion at Babel...
The Promised Covenant of Grace
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Adam sinned in the garden, God made a promise of salvation that would shape the course of hist...
When Two Become One
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As with Adam and Eve, God delights in uniquely fitting a man and woman for lifelong unity. Today, Si...
A Husband’s Integrity and a Wife’s Respect
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Superficial attraction doesn’t produce respect—character does. Today, Sinclair Ferguson identifi...
Honoring Our Parents for Life
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God’s love for families is seen in His dedicating one of the Ten Commandments to the relationship ...
Raising Children in the Church
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God has given us a church family to help us raise our children for Christ. Today, Sinclair Ferguson ...
The Christian Family and the Church
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christians come from many different homes and backgrounds, but we’ve all been adopted into the fam...
A Consecrated Feast
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we come to the Lord’s Table, we are to give our hearts entirely to the One who gave all to save...
A Meal of Anticipation
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each time Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we’re reminded of another meal that awaits us ...
Participation in Christ’s Body and Blood
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does Scripture mean when it says that our receiving the Lord’s Supper is “a participation i...
The Cup of Blessing
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus drank the bitter cup of divine wrath so that His people may freely enjoy the cup of God’s bl...
The Lord’s Supper: A Proclamation
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Lord’s Supper is a form of proclamation, a visible dramatization of the gospel message. Today,...
What It Means to Be in Christ
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One prepositional phrase lies at the heart of our identity as Christians: we are “in Christ.” To...
Positive and Negative Steps in the Christian Walk
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our daily walk with the Lord involves positive and negative steps: we are to pursue Christlike chara...
Already and Not Yet
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faithful Christian living involves looking back on Jesus’ finished work of atonement and looking f...
Gospel Indicatives and Imperatives
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gospel’s indicatives—all that God has done for us in Christ—are always the basis for our C...
The Grammar of the Gospel
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apart from the influence of the Holy Spirit, the message of the gospel will seem like a foreign lang...
The Hundredfold Harvest of God’s Word
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we yield our lives to the Lord with hearts prepared to receive His Word, He works to make us spir...
Choked by the Cares of This World
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Weeds grow naturally, but a healthy lawn requires care and attention. The same is true of our spirit...
The Kind of Faith That Falls Away
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us may know someone who seemed suddenly converted to Christ, but they just as suddenly fell ...
Hardened Hearers
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even people who sit under the preaching of God’s Word every week are capable of hardening their he...
Take Heed How You Hear
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s important for us to hear the Word of God preached. But Jesus also instructs His disciples to ...
The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jesus we know and serve today is the same wonderful Redeemer we read about in the Gospels, forev...
Dead to Sin’s Dominion
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If we are united to Christ by faith, we have died to the dominion of sin and must no longer live in ...
Servants for Jesus’ Sake
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we measure true success in ministry? Today, Sinclair Ferguson opens the Bible passage that w...
Following the Light of the World
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Until we come to saving faith in Christ, we remain lost in the darkness of sin and condemnation. Tod...
Come to Christ for Eternal Life
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being a Christian is not about reading enough of the Bible to balance out our failures; it’s comin...
The Power of the Spirit in Preaching
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All truly effective preaching shares one thing in common: it is attended by the power of the Holy Sp...
Different Kinds of Preachers
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faithful, biblical preaching doesn’t have to follow a specific formula in order to bless God’s p...
The Effects of Preaching
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What effects should the preaching of God’s Word have on us? Today, Sinclair Ferguson shares words ...
What Is Wrong with Preaching Today?
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why can it sometimes seem that the preaching in our church isn't bearing much fruit? Today, Sinclair...
How Important Is Preaching?
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether we’re preachers or listeners, the proclamation of God’s Word plays a role in our lives a...
Who Shall Separate Us?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By God’s sovereign grace, the very things that threaten to separate us from Christ are tools in Hi...
Who Is to Condemn?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With all our falls and failures in the Christian life, what hope do we have of escaping the sentence...
Who Shall Bring Any Charge?
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Satan accuses the people of God day and night. We’ll never escape his charges of sin and guilt by ...
Who Can Be against Us?
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If God is for us, then all the devil’s efforts to destroy us will ultimately fail. Today, Sinclair...
Beloved Bible Verses
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is your favorite passage in the Bible? Today, Sinclair Ferguson turns to one of the most cheris...
Named in Baptism
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God places His name on us in our baptism, marking us out as those called to trust in the Father, bel...
Baptized: A New Identity
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discussions about baptism often focus on what we are baptized with—how much water and how it’s t...
Why Was Jesus Baptized?
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sinners were coming to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. Why did Jesus, the sinless Son of Go...
The Meaning of Baptism
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Baptism wasn’t given to us just for the experience of a moment—it’s a sign that affects every ...
The Promise of Baptism
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If we think of baptism primarily as a point of controversy rather than a gift from God, we need to t...
Principles for Holiness
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The way to measure genuine growth in holiness is… How would you answer that question? Today on *Th...
Sanctification Summarized
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens in a person’s life that causes a sinner to become a saint? Today, Sinclair Ferguson l...
A More Excellent Way
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sanctification—becoming increasingly like Jesus—takes place more often in the ordinariness of li...
The Fruit of Sanctification
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being holy isn’t merely about doing the right things. Nor should we mistake being holy with being ...
Set Apart for God
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us a new vocabulary for understanding the Christian life, and one crucial word it ...
The Anger of Jesus
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus out of love for His friend and out of a holy hatred of the destru...
Christ, a Man of Feeling
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scripture reveals not only the power and authority of our Lord Jesus but also His heart as our compa...
Rest for Our Souls
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus understands our weakness and draws close to us in our need. Today, Sinclair Ferguson beckons u...
He Grew in Favor with God
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To see whether you have a healthy, biblical view of Jesus, turn to Luke 2:52, which says He grew "in...
The Personal Jesus
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Christian life involves an ongoing transformation of becoming more like Jesus, we need to ...
The Legacy of a Godly Life
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bill never ministered to large churches or spoke at conferences. But he touched lives by remaining t...
A Christian’s Enduring Influence
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even if their paths cross only for a season, Christians can leave a lifelong impact on one another’...
An Older Friend in the Faith
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish didn’t set out to be a mentor. He simply took an interest in a young man and encouraged him...
The Man in Black
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One icy evening in the dead of winter, a stranger asked a young Sinclair Ferguson, “Are you saved,...
Our Hidden Helpers
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we read the obscure names that receive greetings in Paul’s letters, we’re reminded of the e...
Shaped by Grace
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spiritual growth isn’t measured so much by the stature a Christian has attained as it is by the di...
Solutions for Distorted Souls
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sin can leave our souls misshapen in subtle ways. Yet the Great Physician offers treatment to reveal...
The Big-Headed Soul
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pride distorts our thinking, making us more willing to heed our own minds than to submit to the mind...
Turned In on Ourselves
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Luther described our sinful condition as being “incurvatus in se,” turned in on itself. T...
The Shape of the Soul
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By creating us in His image, God has specially fashioned us for fellowship with Him. But because of ...
All the Kingdoms of the World
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The devil offered Jesus the dominion that Adam had lost. This is just what Christ came to regain, bu...
The Pinnacle of the Temple
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By tempting Jesus to jump off the temple, Satan was inviting Him to win followers by parading the mi...
Not by Bread Alone
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whereas Adam rejected God’s warning and ate from the tree, Jesus lived not by bread alone but by e...
Christ’s Victory in the Wilderness
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus’ wilderness temptation isn’t recorded in Scripture primarily to help us fight temptation—...
He Was Tempted as We Are
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted. But how could the Son of God really be tempted? Today, Si...
The Gospel according to Isaiah
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Few chapters in the Bible so vividly depict the glory of the gospel in the humiliation and exaltatio...
The Savior’s Open Ear
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day by day, Jesus attentively submitted to His Father’s Word. This obedience led in one direction:...
A Light for the Nations
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prophet Isaiah described the Messiah as One who would be forsaken so that people from every nati...
A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our weakness, we are as bruised reeds and dimly burning wicks. But Jesus, in His mercy, mends His...
Meeting Christ in the Old Testament
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people are interested in finding Christ in the Old Testament, but often we miss the most import...
The Family of God
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greater than all of Scripture’s pictures describing the church is the biblical reality itself: we ...
The Temple of God
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As living stones, Christians are being built up together to display the glory of the Lord in their f...
The Bride of Christ
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scripture describes the church as a bride preparing to appear in unblemished splendor before her lov...
The Flock of God
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When sheep hear the familiar sound of their shepherd’s voice, they draw nearer to him and to one a...
The Body of Christ
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does the New Testament describe the church as the body of Christ? Today, Sinclair Ferguson conve...
A Marble Pulpit in South Carolina
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pastor’s love for his people isn’t so much worked up as it is sent down. Today, Sinclair Fergu...
Home
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Home” may be a word that brings joy or sorrow. Today, Sinclair Ferguson thinks on several homes...
A Seminary in Philadelphia
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the hardest decisions of a young Scotsman’s life to go and teach at an American semi...
Room C37
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a university bedroom, an 18-year-old Sinclair Ferguson was prompted to study the books of the Bib...
A Little Pulpit in Scotland
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some locations mark our lives forever because of what God did for us there. Today, Sinclair Ferguson...
The Glory of God’s Providence
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Through all the hardships of his life, God brought Joseph to the right place at the right time and m...
Instruments of God’s Providence
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of God’s people have a role to play in the good purposes of His providence. Today, listen as S...
The Mystery of Providence
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the doctrine of providence does not relieve us from going through hard times, it reassures us ...
God Meant It for Good
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Joseph is filled with jealousy, deception, and sorrow. Yet in the end, Joseph says, “...
All Things Work Together
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In painful circumstances, we sometimes ask, “Why is this happening to me?” Today, Sinclair Fergu...