On Life & Scripture

Acts 2:42 reveals that the early church devoted itself to four central elements of corporate worship—the apostles’ teaching, fellowship through giving, the Lord’s Supper, and prayers—offered with sincere hearts in spirit and truth.

If God alone determines who he is, should he not also determine how he is worshiped? Scripture offers eleven reasons the church must worship according to what God has revealed rather than our own preferences.

Because the church is a holy people set apart by God and because Scripture is both authoritative and sufficient, the gathered church must regulate its corporate worship according to what God has revealed in his Word rather than human invention.

In both the Old and New Testaments, the Bible shows that God alone defines how he is to be worshiped, and therefore, the church must worship according to his revealed Word rather than human invention.

God has always prescribed how he is to be worshiped and continues to care deeply that his people worship him according to his revealed will rather than human preference.

From the granting of religious liberty onward, Reformed Baptists navigated decline, controversy, and renewal while preserving confessional theology, recommitting to evangelism and missions, and seeking to hold together God’s sovereignty with human responsibility.

American Baptists emerged from persecution, forged a distinct theological identity, and played a decisive role in securing religious liberty for all.

Persecution, political upheaval, and brief seasons of freedom shaped the growth, theological clarity, and confessional identity of the English Baptists.

Seventeenth-century English debates over baptism, church authority, and religious liberty led to the emergence of General and Particular Baptist churches and shaped enduring Baptist convictions.

Rooted in the turmoil of the Reformation and shaped by conviction, Baptists developed as an orthodox, evangelical people distinguished by believer’s baptism, congregational polity, and a deep commitment to liberty of conscience.

The future of the world, the fulfillment of God’s promises, and the hope of every believer rest in the hands of the slain and risen Lamb.

A psalm-shaped guide for weary souls learning to trust God when the light seems gone.

The story of Christ’s birth doesn’t end at the manger but leads to the cross and an empty tomb.

God reveals to Habakkuk the dividing line between those who trust in themselves and those who live by faith in him.

In Christ’s “High Priestly Prayer,” he reveals the glory he shares with his Father and the eternal life he gives to all whom the Father has entrusted to him.

God answered a prophet’s cry for justice with a shocking act of judgment and fulfilled it ultimately through the mercy of Christ.

A father’s God-given calling is to nurture and protect the hearts of his children, faithfully working and keeping all that the Lord has placed under his care.

Genesis reveals that God created man and woman—equal in worth, distinct in role, and united in covenant—to reflect his image and foreshadow the greater marriage between Christ and his church.

God’s creation declares his glory, but only Scripture reveals his will, his grace, and the way of salvation.