Some subjects deserve more than five pages. These are the full studies, for readers who want to dig in: more Scripture, more of the original languages, and more of what faithful teachers have said through the centuries. Take them slowly, in more than one sitting. Every Deeper Study also has a five-page beginner study of the same subject in our Weekly Teachings. If you are just starting out, begin there, then come back here when you are ready for more.
We talk about the love of the Father and the love of Jesus, but rarely about the love of the Holy Spirit. A study on the Spirit as a person who loves us and is worthy of the same love we give the Father and the Son, drawing on Scripture, the Puritans, Edwards, Spurgeon, and Piper.
Everyone wants to be happy, and the world digs cistern after cistern to find it. A study of six broken cisterns, the Bible's word for the happy man, and why the Puritans and Reformers insisted that holiness is not the price of joy but the road into it.
How to read the Bible the way it asks to be read: with prayer, sound logic, careful attention to context, the author's own meaning, and the rest of Scripture as the final interpreter. An in-depth, step-by-step study with flowcharts and diagrams, grounded in the Reformed confessions and teachers from Augustine to R.C. Sproul.
Eleven popular sayings about fear, anger, anxiety, the past, and control, each set beside what God's Word actually says. A study on why our feelings are real but never the final authority, and why the One who keeps us is better than the faith we hold.
Ten signs you are still holding on, and the God who can be trusted with everything you release. A short study on what surrender actually is, what it is not, and why letting go is the safest thing a Christian ever does.
Peter asked how many times he had to forgive. Jesus answered with a number too big to track, a story about two ledgers, and a word that means release. This study opens the Greek behind forgiveness and shows why the forgiven are the only people who can forgive.
Three commands of Scripture (repent, take every thought captive, be transformed by the renewing of your mind) turn out to be one campaign. The battlefield is your mind, and the Greek behind each verse shows you how the fight is actually won.
Jesus interrupts Passion Week to teach on prayer: all of heaven's resources are at the disposal of the believer who prays. Five necessities: remember, trust, believe, ask, forgive.
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