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Augustine on Justification (what you must know)

The most significant patristic source of the Protestant Reformation was Augustine of Hippo. In centuries preceding the sixteenth, interest in Augustine had flowered, spawning

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When Your Earthly Hope Is Found Wanting

Having begun his professional life believing in the promise of communism, British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) abandoned his utopian dream in the 1930s. Coming

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The Journey

How shall we proceed through the New Year? Timothy Jones (1955 – ), the author of A Place for God, provides helpful insight. In

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The Texture of Advent

It was among the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. Following an exposition of Matthew 2 in which I explained the typological significance

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Classical Education and Your Children

Gathered around a bonfire on a crisp New England evening, my wife and I listened as our friends discussed possibly sending their children to

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Pastors and Politics

I remember that lunch like it was yesterday. I was only 20 years old and not looking to offend my militant herbivorous colleagues. One

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“I Go to Die”

The acclaimed Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was a nervous wreck before every performance. Perhaps this would be the day that he would finally

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A Word to Research Students

Maybe you are like me, an average Chris, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but sufficiently motivated and interested to study theology in

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The Gift We Overlook

Early Christians saw themselves as the manifestation of Christ in the world. According to sociologist Rodney Stark, this understanding of Christ’s body fueled the

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Preaching and Prayer

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)—famous bishop, pastor, theologian, and philosopher—was a superlative preacher. In On Christian Teaching, he shares with his brother pastors his meditations on

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Discovering the Freedom of Lent

For many, Lent may seem like an empty ritual. But Aaron Damiani, author of The Good of Giving Up: Discovering the Freedom of Lent, begs

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Our Basic Need

In her first novel, Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor says of her character Hazel Motes that “there was a deep, black, wordless conviction in him

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Models of the Church

When I was in seminary, Professor Rick Lints made a memorable statement. After lecturing on the Reformation’s conception of salvation, he asserted that “This

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Hope in the Darkness

As a teenager working in the mall during Christmas, I was the guy who ran products from the warehouse to the store clerks. This

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God-Centered Gratitude

The 1965 film classic, Shenandoah, features a memorable and outlandish prayer. With his eight children seated for dinner, the father, played by James Stewart

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Marriage among Catholics and Protestants: A Reformation Perspective

Of all the questions that hit my inbox, the second most commonly asked involves romantic relationships between Catholics and Protestants—whether it’s wise for one

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Chris Castaldo

Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.

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