“For Spurgeon, it seemed impossible to serve—or to even conceive the idea of a changing God. Spurgeon writes: ‘I could no more think of a changing God, than I could of a round square, or any other absurdity.'”
Top 5 Books Read in 2025
The following lists are the top five books read in 2025 by CBTS faculty and administrators.
Debunking Some Legends & Traditions of Nativity Scenes | Timothy Decker
Having a biblically oriented understanding of the birth of our Lord makes for better Scripture reading, learning, and preaching. Truth will always uplift over tradition, especially when those legends of tradition are in error.
1689 9:1-5 Common Objections to Free Will | Sam Waldron
Chapter 9 of the Confession teaches the important biblical doctrine of the total inability of fallen man to do anything spiritually good. Still, this teaching has been widely denied. In this blog, I want to address those objections.
1689 9:3 Free Will Defined and Defended | Sam Waldron
Though the Confession affirms free will, it affirms the kind of free will that is compatible with the idea that this free will is incapable of any spiritual good.
On Turkish Delight and the Allure of Sin | Robert Gardner
Though he didn’t intend it, the current state of the treat combined with Edmund eating it with abandon paints a great picture of the allure of sin.
1689 9:1-5 Free Will Qualified | Sam Waldron
Free will is not a faculty for making random decisions. Such a view actually destroys any meaningful free will.
What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Grant Billings
What a friend we have in Jesus. He died for us, cleansed us of our sins, and gives us His Word so that we can know Him better, love Him more, and worship Him rightly.
1689 9:1 Of Free Will | Sam Waldron
Against some “Calvinists” (both contemporary and in the past), we must affirm the free will of man. But we must, while affirming it, also carefully and biblically define it.
The Uses of Baptism | Ron Miller
Where in Scripture does it teach that you declare yourself a Christian? American individualism might teach that, but I don’t believe Scripture does.
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