“The Puritans offer real help” by Matthew Bingham

“The Puritans offer real help.

Where we doubt and lack confidence in the authority and relevance of Scripture across all areas of life, they speak with vigor and conviction.

Where we feel tempted to water down the biblical worldview to bring it more in step with the spirit of the age, they double down.

Where we seek refuge in a therapeutic Christianity that appeals to our wounded pride but is ultimately foreign to a scriptural worldview, the Puritans remind us afresh that sin before a holy God is our most serious problem and that Christ and His gospel are our only solution.

In a word, the Puritans speak with a freshness and fire that can correct some of the characteristic weaknesses of our present cultural moment, and this makes them most excellent conversation partners as we look to retrieve a Reformed approach to spiritual formation.”

–Matthew Bingham, A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2025), 15-16.