Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus out of love for His friend and out of a holy hatred of the destruction wrought by sin. Today, Sinclair Ferguson explains how Christ’s perfect anger displays His devotion to His redeemed.

Scripture reveals not only the power and authority of our Lord Jesus but also His heart as our compassionate Savior. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the refining influence of reflecting on Christ’s affections for His people.

Jesus understands our weakness and draws close to us in our need. Today, Sinclair Ferguson beckons us to come near to the One who provides rest for our weary souls.

To see whether you have a healthy, biblical view of Jesus, turn to Luke 2:52, which says He grew "in favor with God and man." Today, Sinclair Ferguson explains how this passage shows the true humanity of our incarnate Lord.

Since the Christian life involves an ongoing transformation of becoming more like Jesus, we need to know what Jesus is actually like. Today, Sinclair Ferguson expresses the importance of knowing our Lord personally and deeply.

Bill never ministered to large churches or spoke at conferences. But he touched lives by remaining the same constant Christian year after year. Today, Sinclair Ferguson thanks God for one of the godliest men he has ever known.

Even if their paths cross only for a season, Christians can leave a lifelong impact on one another’s spiritual lives. Today, Sinclair Ferguson remembers Dennis, whom God used in his life as a first-year university student.

Hamish didn’t set out to be a mentor. He simply took an interest in a young man and encouraged him by his love and zeal for Christ. Today, listen as Sinclair Ferguson explains what this formative friendship taught him about discipleship.

One icy evening in the dead of winter, a stranger asked a young Sinclair Ferguson, “Are you saved, son?” Today, he describes this momentary exchange that God used as a stepping stone toward saving faith in Jesus Christ.

When we read the obscure names that receive greetings in Paul’s letters, we’re reminded of the everyday Christians who have invested in our own lives. Today, Sinclair Ferguson invites us to think of these people with gratitude.

Spiritual growth isn’t measured so much by the stature a Christian has attained as it is by the distance traveled and the obstacles overcome. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the many different ways God reshapes our lives.

Sin can leave our souls misshapen in subtle ways. Yet the Great Physician offers treatment to reveal and straighten what has gone awry. Today, Sinclair Ferguson conveys the means of being reshaped into the likeness of Christ.

Pride distorts our thinking, making us more willing to heed our own minds than to submit to the mind of God revealed in Scripture. Today, Sinclair Ferguson poses the remedy for sin’s big-headed self-sufficiency.

Martin Luther described our sinful condition as being “incurvatus in se,” turned in on itself. Today, Sinclair Ferguson identifies the damaging effects of living for ourselves and the transformative way that Christ reshapes us.

By creating us in His image, God has specially fashioned us for fellowship with Him. But because of sin, our souls have been bent out of shape. Today, Sinclair Ferguson thinks about our need for restoration in Christ.

The devil offered Jesus the dominion that Adam had lost. This is just what Christ came to regain, but only by the conquest of the cross. Today, Sinclair Ferguson delights in Christ’s unwavering devotion to His Father’s will.

By tempting Jesus to jump off the temple, Satan was inviting Him to win followers by parading the miraculous power of God. Today, Sinclair Ferguson explains why Christ really came: to save sinners by suffering in their place.

Whereas Adam rejected God’s warning and ate from the tree, Jesus lived not by bread alone but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God. Today, Sinclair Ferguson unpacks the meaning of Christ’s first wilderness temptation.

Jesus’ wilderness temptation isn’t recorded in Scripture primarily to help us fight temptation—it marks the beginning of Christ’s victory over Satan. Today, Sinclair Ferguson invites us to take courage in our conquering King.

Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted. But how could the Son of God really be tempted? Today, Sinclair Ferguson expresses the consolation we find in Christ’s true humanity and the hope that His complete sinlessness brings.

Few chapters in the Bible so vividly depict the glory of the gospel in the humiliation and exaltation of Christ as Isaiah 53. Today, Sinclair Ferguson opens this passage to reflect with wonder on the Suffering Servant.

Day by day, Jesus attentively submitted to His Father’s Word. This obedience led in one direction: to the cross. Today on Things Unseen, listen as Sinclair Ferguson turns to a prophecy that reveals Christ’s submission to death and defeat of the grave.

The prophet Isaiah described the Messiah as One who would be forsaken so that people from every nation could be accepted before God. Today, Sinclair Ferguson marvels at Christ, whose alienation has accomplished our welcome.

In our weakness, we are as bruised reeds and dimly burning wicks. But Jesus, in His mercy, mends His people and fans them into life. Today, Sinclair Ferguson examines a tenderhearted picture of Christ from the book of Isaiah.