Resources
Part of the vision behind the DTFR substack is to both provide and point you to sound Biblical resources. To that end, this page is filled with resources supplied by ministries and individuals who seek to produce Biblically-saturated, doctrinally-sound, God-honoring content that will help to fan your passion for God, His Word, and His people into flame.
If you’re on a laptop, you can utilize the table of contents feature for this resource page to the left of your screen.
(Disclaimer: DTFR does not entirely endorse the theology, doctrinal positions, and statements/comments said on all these ministry platforms, however, they are all faithful, clear, and in agreement on the matters of primary importance.)
Teaching Ministries
Desiring God
Desiring God is a ministry founded by author and pastor John Piper. Desiring God has thousands of sound Biblically-saturated, doctrinally-sound, and theologically-accurate resources ranging from articles, sermons, books, and podcasts, and more. Desiring God unwaveringly holds to and unapologetically heralds the truth and conviction that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
Link to desiring God: https://www.desiringgod.org/
Challies.com
Tim Challies is amazing. His blog is filled with helpful resources that will certainly help you to better learn, love, and live God’s Word. My favorite feature of his website is his book recommendations and reviews. As a trusted author and experienced reader, I trust his recommendations and reviews and often reference his book recommendations list. If you are looking for a great read or a review on a popular Christian title, look no further than Tim Challies’ book recommendations.
Link to his site: https://www.challies.com/
Book recommendations by Tim Challies: https://www.challies.com/book-recommendations/
9Marks
9Marks seeks to help pastors, future pastors, and church members build healthy churches. They offer a wide variety of resources aimed at building healthier churches.
Link to 9Marks: https://www.9marks.org/
Grace To You
Grace To You was founded by John Macarthur, author and pastor of Grace Community Church in California. Grace To You seeks to teach biblical truth with clarity by taking advantage of various means of mass communications to expand the sphere of John MacArthur’s teaching ministry. Their ministry has thousands of resources that will assuredly serve you richly.
Link to GracetoYou: https://www.gty.org/
Ligonier Ministries
Ligonier Ministries, founded by R.C. Sproul, is a fellowship of teachers dedicated to making the deep truths of the Christian faith accessible to growing believers. They seek to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. They have a myriad of resources that will most certainly help you grow in your walk with the Lord.
Link to Ligonier Ministries: https://www.ligonier.org/
Truth For Life
Truth For Life is the Bible-teaching ministry of Alistair Begg. The ministry's mission is to teach the Bible with clarity and relevance so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be established and local churches will be strengthened. Join us as Alistair helps us apply the Scripture to our daily lives.
Link to Truth For Life: https://www.truthforlife.org/
Clearly Reformed
Clearly Reformed is a website with a practically comprehensive collection of the resources birthed out of the ministry of pastor, professor, and author Kevin DeYoung. With content ranging from podcasts, sermons, articles, and books, Clearly Reformed seeks to provide content that helps each person deepen their understanding of who God is and further develop their walk with the Lord.
Link to Clearly Reformed: https://clearlyreformed.org/
For the Gospel
Founded by pastor and author Costi Hinn, For the Gospel seeks to provide sound doctrine for everyday people. For the Gospel is unwavering when it comes to the gospel, passionate about creativity, and firmly rooted in biblical truth. FTG strives to help illuminate Scripture so your lamp can shine bright.
Link to For the Gospel: https://www.forthegospel.org/
Dial In Ministries
Dial In Ministries was founded by Jonny Ardavanis and seeks to supply Biblical resources for the next generation. Dial In Ministries exists to train and equip Christians and churches around the world by providing Biblical Resources that are both unwavering in their commitment to Scripture and creatively excellent. Their mission is to see the lives of God’s children transformed by God’s Spirit working through His sufficient, clear, and authoritative Word.
Link to Dial In Ministries: https://www.dialinministries.org/
Living Waters
Living Waters exists to inspire and equip Christians to fulfill the Great Commission. Living Waters seeks to train the members of Christ’s body in the principles of Biblical evangelism and to provide them with practical tools to proclaim the gospel.
Link to Living Waters: https://livingwaters.com/
The Gospel Coalition
The Gospel Coalition is a fellowship of churches in the Reformed tradition deeply committed to renewing their faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures. TGC features articles, podcasts, books, cohorts, free online courses on the Bible and theology, and conferences, all primarily produced and led by by pastors, church leaders, writers, and journalists.
Link to The Gospel Coaltion: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/
GotQuestions
Got Questions has a wide variety of sound Biblical answers to common Biblical and theological questions. Whenever you have questions, GotQuestions has answers.
Link to got questions: https://www.gotquestions.org/
Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF)
The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) aims to restore Christ to counseling and counseling to the church. They are a counseling ministry that keeps the gospel of Jesus Christ, God’s Word, and the local church central in all that they do.
Link to CCEF: https://www.ccef.org/
JustinHuffman.org
This is a blog run by pastor and author Justin Huffman who pastors Morning Star Christian Fellowship in Toronto, Canada. His articles are short, yet still both insightful and edifying. I trust you will benefit from his content.
Link to JustinHuffman.org: https://justinhuffman.org/
Podcasts
Whether you’re driving to work, school, or the gym, doing chores around the house, or just sitting down to relax, listening to podcasts is a phenomenal way to renew your mind with the truths of God’s Word. That being said, below are a couple of podcasts I have personally found to be immensely helpful and incredibly informative and insightful. I pray they can serve you well!
Ask Pastor John
The Ask Pastor John podcast, a resource of Desiring God, is hosted by Tony Reinke as he interviews pastor and author John Piper, asking him tough theological and pastoral questions. After years of answering question after question and email after email, this podcast has accumulated an impressive archive filled with helpful answers for your hard questions. There are always valuable insights on Ask Pastor John.
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For the Gospel Podcast
For the Gospel, with Costi Hinn, provides sound doctrine for everyday people through topical teaching, special guest interviews, and listener Q&As. This podcast will inspire you to grow in truth and live for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Dial In with Jonny Ardavanis
Hosted by pastor and author Jonny Ardavanis, the Dial In podcast helps to apply Biblical principles to everyday life.
Link to Dial In with Jonny Ardavanis:
Things Unseen with Sinclair Ferguson
Things Unseen with Sinclair B. Ferguson is a weekday devotional podcast featuring thoughtful reflections on the Christian life and our relationship with God. Each week follows a theme to guide you day by day in the pursuit of spiritual renewal. A podcast from Ligonier Ministries.
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The Paul Tripp Podcast
The Paul Tripp Podcast features the newly released resource “Bible Study”, the Ask Paul Tripp Show, sermons, conference messages, radio broadcasts, and other audio resources that connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.
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Pray The Word with David Platt
Pray the Word with David Platt is a podcast that features short, daily meditations on God’s Word that not only drive us to pray, but drive how we pray. It is hosted by teacher, author, and pastor David Platt.
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Life, Books, and Everything
Life and Books and Everything is a podcast hosted by Kevin DeYoung where discussions center on, well, life and books and everything. As a church pastor and theology professor, Kevin loves to talk about faith, theology, history, current events, and the occasional hot topic. The format for LBE includes interviews with leading authors and thinkers, recurring conversations with Justin Taylor and Collin Hansen, and the occasional solo musing from Kevin. Listen in and we hope you will learn something, laugh a little, and get some good book recommendations along the way.
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Doctrine Matters with Kevin De Young
In this weekly podcast, pastor, bestselling author, and associate professor of systematic theology Kevin DeYoung walks through the most important theological topics over the course of a year.
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The Alisa Childers Podcast
The Alisa Childers Podcast, hosted by popular apologist Alisa Childers, helps people to answer questions about Progressive Christianity and skeptical claims against the gospel from a Biblical worldview. With amazing guests and interesting topics, the Alisa Childers Podcast is a valuable and incredibly helpful resource.
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Gospelbound
Gospelbound, hosted by Collin Hansen for The Gospel Coalition, is a podcast for those searching for firm faith in an anxious age. Each week, Collin talks with insightful guests about books, ideas, and how to navigate life by the gospel of Jesus Christ in a post-Christian culture.
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The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Briefing with Albert is arguably the best place in evangelicalism to get cultural commentary (primarily American) from a Biblical perspective. With episodes posted five days a week, the Briefing with Albert Mohler will help you to be Biblically, theologically, and regularly informed on what’s going on in American culture.
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Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler
Thinking in Public is a forum for extended intelligent conversation about important theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.
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The World and Everything In It
The World and Everything in It is an Apple Podcasts top 100 News program delivering essential headlines, field reporting, interviews, and expert analysis (primarily American news). On this podcast you’ll find original coverage you can't get elsewhere, such as a weekly overview of every Supreme Court case, biblical cultural analysis, and key international stories. This podcast is a product of listener-supported WORLD Radio, which provides sound journalism grounded in God's Word. If you’re looking for a Biblically-based, helpfully-informative, and riveting/engaging news source, this is a great place to go.
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Podcasts for Pastors and Church Leaders
Are you a pastor or aspiring pastor, current or future church and ministry leader, or someone who just loves to learn more about God, the gospel, and the church? Then listen to these pastors and church leaders as they help to equip you for the work of the ministry.
Pastors Talk
Pastors Talk is exactly what it sounds like, a podcast for pastors hosted by Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever where they talk about practical aspects of the Christian life and pastoral ministry. Pastors Talk is also a 9Marks resource, and has several other helpful podcasts on a variety of topics. Below are also several other podcasts provided by 9Marks ministries.
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The Everyday Pastor
The Everyday Pastor is a podcast from TGC on the nuts and bolts of ministry. Hosted by Ligon Duncan, with nearly 20 years of pastoral experience, and Matt Smethurst, who planted a church three years ago, it seeks to model how ministers of different generations, levels of experience, and even denominations can apply God’s never-changing Word in a fast-changing world. Tune in for wisdom, encouragement, and practical insights to help you navigate the trenches of ministry with fortitude and joy.
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A Storm in the Desert– Podcast by 9Marks:
In 1972, at the base of a Swiss mountain, God saved a man named Mack Stiles. Two decades later, John Folmar “accepted Jesus as his personal Savior”; he doesn’t know even where he first heard that phrase.
What happens in the next quarter-century is a testament to God’s commitment to use faithful, ordinary ministry to effect fruitful, extraordinary change. A Storm in the Desert tells this story.
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Sound Plus Doctrine
Sound Plus Doctrine, hosted by Bob Kauflin and David Zimmer, is the podcast of Sovereign Grace Music, designed for those who plan, lead, or participate in their church’s Sunday gatherings. Join them each week for an engaging, Christ-centered conversation about music and the church.
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On Preaching With H.B. Charles
The On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. This is a place where we can sit together and talk about the important, nature, and practice of faithful, Christ-centered, biblical preaching.
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Preaching and Preachers
Preaching and Preachers is the official podcast of Dr. Jason Allen, the president of Midwestern Seminary.
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Leadership Interviews with Mark Dever
Join Mark Dever as he interviews church leaders from around the world on topics that will challenge you to be a better leader. A podcast by 9Marks.
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Sermon Podcasts
Does your soul hunger to be richly fed and nourished? Then grab your headphones, open your preferred streaming platform, and listen to the powerful and faithful preaching of God’s Word.
Expository Sermons
The Expository Sermons podcast is dedicated to sharing Christ-exalting sermons for your convenience on your preferred streaming platform. The sermon podcasts are updated on the regular, and are posted with the intention of inspiring and encouraging you in your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Redemption Church Durham
The weekly sermons from Redemption Church Durham.
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Redemption Church Newmarket
The weekly sermons from Redemption Church Newmarket.
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Hope Bible Church Oakville
Sunday sermons from Hope Bible Church in Oakville, ON Canada. Our mission is to glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Matt 28:19-20) in the spirit of the Great Commandment (Matt 22:37-39).
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Grace to You Radio Podcast:
This podcast features semons from the teaching ministry of John Macarthur.
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Light + Truth
This podcast features classic sermons from the teaching ministry of John Piper. A resource of Desiring God.
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Messages by Desiring God
This podcast features messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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The Gospel in Life with Tim Keller
This podcast features sermons from the teaching ministry of Tim Keller.
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Renewing Your Mind with R.C. Sproul
Since 1994, this daily broadcast has provided accessible, in-depth Bible teaching to millions around the world. As the principal outreach of Ligonier Ministries, it has instructed listeners in the life-changing truths of historic Christianity and has kept the church community informed about pertinent issues facing believers today.
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Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Sermons:
Sermons from the teaching ministry of Alistair Begg.
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T4G Podcast
The T4G Podcast features sermons, breakout sessions, and panel discussions from the former conference Together for the Gospel.
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Bible Study Resources
Want to do a word study but don’t know the original languages? Or see a verse in different translations? Or maybe consult a concise and yet helpful online commentary? Then use one of these helpful online study resources to enrich and assist your personal Bible study.
Logos
Link to Logos: https://www.logos.com/
Bible Hub
Link to Bible Hub: https://biblehub.com/
Blue Letter Bible
Link to Blue Letter Bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/
The Gospel Coalition Online Commentaries
Link to TGC Online Commentaries: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/commentary/