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Are You in God’s Story?

October 1, 2007

As Christians we are a part of a grand narrative that revolves around God's purposes in creation, redemption, and the age to come.

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Suffering and a Theology of Glory

October 1, 2007

There is no place for suffering in the quintessentially American religion of Joel Osteen's theology of glory.

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What Ever Happened to Sin?

October 1, 2007

Joel Osteen's “good news” turns out to be the worst possible news-God's blessing on my life depends on my own good works.

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Joel Osteen and the Glory Story

October 1, 2007

Those who preach a gospel of “a personal relationship with God” fail to realize that everyone has a relationship with God already: either as a condemned criminal or as a justified co-heir with Christ.

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Doesn’t God Want Us to be Happy?

October 1, 2007

God is not abstractly interested in ensuring that we are either successful or unsuccessful; he has far larger plans for us.

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The All-Sufficiency of Christ

June 1, 2007

Paul's profound declaration of just how radically extensive and exclusive is Christ's mediation, as a free gift.

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Calvin and the Worship of God

April 1, 2007

It is ironic that many Reformed people today are either not acquainted with or do not follow Calvin's view of worship.

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Justification: What the Debate is All About

February 1, 2007

An explanation of the various aspects of the Reformed doctrine of justificaiton, with special attention given to how movements such as the New Perspective on Paul and Federal Vision have posed challenges to this doctrine in the present day.

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Christ in the Covenants

February 1, 2007

A proper understanding of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace is important for seeing the gospel in the Pentateuch.

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