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Pointing to Christ: Ezra 7:1-10

May 1, 2004

The book of Ezra also reminds us that he respected the forward-looking nature of God?s plan.

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Redemption Accomplished

February 2, 2004

Christians find their ultimate firm foundation is a covenant contracted among the three persons of the triune God, even before time began.

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At Work in the Fields of the Lord

October 1, 2003

An exploration of the message and methods of the great 18th-century revivalist George Whitefield.

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Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?

April 1, 2002

There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.

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Spiritual Antithesis: Common Grace, and Practical Theology

January 1, 2002

How we handle the intersection of the spiritual antithesis, on the one hand, and the influences of God’s common grace in the unregenerate, on the other, will therefore have profound implications not only for our relationships to non-Christians, but also for our reflection on Scripture and its application in the practice of ministry. 

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Calvin, Bolsec and the Reformation

February 9, 2001

In 1551 – four hundred fifty years ago – a dramatic confrontation occurred in Geneva between John Calvin and Jerome Bolsec over the doctrine of predestination. Today that controversy is largely forgotten, but it was a significant episode that provides a remarkable window on the character and meaning of the Reformation.

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Genesis One and the Church Today

January 29, 2001

An examination of the controversial place the opening chapter of Genesis has played in ecclesiastical debates both inside and outside Reformed denominations.

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Psalms, Hymns, and Watts

January 13, 2001

There are parallels between the new hymnody of the present day and the state of church music in the late seventeenth century.

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

March 13, 2000

Should we determine what we sing in church simply on the basis of what is familiar to us, that is, what we like? Or are there biblical principles that must guide what we sing?

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