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Discipline in the Church: Revelation 2-3

March 1, 2008

In light of their OT prophetic background, the letters to the churches in Revelation are modeled as covenant lawsuits.

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The Prophets After Exile

February 1, 2008

An introduction to the post-exilic prophets Zechariah, Joel, and Malachi.

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Predestination and the Glory of God

February 1, 2008

We have been taught to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps, but Paul says we must find refuge in Jesus Christ.

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Marketing the Church

January 2, 2008

Covenant families are increasingly broken up according to the demographic niches that have been created and enforced by a culture of marketing.

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Encountering Islam: How Should Reformed Christians Respond to Islam?

January 1, 2008

The Reformed church has one duty toward our Muslim neighbors: to bring the gospel to bear upon their souls as we have the opportunity.

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The Exodus Motif in Isaiah

January 1, 2008

An explanation of how the Exodus theme is taken up and transformed in the prophet Isaiah.

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Two Ways of Denying God’s Law and One Way of Affirming It

January 1, 2008

Because we are recipients of the Gospel, we can no longer offer a witness from a position of moral superiority.

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Kingdom Life

December 2, 2007

God’s long-awaited redemptive reign, invading this sin-stained world to recapture it for its rightful king, had begun in the preaching, miracles, death, resurrection, ascension, and heavenly enthronement of Jesus the Messiah.

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Christ in the Historical Books

November 30, 2007

The historical books of the OT all fold back on the deliverance of the people of God from Egypt under His rule and care.

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Christ the Consummation of Wisdom

November 1, 2007

In our search for unity in the Scriptures, we must hear what Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are telling us about retribution.

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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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Law and Gospel

October 2, 2006

Once the Law’s legitimate claim against us is satisfied, the gospel and the law conspire together to give us both grace and direction for our Christian life, in relation to God and our neighbors. 

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