March 1, 2008
In light of their OT prophetic background, the letters to the churches in Revelation are modeled as covenant lawsuits.
February 1, 2008
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An introduction to the post-exilic prophets Zechariah, Joel, and Malachi.
We have been taught to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps, but Paul says we must find refuge in Jesus Christ.
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.
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.
An explanation of how the Exodus theme is taken up and transformed in the prophet Isaiah.
Because we are recipients of the Gospel, we can no longer offer a witness from a position of moral superiority.
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.
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.
November 1, 2007
In our search for unity in the Scriptures, we must hear what Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are telling us about retribution.
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.
There is no place for suffering in the quintessentially American religion of Joel Osteen's theology of glory.
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.
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.
God is not abstractly interested in ensuring that we are either successful or unsuccessful; he has far larger plans for us.
June 1, 2007
Paul's profound declaration of just how radically extensive and exclusive is Christ's mediation, as a free gift.
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.
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.
A proper understanding of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace is important for seeing the gospel in the Pentateuch.
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.