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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.
Read MoreThe Prophets After Exile
February 1, 2008
An introduction to the post-exilic prophets Zechariah, Joel, and Malachi.
Read MorePredestination 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.
Read MoreMarketing 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.
Read MoreEncountering 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.
Read MoreThe Exodus Motif in Isaiah
January 1, 2008
An explanation of how the Exodus theme is taken up and transformed in the prophet Isaiah.
Read MoreTwo 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.
Read MoreKingdom 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.
Read MoreChrist 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.
Read MoreChrist 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.
Read MoreAre 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.
Read MoreSuffering 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreJoel 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.
Read MoreDoesn’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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCalvin 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.
Read MoreJustification: 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.
Read MoreChrist 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.
Read MoreLaw 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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