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The History of Covenant Theology

October 1, 2006

While there has always been a theology of the covenants throughout church history, the Reformation recovery of the Gospel and the biblical distinction between grace and works made it possible for Reformed theology to construct a detailed and fruitful covenant theology.

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Bioethics: New Questions to New Technologies

October 1, 2006

How cultural developments pose ever-new moral challenges.

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The Certainty of Death

August 1, 2006

Mrs. Hilda Ozinga, a widow, shares with W. Robert Godfrey about grieving from her own experience and others'.

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Did Calvin’s Successors Distort his Doctrine of Predestination?

July 1, 2006

The assumption that Reformed theologians made predestination central resulted from a misunderstanding of scholastic method.

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Coming in From the Outside

June 2, 2006

What the Orthodox Presbyterian Church has to offer to those who come from outside of the denomination.

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What Makes Something a Sacrament?

June 1, 2006

We look for “god” at all the high places but the true God inhabits the low places-when and where he has promised to be.

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Remembering a Forgotten Covenant

April 1, 2006

God's covenant with Levi, refered to twice by Malachi, has been relatively forgotten.

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The Myth of Influence

March 31, 2006

Should Christians adopt a notion of influence from politics and business–compromise, cooperation, and intention ambiguity?

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Faithful Vigilance

March 1, 2006

The Apostle Paul's warning to the Ephesian church of their need to be vigilant is a warning that is necessary for every church in every age.

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Conquest and Settlement

February 1, 2006

The books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth reveal God’s work in history and illumine two redemptive themes: First, safety comes through faith and obedience; second, disobedience is of no small consequence.

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Reformed Theology vs. Hyper-Calvinism

November 1, 2005

An examination of the important differences between Reformed theology and hyper-Calvinism.

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Walking Straight Toward Gospel Truth

July 1, 2005

To probe the source of Peter's stumble, we look to Galatians 2–where the Scriptures make clear that behavior flows from the heart.

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Protestants and the Pope

July 1, 2005

The silence of Protestants to false claims about the papacy said much about the state of Protestantism today.

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Experiencing the Holy Spirit

March 1, 2005

Scripture makes clear the role of the Holy Spirit: to testify about Jesus Christ and apply His salvation.

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For God So Loved the World

December 1, 2004

A defense of the importance of upholding both the doctrines of common grace and definite atonement in light of the biblical evidence.

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Certainty in Christ

November 1, 2004

The accomplishment of what God predicts is beyond man's power to effect.

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Cracking Da Vinci’s Code

July 1, 2004

Dan Brown's novel is neither a piece of harmless fiction nor a neutral, objective restatement of the “facts.”

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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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