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What Makes Something a Means of Grace?

January 14, 2006

God himself acts through his means of grace in our worship on the Lord’s Day.

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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

November 25, 2005

The sexual ethics of our culture is primarily a theological issue, for when God is replaced by a "New God" this makes nearly all things permissible.

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1 Thessalonians 3:1-6

November 18, 2005

The Apostle Paul displays what it looks like when the joy of Jesus is within us.

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1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5

November 11, 2005

Paul encourages the persecuted church by reminding them of the profound realities of their participation in Christ and his coming again in glory.

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1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

October 7, 2005

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is and has always been inherently offensive to the world.

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1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

September 23, 2005

The Apostle Paul uses three rich metaphors to describe his own ministry that provide for us models as we think of ministry in our own context.

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1 Thessalonians 2:1-6

September 15, 2005

The Apostle Paul attempts to display before the Thessalonian church the value of his ministry.

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How Paul is Dealing with the Law

July 15, 2005

An analysis of the complex ways that the Apostle Paul speaks of “The Law” in the New Testament.

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Proclaimers or Persuaders?: A Friendly Critic Challenges the Church Growth Movement

May 24, 2005

An analysis of the church growth movement and the implications for our own philosophy of ministry and efforts in serving Christ and his church.

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Christ at the Center of Salvation

January 30, 2005

Christ is central to the procurement and application of redemption.

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Christ at the Center of the Spirit’s Work

January 30, 2005

A re-examination of the Holy Spirit’s role in the Triune God’s work of redemption.

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Christ at the Center of the Psalter

January 30, 2005

The psalter is a clear and abundant declaration of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.

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Christ at the Center of Preaching

January 30, 2005

The person who can rightly preach Christ from the Scriptures can know himself to be a preacher.

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Christ at the Center of Worship

January 29, 2005

Christ is at the center of our worship as the object of our worship.

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Christ at the Center of the Church

January 28, 2005

A defense of the centrality of the church in the Christian life.

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Christ at the Center of Theology

January 28, 2005

Reformed theology does not have a central dogma but at its best attempts to unfold naturally from the history of redemption as we find it in Scripture.

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What Does It Mean To Be Loved By God?

July 15, 2004

Dr. John Piper sets forth the argument that  the center of the Reformed faith is the glory of God as supreme in the mind and the heart of God.

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Commencement 2004

May 29, 2004

Central to the Apostle Paul's ministry is his laboring for the joy of other believers.

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Covenant Theology: An Historiographical Briefing

March 18, 2004

An introduction to the trends and main contributions in the historiography of covenant theology from the middle of the nineteenth century.

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