Resident Faculty

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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The Law and the Christian

January 14, 2007

The misuse of the law by Christians is a perennial problem down through the ages of church history.

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The Law and Christ

January 14, 2007

The Law of God was endorsed, expounded, and embodied by Christ.

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The Law of God in Our World

January 14, 2007

A theological and historical analysis of the second use of the law.

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The Law and Pastoral Ministry

January 14, 2007

How the Law of God informs our understanding of how we help one another grow in Christ.

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The Law and the Sabbath

January 13, 2007

A study of the nature of the Sabbath as both a creational institution and a re-creational institution built into both creation and redemption.

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The Law and Laws: A Biblical Overview

January 12, 2007

The principle of periodicity helps us to rightly divide the Word of God.

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The Law of God: A Theological Overview

January 12, 2007

An biblical-theological analysis of the Law-Gospel distinction from a Reformed perspective.

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Isaiah 24:21-23; Revelation 21:1-5, 10-11; 22:2-5

November 29, 2006

In Isaiah's revelation of the Day of the Lord it is the glory of the Lord of Hosts that is revealed before all.

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Isaiah 24; 28.1-6

November 22, 2006

Isaiah presents for the reader a model response in light of the predicted final judgment.

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Isaiah 24; 2 Pet 3.8-13

November 8, 2006

The picture of the Lord's judgment is intended to evoke a response from the reader, especially in light of our knowledge of Jesus the Messiah and his imminent second coming.

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Isaiah 24:1-6

October 11, 2006

The end of the world is presented as a cataclysm that is world engulfing where everyone will know that it is from the hand of the Lord.

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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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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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Isaiah 24; Revelation 18-19

September 27, 2006

Isaiah 24's vision of the end of the world is picked up and elaborated upon by the Apostle John in the Book of the Revelation.

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Isaiah 24-27

September 13, 2006

The prophet Isaiah identifies two distinct cities with two distinct eschatological outcomes.

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