February 21, 2017
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Westminster Seminary California President Dr. W. Robert Godfrey continues an 8-part devotional series titled, “Seeking God with the Psalmist.”
February 9, 2017
How much does the world influence how we respond to personal attacks and vitriol? Wisdom literature provides us with an infrequently tried response, namely, silence.
February 7, 2017
Westminster Seminary California President Dr. W. Robert Godfrey begins an 8-part devotional series titled, “Seeking God with the Psalmist.”
November 22, 2016
“Dispersion,” scattering, is a bittersweet theme. On the one hand, the Creator authorized his animate creatures and humanity, their rulers, to “fill the earth”—very good.
November 8, 2016
The Lord gives to his church “mercy servants,” whose deeds of compassion complement the gospel witness of his “Word servants.”
November 1, 2016
The peace of God in His Son, Jesus Christ, surpasses understanding, says Paul in Philippians 4.
October 25, 2016
The seven servants were qualified to care for widows’ material needs because Christ’s church discerned that they were “full of the Spirit and wisdom.”
October 20, 2016
Psalms 1 and 2 form a two-paneled door which opens on the riches of the Christian life illustrated in the Psalter. The only way into the truly happy life is through the door of wisdom, which is through Christ who is himself the Way and the Life.
October 11, 2016
The apostles’ response to the need of Greek-speaking widows in the Jerusalem church shows two truths that define how ministry must be done in Christ’s church.
September 27, 2016
The Reformed know that the Psalms teach the Faith and we delight in them.
September 20, 2016
Not only does the Lord love to lavish his grace to multitudes of people, to see them multiply to become a countless choir to sing his praise (as we saw in the first meditation on Acts 6:1-7); but he also delights in diversity—different kinds of people, speaking different languages and practicing different customs.
September 13, 2016
As the gospel and God's great name was advancing to the Samaritans in Acts 8, Simon the Great was trying to advance his own name.
September 8, 2016
Dr. Baugh discusses the skill of godly living from the Psalms and Proverbs.
September 6, 2016
The Jerusalem church’s appointment of seven servants to care for widows is a pivotal event in the spread of Christ’s gospel after the Holy Spirit’s descent at Pentecost.
September 5, 2016
Office Hours talks to Dr. S.M. Baugh, Professor of New Testament, about Hebrews 12 in the context of the Old Testament, New Testament, the book of Hebrews, and the original Greek text.
May 10, 2016
The Lord comforts us through the resurrection comfort of Christ, and does this so that we may then pass this comfort on to others as they suffer.
May 5, 2016
Paul corrects the church in Corinth's worldly view of spiritual gifts by grounding the use of all gifts in love.
May 3, 2016
Jesus' life proved that humility leads to glory. It is only when we see how much we have been served by Christ when we can forsake ourselves and count it a joy to follow in the example of Christ–and wash the feet of the saints. It is through suffering and humility that we follow in Christ's footsteps, and through suffering we can rejoice until our mortal bodies are glorified.
April 28, 2016
To those who are weary and tired, Paul exhorts them to “not lose heart.” How is this possible? While the afflictions are momentary, eternal glory awaits for those who are in Christ.
April 26, 2016
God makes faithful ministers through prayer, study, and suffering. Over the years he purposes to diminish our self-confidence and bring us into greater dependence on grace. The ever increasing discovery of our weakness makes us increasingly effective shepherds of God's flock.