The Christian Life

Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:9

November 5, 2009

Wisdom beckons us to control our insatiable desires and greed and to be content with what we have been given.

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Proverbs 12:23

October 22, 2009

Is it the case that the wise man always says less than he knows?

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Bioethics and the Christian Life

October 19, 2009

David VanDrunen discusses his book Bioethics and the Christian Life: A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions.

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Proverbs 20:1

September 17, 2009

A redemptive historical analysis of the Christian's wise use of alcohol in Scripture.

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1 Corinthians 9:19-27

March 26, 2009

We are to follow Paul's example of being willing to forego our Christian liberty in order to gain followers of Jesus.

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20

February 25, 2009

The Apostle Paul confronts the sexual sins of the Corinthians with the gospel – their identity as Christians.

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1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

February 12, 2009

In regards to meat sacrificed to idols, Paul is preeminently concerned with the motive of the heart.

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Christ and the Capital

November 14, 2008

Being a Reformed Christian in Washington DC.

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1 Corinthians 1:18-2:7

September 18, 2008

The paradox of God's “wise foolishness” and “strong weakness” calls us to look deeply at our heart motivations in light of the gospel.

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A Tale of Two Kingdoms

September 1, 2008

As citizens of both kingdoms, we carry out our vocations in the church and the world in distinct ways through distinct means. 

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Why Read Fiction?

September 1, 2008

Novel-reading should be enjoyable, but also make us better readers of the Bible and more empathetic human beings.

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Inaugural Address: Two Kingdoms and the Ordo Salutis

February 19, 2008

The doctrines of the Two Kingdoms and the Ordo Salutis with the doctrinal and ethical distinctions they entail are still critically important for a biblically sound account of the nature of the Christian life and its relation to the Reformed system of doctrine.

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James 5:13-20

November 27, 2007

Prayer mediates the presence of God in our everyday pilgrim faith.

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Doesn’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.

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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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Bioethics: New Questions to New Technologies

October 1, 2006

How cultural developments pose ever-new moral challenges.

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Our Ally in the War Zone

November 1, 1999

The assurance that comes to us from the Gospel is that no matter how pervasive or powerful the forces or sin, God is victorious in winning salvation for His people.

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Worshipping the Lord of the Sabbath

October 1, 1999

As Christians, we need to keep the Lord's Day holy for God still calls His people to a patterned life, now patterned after the completed saving work of Jesus.

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