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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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Pastor as Shepherd

March 9, 2006

The duties of pastors are not limited to the Lord's Day, but include the day-to-day loving and caring for the souls of God's people.

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Pastor as Theologian

March 8, 2006

An examination of the role of theology in the place and life of the pastor.

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The Inner Life of the Pastor

March 7, 2006

The challenges of pastoral ministry in the contemporary American church context.

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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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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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Reformed Theology vs. Hyper-Calvinism

November 1, 2005

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

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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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