Michael S. Horton Archive

Why Do Pastors Need Theological Education?

November 22, 2010

Michael Horton talks about the importance of community learning. 

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Why Seminary?

October 14, 2010

For the health of the Church, Christians must insist upon rigorous training in sound, confessional seminaries.

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What it Means to Be Valiant for Truth

September 15, 2010

Dr. Robert Godfrey, Dr. Michael Horton, and Dr. Scott Clark answer listener questions about what it means to be Valiant for Truth. 

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The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way

September 8, 2010

Dr. Michael Horton talks about his latest volume, The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way.

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What is Systematic Theology?

April 5, 2010

Michael Horton discusses his four-volume series exploring a covenantal approach to systematic theology in relation to a variety of contemporary questions in systematics.

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Singing Christ into Our Hearts

March 1, 2010

The best hymns of the historic Church, modeled on the Scriptures themselves (especially the Psalms) are rich with godly experience, but experience arising directly and explicitly in view of the mercies of God in his Son. 

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Justification and Ecumenism

February 1, 2010

Far from being suspicious, we should welcome any ecumenical consensus that emerges out of the clear biblical testimony to God’s justification of the ungodly by imputing their sins to Christ and Christ’s righteousness to them through faith alone. However, the consensus that seems to be emerging in our day, as in other eras, seems to find its core sympathy in a more synergistic (Arminian and Roman Catholic) framework. 

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The Gospel-Driven Life

January 18, 2010

Michael Horton discusses his book, The Gospel Driven Life: Being Good-News People in a Bad-News World.

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Meet Michael Horton

October 5, 2009

Michael Horton discusses his coming to the Reformed faith, what the gospel is, and about how the Christian life relates to the good news.

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Semper Reformada

October 1, 2009

When we invoke the whole phrase — “the church Reformed and always being reformed according to the Word of God” — we confess that we belong to the church and not simply to ourselves and that this church is always created and renewed by the Word of God rather than by the spirit of the age.

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Calvin on Law and Gospel

September 1, 2009

Some of the most glaring distortions of Calvin?s ministry and doctrine are related to his understanding of the law.

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1 Corinthians 16:1-4

April 2, 2009

The Church is not a natural community but an outpost of God's Kingdom in this present evil age.

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Calvin on Law and Gospel

January 24, 2009

Calvin clearly distinguished the Gospel itself from the marvelous benefits and vast effects it produced.

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Why the Marks of the Church Need the Mission

January 19, 2009

You cannot have a theology that is completely determined by God’s sovereign grace and a practice that views salvation as a cooperative venture between God and human beings.

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The Church and Israel

December 31, 2008

The promises made to Abraham are fulfilled in Christ and passed along to all those who belong to Christ by faith.

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1 Corinthians 11:17-34

September 11, 2008

An exegetical analysis of the Apostle Paul's theology of the Lord's Supper and its implications for life in the covenant community.

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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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