W. Robert Godfrey

2007 Graduate Charge

June 2, 2007

Trusting in the Lord is at the heart of the life and experience of the Christian.

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Calvin and the Worship of God

April 1, 2007

It is ironic that many Reformed people today are either not acquainted with or do not follow Calvin's view of worship.

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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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God’s Pure Word

September 1, 2006

Because the Word of God is the life of the church, there is a need for competent and faithful ministers of that Word.

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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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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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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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Protestants and the Pope

July 1, 2005

The silence of Protestants to false claims about the papacy said much about the state of Protestantism today.

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Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?

April 1, 2002

There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.

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Calvin, Bolsec and the Reformation

February 9, 2001

In 1551 – four hundred fifty years ago – a dramatic confrontation occurred in Geneva between John Calvin and Jerome Bolsec over the doctrine of predestination. Today that controversy is largely forgotten, but it was a significant episode that provides a remarkable window on the character and meaning of the Reformation.

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Genesis One and the Church Today

January 29, 2001

An examination of the controversial place the opening chapter of Genesis has played in ecclesiastical debates both inside and outside Reformed denominations.

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Psalms, Hymns, and Watts

January 13, 2001

There are parallels between the new hymnody of the present day and the state of church music in the late seventeenth century.

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

March 13, 2000

Should we determine what we sing in church simply on the basis of what is familiar to us, that is, what we like? Or are there biblical principles that must guide what we sing?

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God the Re-Creator

December 1, 1999

In the face of suffering and the apparent delay of God's coming to help, Scripture directs us to look to the future and the fulfillment of God's saving work, when Jesus will make all things new.

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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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