Articles

Joel Osteen's “good news” turns out to be the worst possible news-God's blessing on my life depends on my own good works.

Those who preach a gospel of “a personal relationship with God” fail to realize that everyone has a relationship with God already: either as a condemned criminal or as a justified co-heir with Christ.

God is not abstractly interested in ensuring that we are either successful or unsuccessful; he has far larger plans for us.

Paul's profound declaration of just how radically extensive and exclusive is Christ's mediation, as a free gift.

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

An explanation of the various aspects of the Reformed doctrine of justificaiton, with special attention given to how movements such as the New Perspective on Paul and Federal Vision have posed challenges to this doctrine in the present day.

A proper understanding of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace is important for seeing the gospel in the Pentateuch.

Once the Law’s legitimate claim against us is satisfied, the gospel and the law conspire together to give us both grace and direction for our Christian life, in relation to God and our neighbors. 

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.