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A Pastor’s Reflections: The Case for Christ (the Movie)

J. V. Fesko
I was recently was perusing the newly added movies to Netflix and amidst the usual collection of never-heard-of movies was a title that caught my attention, The Case for Christ. I knew of the book, written by Lee Strobel, but was unaware that there was a movie. The movie was…
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A Pastor’s Reflections: Christ in the Old Testament

VFT
In the wake of the death and resurrection of Christ a number of Jesus’ disciples failed to receive word that their Lord and Savior had arisen from the dead. Under the impression that Jesus was dead in his tomb, the disciples walked on the road to Emmaus until a visitor…
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Latest Faculty Publication: Fesko and Who Is Jesus?

VFT
  WSC's latest faculty publication is Dr. Fesko's, Who Is Jesus? Knowing Christ through His "I Am" Sayings (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Press). Here's a description of the book: Who is Jesus? Is He God, as the church has claimed for nearly two thousand years? Or is He just a good man?…
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Latest Faculty Publications! Clark, Horton, and Fesko

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There are several new faculty publications! Dr. Horton has recently published his latest book, Core Christianity: Finding Yourself in God's Story. In this book Dr. Horton addresses the core beliefs that every Christian should embrace. You can listen to the Office Hours interview about Dr. Horton's book here.      …
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Meditations on the Larger Catechism: The Anointed One

Danny Hyde
Q & A 42 No doubt Simon Peter’s most memorable words were those of his great confession in response to Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” (Matt. 16:15) “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). That’s a Bible verse to memorize, isn’t…
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July 3, 2014

Meditations on the Larger Catechism, pt. 27

Danny Hyde
What’s in a Name? Q&A 41 “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” (Romeo and Juliet, II, ii, 1–2) Juliet expressed her love for Romeo in these words. Her point was not that she loved the name of Romeo’s…
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Meditations on the Larger Catechism, pt. 26

Danny Hyde
The Necessity of a Human Mediator Q&A 39 We really have a crazy-sounding religion. We confess that God exists as one, yet three. Totally irrational! We confess that one of those three, the Son, became a human by being born of a virgin. What a fantasy! We confess this God-man…
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March 11, 2013

Meditations on the Larger Catechism, pt. 25

Danny Hyde
The Necessity of a Divine Mediator Q&A 38 “No offence, but Muslims love Jesus as much as Christians do.” On December 19, 2001, this is how John Casey, a Cambridge scholar, entitled an article in the Telegraph on the issue of Christian and Muslim theology. How could he make such…
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February 25, 2013

Meditations on the Larger Catechism, pt. 24

Danny Hyde
How Did God Become Man? Q&A 37 “Jesus Christ is the sum and quintessence of the gospel; the wonder of angels; the joy and triumph of saints” (Watson, A Body of Divinity, 161). He is, as we saw in Q&A 36, the mediator of the covenant of grace between God…
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February 18, 2013

Meditations on the Larger Catechism, pt. 23

Danny Hyde
The Mediator of the Covenant of Grace Q&A 36 Although the Westminster Assembly did not choose to use the text of the Apostles’ Creed and to exposit its individual articles within its two catechisms, the Larger Catechism still follows the structure of the Creed. Having dealt with the Triune nature…
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February 11, 2013