One's understanding of baptism and its benefits will be altered radically if there is a rejection of the internal and external distinction of membership within the Covenant of Grace.

Idolatry for the Apostle John is any idea of the true God that is not in keeping with his self revelation in Jesus Christ.

Your call to belong to Christ through the Spirit's gospel work is to be worked out in your callings of everyday life.

The acts of God in clothing Adam and Eve and their subsequent extirpation from the garden are chiefly merciful acts.

An introduction to Paul's epistle to the Ephesians.

Calvin was incredibly disciplined, insightful and thorough-proven in his extensive biblical commentaries.

The act of Adam renaming his wife Eve is significant because it refers to something new in the redemptive purpose of God.

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

Calvin not only mattered in the religious and ecclesiastical spheres, but had an impact on many modern phenomena.

The Lord responds to Adam and Eve's sin in justice and mercy, anticipating the cosmic battle between Messiah and Satan.

Because of its enduring perfection, we are to strive after love.

Through Christ's death and resurrection, the universal enemies of sin and death have been conquered apart from the Law.

Restoration and recovery can be attributed only to the intervention of God and only because he is the Lord God.

Theological education should come through a community which exists between professors and students in the classroom.

The Apostle Paul confronts the sexual sins of the Corinthians with the gospel – their identity as Christians.

Heed the seriousness of temptation in the Christian life and embrace the one who had victory over temptation.

Knowing the end in some sense effects the way we deal with the present.

When Adam and Eve demoted God they demeaned themselves.

In regards to meat sacrificed to idols, Paul is preeminently concerned with the motive of the heart.

The Book of Revelation is to be read first and foremost as a blessing for God's people.