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Commencement 2004
May 29, 2004
Central to the Apostle Paul's ministry is his laboring for the joy of other believers.
ListenPointing to Christ: Ezra 7:1-10
May 1, 2004
The book of Ezra also reminds us that he respected the forward-looking nature of God?s plan.
ListenCovenant Theology: An Historiographical Briefing
March 18, 2004
An introduction to the trends and main contributions in the historiography of covenant theology from the middle of the nineteenth century.
ListenCovenant Theology: The Meaning of the Death of Christ
March 17, 2004
An adequate understanding of the cross of Christ must be understood as covenantal and Trinitarian.
ListenCovenant Theology Under Pressure: Criticism, Modification and Response
March 16, 2004
Covenant Theology has been a major way in which the Gospel message and redemptive history has been learned, articulated, and inculcated in the Church.
ListenRedemption Accomplished
February 2, 2004
Christians find their ultimate firm foundation is a covenant contracted among the three persons of the triune God, even before time began.
ListenAt Work in the Fields of the Lord
October 1, 2003
An exploration of the message and methods of the great 18th-century revivalist George Whitefield.
ListenWorship: Evangelical or Reformed?
April 1, 2002
There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.
ListenThe Usefulness of the Word
March 14, 2002
It is necessary to gain the right kind of confidence in the Word of God and in preaching.
ListenThe Usefulness of Preaching
March 13, 2002
We are confident in preaching because it is the voice of Christ speaking to his church.
ListenThe Usefulness of the Preacher
March 12, 2002
We must see ourselves and our role correctly in this great work – namely, as faithful servants.
ListenSpiritual Antithesis: Common Grace, and Practical Theology
January 1, 2002
How we handle the intersection of the spiritual antithesis, on the one hand, and the influences of God’s common grace in the unregenerate, on the other, will therefore have profound implications not only for our relationships to non-Christians, but also for our reflection on Scripture and its application in the practice of ministry.
ListenCalvin, 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.
ListenGenesis 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.
ListenPsalms, 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.
ListenPsalms, 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?
ListenGod 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.
ListenOur 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.
ListenWorshipping 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.
ListenThe Great Gift of the Covenant
September 1, 1999
Because we have an everlasting and unchangeable covenant, we have an everlasting inheritance.
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