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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.

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Pointing 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.

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Covenant 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.

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Covenant 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.

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Covenant 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.

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Redemption 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.

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At 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.

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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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The 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.

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The Usefulness of Preaching

March 13, 2002

We are confident in preaching because it is the voice of Christ speaking to his church.

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The Usefulness of the Preacher

March 12, 2002

We must see ourselves and our role correctly in this great work – namely, as faithful servants.

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Spiritual 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. 

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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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The 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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