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What Have You Done?

March 1, 2010

By God's providence, common grace, and natural law, there exist wholesome and virtuous aspects of human culture despite the total depravity of humankind.

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Justification and Ecumenism

February 1, 2010

Far from being suspicious, we should welcome any ecumenical consensus that emerges out of the clear biblical testimony to God’s justification of the ungodly by imputing their sins to Christ and Christ’s righteousness to them through faith alone. However, the consensus that seems to be emerging in our day, as in other eras, seems to find its core sympathy in a more synergistic (Arminian and Roman Catholic) framework. 

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“Works of the Law” in Paul

February 1, 2010

Maintaining a proper definition of the works of the law means the difference between justification and condemnation, heaven and hell.

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Semper Reformada

October 1, 2009

When we invoke the whole phrase — “the church Reformed and always being reformed according to the Word of God” — we confess that we belong to the church and not simply to ourselves and that this church is always created and renewed by the Word of God rather than by the spirit of the age.

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Calvin on Law and Gospel

September 1, 2009

Some of the most glaring distortions of Calvin?s ministry and doctrine are related to his understanding of the law.

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The Letter to the Church in Ephesus

May 1, 2009

An introduction to Paul's epistle to the Ephesians.

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Calvin as Biblical Interpreter

May 1, 2009

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

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Calvin: Why He Still Matters

April 1, 2009

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

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Why Pastors Need a Seminary Education

February 28, 2009

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

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TV Church

February 1, 2009

Other Christian organizations must remain subordinate to and supportive of the Christian's commitment to the local church.

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The Church and Israel

December 31, 2008

The promises made to Abraham are fulfilled in Christ and passed along to all those who belong to Christ by faith.

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 1, 2008

Though this is hymn is typically employed to celebrate a man-made “holy day,” it is a wonderful reminder of the unfolding drama of God's revelation that culminated in the advent of Christ. 

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Paradise Lost

December 1, 2008

That we do not now see the world subject to man is profoundly tragic. What happened? How did human beings, created in such a high position, end up mired in our present woe, and why does the world around us share our misery?

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Kingdom and Kingdoms

November 1, 2008

A quick survey of the history of Reformed thought on the one, two and many kingdoms of Christ and their implications.

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The Holiness of the Church

November 1, 2008

We must focus our attention on the church's local and visible manifestations in the light of its catholic and invisible reality.

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The Law and Laws

October 1, 2008

An mportant interpretive principle should guide our understanding & application of God's law: the principle of periodicity.

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A Tale of Two Kingdoms

September 1, 2008

As citizens of both kingdoms, we carry out our vocations in the church and the world in distinct ways through distinct means. 

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Why Read Fiction?

September 1, 2008

Novel-reading should be enjoyable, but also make us better readers of the Bible and more empathetic human beings.

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Is Bibliolatry Possible?

August 1, 2008

Is it bibliolatry to hold to a high view of Scripture or to attribute infallibility or other divine attributes to God's Word?

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The Splendor of the Three-in-One God

July 1, 2008

The doctrine of the Trinity is a stumbling block to vast numbers of people, but without it we are no longer Christians.

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