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Joel Osteen and the Glory Story
October 1, 2007
Those who preach a gospel of “a personal relationship with God” fail to realize that everyone has a relationship with God already: either as a condemned criminal or as a justified co-heir with Christ.
Read MoreDoesn’t God Want Us to be Happy?
October 1, 2007
God is not abstractly interested in ensuring that we are either successful or unsuccessful; he has far larger plans for us.
Read MoreThe All-Sufficiency of Christ
June 1, 2007
Paul's profound declaration of just how radically extensive and exclusive is Christ's mediation, as a free gift.
Read MoreCalvin and the Worship of God
April 1, 2007
It is ironic that many Reformed people today are either not acquainted with or do not follow Calvin's view of worship.
Read MoreJustification: What the Debate is All About
February 1, 2007
An explanation of the various aspects of the Reformed doctrine of justificaiton, with special attention given to how movements such as the New Perspective on Paul and Federal Vision have posed challenges to this doctrine in the present day.
Read MoreChrist in the Covenants
February 1, 2007
A proper understanding of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace is important for seeing the gospel in the Pentateuch.
Read MoreLaw and Gospel
October 2, 2006
Once the Law’s legitimate claim against us is satisfied, the gospel and the law conspire together to give us both grace and direction for our Christian life, in relation to God and our neighbors.
Read MoreThe History of Covenant Theology
October 1, 2006
While there has always been a theology of the covenants throughout church history, the Reformation recovery of the Gospel and the biblical distinction between grace and works made it possible for Reformed theology to construct a detailed and fruitful covenant theology.
Read MoreBioethics: New Questions to New Technologies
October 1, 2006
How cultural developments pose ever-new moral challenges.
Read MoreThe Certainty of Death
August 1, 2006
Mrs. Hilda Ozinga, a widow, shares with W. Robert Godfrey about grieving from her own experience and others'.
Read MoreDid Calvin’s Successors Distort his Doctrine of Predestination?
July 1, 2006
The assumption that Reformed theologians made predestination central resulted from a misunderstanding of scholastic method.
Read MoreComing in From the Outside
June 2, 2006
What the Orthodox Presbyterian Church has to offer to those who come from outside of the denomination.
Read MoreWhat Makes Something a Sacrament?
June 1, 2006
We look for “god” at all the high places but the true God inhabits the low places-when and where he has promised to be.
Read MoreRemembering a Forgotten Covenant
April 1, 2006
God's covenant with Levi, refered to twice by Malachi, has been relatively forgotten.
Read MoreThe Myth of Influence
March 31, 2006
Should Christians adopt a notion of influence from politics and business–compromise, cooperation, and intention ambiguity?
Read MoreFaithful Vigilance
March 1, 2006
The Apostle Paul's warning to the Ephesian church of their need to be vigilant is a warning that is necessary for every church in every age.
Read MoreConquest and Settlement
February 1, 2006
The books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth reveal God’s work in history and illumine two redemptive themes: First, safety comes through faith and obedience; second, disobedience is of no small consequence.
Read MoreReformed Theology vs. Hyper-Calvinism
November 1, 2005
An examination of the important differences between Reformed theology and hyper-Calvinism.
Read MoreWalking Straight Toward Gospel Truth
July 1, 2005
To probe the source of Peter's stumble, we look to Galatians 2–where the Scriptures make clear that behavior flows from the heart.
Read MoreProtestants and the Pope
July 1, 2005
The silence of Protestants to false claims about the papacy said much about the state of Protestantism today.
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