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Experiencing the Holy Spirit

March 1, 2005

Scripture makes clear the role of the Holy Spirit: to testify about Jesus Christ and apply His salvation.

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For God So Loved the World

December 1, 2004

A defense of the importance of upholding both the doctrines of common grace and definite atonement in light of the biblical evidence.

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Certainty in Christ

November 1, 2004

The accomplishment of what God predicts is beyond man's power to effect.

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Cracking Da Vinci’s Code

July 1, 2004

Dan Brown's novel is neither a piece of harmless fiction nor a neutral, objective restatement of the “facts.”

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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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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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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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The Profitable Servant

August 1, 1999

The astounding promise of Isaiah is that those who trust the Servant of the Lord and are saved by His work will share in the glory that will be His. 

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The Sabbath and Worship

June 24, 1999

We must insist that Sunday is the Lord’s Day, a day that He has instituted for His people to spend with Him.

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The Christian’s Only Comfort

June 1, 1999

The coming of Jesus is the coming of comfort for God's people.

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