A pastoral concern for the well-being of Christ’s sheep motivated the Synod of Dort from its inception to the final formulation of its statements.  

One of the first points the orthodox Reformed reaffirmed years before the Great Synod of Dort is that God freely offers salvation to all in the “serious” and “promiscuous” or free and well-meant offer of the gospel.  

Did Jesus make salvation possible for all or did he actually save his people from their sins?

We will consider the historical and theological background to the synod, examining particularly the role of Arminius.

We will consider the historical and theological background to the synod, examining particularly the role of Arminius. 

WSC students thank you for your help in making the Westminster Village possible!

Construction on the Westminster Village is complete and students have moved in for the year! Watch this video to see how this residential village has already started to enhance WSC's vibrant community of faith.

On this week's episode of Westminster Answers, Dr. Joshua Van Ee answers the question, “Why Study the Old Testament?”

How do we deal with apparent inconsistencies in the Bible? Dr. Baugh addresses this question in this installment of Westminster Answers!

We asked our graduating seniors what were their greatest takeaways from their time at Westminster. Watch to hear their answers!

W. Robert Godfrey, President Emeritus of Westminster Seminary California, delivers the 2018 commencement address. On May 26,  2018, WSC sent forth 26 students to serve as pastors, teachers, missionaries, and leaders for the church and for the world. 

In this week's Westminster Answers, Dr. Estelle answers the question, “Does the Law of God still bind Christians today?”

Dr. Johnson reflects on his past 37 years of ministry with Westminster Seminary California and shares what he is going to miss the most about his time here.

Meet Dr. Michael S. Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California.

“One of the greatest treasures we have to teach us about preaching is how preachers thought about and actually did preaching over the past 2000 years.”

“We've been given new life by the Spirit and God has begun to work in us, renewing us after His own nature.”

Scripture’s narratives present preachers with pitfalls and privilege. Pitfalls include abstracting timeless life-lessons from the drama experienced by fleshand-blood people, and putting ourselves in the spotlight, leaving Christ in the shadow. Yet narratives offer the privilege to introduce multidimensional, broken people to the real Hero of the Big Story, the multidimensional, allsufficient Lord and Savior.

Good stories are never just stories. Authors by what they include and what they exclude and by how they structure their stories are doing more than developing a plot; they are making a point. Reflecting on the narratives of great literature can help us learn more from the narratives of the Bible.

How does the Bible relate to itself in its own system of cross-referencing? Now that is a BIG topic! Biblical writers frequently refer to other biblical books in a wide variety of ways: direct quote, subtle citation, allusion, or ‘echo’ or ‘reminiscence’. How allusions work in literature and biblical literature especially have not been well understood until recently. This talk will engage some of the latest theoretical work on understanding how allusions function. The first part of this talk will cover how one can develop ‘allusion competence’ when reading biblical narratives. The second part of the talk will illustrate through specific biblical examples how the archeology of allusion hunting can result in a richer understanding of biblical narratives from both Old Testament and New Testament.

The stories of Scripture provide more than just information or a broad background for understanding biblical truth. These stories not only allow us to see our doctrine in action but in many cases they actually become part of our doctrine itself