Old Testament

Ministry of Condemnation?

Patrick Ramsey
Oct 9, 2019
The Westminster Standards teach that the post-fall covenants in Scripture are gracious. Although the covenants are distinct and different in some respects, they are the same in substance. This is why the Standards speak of one covenant of grace “under various dispensations” and that one covenant “...

Christ the ladder

Keith Kauffman
Oct 8, 2019
The dual questions of where do we meet God and how do we hear from God are important. And they are also highly relevant in 21 st century Christianity. These two questions run like yellow-brick roads throughout Scripture, weaving their way through the varied landscapes of the Bible. We first...

Soul Food and Spiritual Drink

Ken Golden
Oct 2, 2019
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides food to satisfy our hunger and drink to quench our thirst. But...

Soul Food and Spiritual Drink

Ken Golden
Oct 2, 2019
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides food to satisfy our hunger and drink to quench our thirst. But...

Soul Food and Spiritual Drink

Ken Golden
Oct 2, 2019
Humans are complex creatures, consisting of body and soul. God formed us out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7a). He gave us bodies, making us physical creatures. And He nourishes our bodies with physical things. The Lord provides food to satisfy our hunger and drink to quench our thirst. But...

Not Under the Law

Patrick Ramsey
Sep 26, 2019
T he Westminster Standards teach that Christians are obligated to obey the Ten Commandments. The fact that the Larger and Shorter Catechisms include a detailed exposition of the Ten Commandments indicates this. Moreover, chapter 19 of the Westminster Confession of faith says that the law delivered...

Worship That Smells: Calvin on Genesis 8

Aaron Denlinger
Sep 12, 2019
Noah's first deed upon exiting the ark -- at least as recorded in Scripture -- was to build an altar and offer unto God sacrifices. He did this from the "clean" animals and birds which had accompanied him and his family on his recent water-based adventures. God, for his part, smelled Noah's...

Known by His Works

Bret Saunders
Sep 10, 2019
Editor's Note: This is the second part in a series on the relationship between education and fatherhood. Read part one here , and watch for more in the weeks ahead! As mentioned in my last post, education means shaping and filling, admonition and nurture, law and story. That should sound familiar...

Banner of Truth: A Conversation with Mark Johnston Podcast

Jonathan Master
Sep 9, 2019
Banner of Truth: A Conversation with Mark Johnston Mark Johnston is the pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Cardiff, Wales. Mark also writes for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals on the Place for Truth website, has authored several books, and serves on the board of Banner of Truth Trust...

From Shadow To Substance Podcast

Jonathan Master
Aug 26, 2019
From Shadow to Substance What is Federal Theology? Sam Renihan joins our hosts to address this very question. Sam is a pastor at Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in La Mirada, CA and author of From Shadow to Substance: the Federal Theology of the English Particular Baptists. Is it fair to say that...