Scripture

Protestantism, Scripture and the Judgment of the Church

Aaron Denlinger
Mar 28, 2017
A few weeks ago, I participated in a conference which explored the promise that careful attention to Protestantism's past holds for Protestantism's future. It was exciting to see scholars, students, and interested laypersons gathered around a common concern for the future of our various Reformation...

Biblical Authority: Preaching the Word

Tim Bertolet
Mar 8, 2017
“The preaching of the Word of God is the Word of God.” This line from the Second Helvetic Confession summarizes how we should think of the Biblical authority exercised in the pulpit. We see this concept reflected in Scripture, when someone preaches they are bringing the Word of God with authority...

J. Gresham Machen and Biblical Authority Podcast

Jonathan Master
Mar 6, 2017
This week on Theology on the Go, our host, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by the Rev. Dr. Carl Trueman (Ph.D., Aberdeen). Dr. Trueman holds the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History and is professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has written more than a dozen books, and is...

Why You Don't Read Your Bible

Bruce Baugus
Feb 14, 2017
According to Søren Kierkegaard's analysis of spiritual despair in Sickness unto Death , in terms of faith (see the first post in this series ) and consciousness ( part 2 and part 3 ), despair is the universal condition of being without God and hope in the world (Eph. 2:12). It is crucial to note...

The 'Cause and Root' of Adoption

David Garner
Feb 10, 2017
On January 31, 2017, P...

Praying Through the Scriptures: Joshua 24; Acts 4

Chad Van Dixhoorn
Feb 9, 2017
Over the years it has been my practice, learned from others, to offer up praises and petitions framed by a passage of Scripture. Some of these passages were read in preparation for preaching, others offered material for meditation in daily devotion; still others were plundered specifically for the...

Praying Through the Scriptures: Joshua 23

Chad Van Dixhoorn
Jan 16, 2017
Over the years it has been my practice, learned from others, to offer up praises and petitions framed by a passage of Scripture. Some of these passages were read in preparation for preaching, others offered material for meditation in daily devotion; still others were plundered specifically for the...

Nothing Like It in All the World

Richard D. Phillips
Dec 9, 2016
Recently, in my Bible reading, I came to the book of Jonah (I've been working through the Minor Prophets). It struck me how remarkable this message is compared to everything else in the ancient world. Homer was a contemporary of Jonah (mid 8th century b.c.), and his epic books of the early Grecian...

Subordination in Scripture: κεφαλή in 1 Corinthians 11:3

Alastair Roberts
Nov 22, 2016
Perhaps the text that is closest to the heart of the ESS (eternal subordination of the Son) debate is found in 1 Corinthians 11:3. The prominence of this text is in large measure due to the manner in which it supposedly provides the basis for a connection between the relationship between the Father...

Scripture, Slavery, and Social Activism

Nick Batzig
Nov 18, 2016
Last year I finished a short sermon series on the book of Ephesians. One of the sections of Ephesians which I approached with a sense of fear and trepidation was that which deals with the relationship between masters and slaves (Eph. 6:5-9). After all, in our racially super-charged culture, how...