History: Covenant & History
The first day of creation consisted in God creating day and night. God created light and distinguished it from darkness. God created history and filled it with the objects he…
David Smith
Dr. David Smith is pastor of Covenant Fellowship ARP Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He and his wife, Tracy, are the parents of three young adults: Gresham (19), Isaac (16), and Katherine (15). Dr. Smith has served on various committees within First and Grace presbyteries, and recently served on the Erskine Board of Trustees. He received his M.Div. from Covenant Seminary (1995) and did his Ph.D. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (2008) under John Woodbridge. His dissertation, B. B. Warfield’s Scientifically Constructive Theological Scholarship is published in the Evangelical Theological Society Monograph Series.
A Healthy Church: A Disciplined People
The term discipline is an elastic term. We can speak of the discipline of a particular subject, activity or skill, such as the discipline of music, or running, or brick…
Warfield & Inspiration: Revelation, Inspiration & Scripture
The history of Christian theology could be told from the perspective of how the church’s theological giants have been misunderstood and misrepresented. One theological giant who fits in such a…
Biblical Elders: Leaders Reflected in Those They Lead
God’s covenant blessing of salvation has come through his line of covenant descendants. Thus, the covenant people of God are not only identified as God’s family, but also every human…
Sola Scriptura: Distinguishing Between Humans and God
Sola Scriptura affirms that Scripture alone is the supreme and final authority for human thinking and living. Since God created by his Word and Spirit, all the various kinds of…
The Sufficiency of Scripture and Biblical Scholarship: Reading is a Big Deal
Jesus thinks reading is a big deal. After all, he wrote a book. And Jesus thinks reading his book is a big deal, because, well, he is. For a blog…
The Doctrines of Grace: Thinking About Application, Part 2
Why do some pastors so strongly emphasize the “means of grace” or God’s “ordinances”—God’s word, the sacraments (Baptism and the Lord’s Supper) and prayer? It boils down to this: humans…
The Doctrines of Grace: Thinking About Application
When considering the matter of our application of Scripture, or what we can call our doctrine or theology, we really do need to think about it. Think about this—God only…
Perseverance of the Saints: Receiving in Order to Continue
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” God is life. There is no life apart from God. For life to be, God must give it and sustain…
Irresistible Grace and Condemnation: Who Are We?
When I was a child there were times when my mother, exasperated by my behavior, would ask: “Who do you think you are!?” My unruly and arrogant conduct revealed that…
Limited Atonement: L is for Living
Faithful preachers and teachers in the Church have always looked for effective ways to communicate their points. The acronym TULIP, of course, is a device meant to communicate the core…
Sexual Identity: legal Issues: Challenging the Autonomy of Emotions and Desires
Since God created humans in his image to love and serve him, he has the power and authority to command us how to live and enable us to obey. God’s…