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Living in God’s Image — Reformed Systematic Theology

Life is not absurd and meaningless. People are not disposable things to be used and then discarded when no longer useful. Neither is humanity another link in the chain of evolutionary progress, destined to be replaced by a more advanced creature. God created man in his image. The human race,...

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Resisting the Wiles of Satan — Reformed Systematic Theology

Paul says, “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Eph. 6:11). The word translated as “wiles” (methodeia) refers to the schemes or strategies by which the Devil tries to deceive us and overcome us. Paul similarly warns...

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Living in Light of the Sovereignty of God — Reformed Systematic Theology

The doctrine of God’s power fills the Bible from beginning to end....

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The Word of God and the Glory of God — Reformed Systematic Theology

The Word of God reveals the glory of God for the worship of God. ...

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Is Genesis 1–2 Historical Narrative?

The Bible sometimes uses metaphorical language to communicate historical truth, as David does in Psalm 18.15 Some people have said that Genesis 1 is a kind of poetry or extended metaphor intended to communicate the truth that God created the world but not to present a historical account of how...

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Be a Disciple of Christ

Though not all disciples of Christ are called to the study and teaching of theology, all theologians and teachers in the church must be disciples of Christ. The training of the first Christian theologians began when they heard Christ say, “Follow me” (Matt. 4:19; Luke 5:27). Christ “ordained twelve” to...

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Distinguishing True Churches from False Churches

The Holy Scriptures warn us that false teachers arise and gather movements around themselves. Christ foretold, “There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matt. 24:24). Paul said to the Ephesian...

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The Trinitarian Foundation of Adoption

Believers are not sons of God by nature because we lost the status and privileges of sonship in our tragic fall with Adam in Paradise. Adoption is possible only when God’s electing grace calls us into all the privileges and blessings of being His children. When we are born again,...

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Benefits Of Ecclesiology: Avoiding Proud Individualism and Authoritarianism

Ecclesiology reminds us that we need other believers. It opposes the mindset of radical individualism, independence, and autonomy. Yet it also opposes the total or absolute subordination of individuals to the authority of a leader. For example, the teaching that the church is Christ’s body presses upon us the reality...

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Benefits Of Ecclesiology: Employing God’s Method of Evangelism

By a chain of rhetorical questions, Paul leads us to the conclusion that the church’s ministry is crucial for the conversion of sinners: “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And...

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