The study of Covenant Theology is a topic vital to pastoral ministry and, frankly, to Christian ministry of any kind. And so I am convinced that the time that you put into your study will be well spent. It will pay not only you dividends but the people of God whom you serve dividends for years to come. Let’s hear God’s word in Hebrews chapter 6, we’ll begin in verse 9. “But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have…Introduction to Covenant Theology
The study of Covenant Theology is a topic vital to pastoral ministry and, frankly, to Christian ministry of any kind. And so I am convinced that the time that you put into your study will be well spent. It will pay not only you dividends but the people of God whom you serve dividends for years to come. Let’s hear God’s word in Hebrews chapter 6, we’ll begin in verse 9. “But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have…
My friend and colleague Dr. Don Sweeting, President of Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando has written an important and timely article called The Pastoral Debt Crisis. It is a topic that should concern all church members. The load of educational debt is having an impact of seminarians, seminaries and future ministries (and thus the churches). 1. Students are bringing historically high undergraduate debt (north of $30,000) to seminary with them, and then are going further into debt while in seminary. Many seminaries worsen this problem by…
Tuesday, May 3, 2016, The Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley – PCA (PMV) unanimously adopted the following overture to the PCA General Assembly, entitled “Confession of the Sin of Racism, and Commitment to Christian Unity,” as well as an official correspondence to the churches of the Presbytery entitled “A Pastoral Letter on Racism and the Gospel.” This is not an “official” version of the overture, the Clerk will release that soon, but it is pretty close, if not exact. I post it here because so many…
Just after 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in French Camp, Mississippi, the The Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley – PCA (PMV) unanimously approved an overture to the PCA General Assembly “Confession of the…
Christians tend to be encouraged about their justification (if they understand it), but sometimes discouraged about their sanctification (or seeming lack thereof). Consequently, they miss out of something that is intended to be a blessing from God…
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Psalm 1 may well give us the key to the whole Christian life in its first sentence. As I have studied Genesis 1-2 over the years, I have become more and more aware of the way it connects blessing and obedience. In Genesis 1-2, the commands are…
My friend and colleague Dr. Sean Michael Lucas, Associate Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary and Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, MS, has just made a major contribution to the history of Presbyterian…
Wednesday, June 10 at 8 a.m. in Meeting Room 7 & 8 Seminar title: God’s physicians: models of pastoral care and neglect at the Westminster assembly Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn, Associate Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Seminary,…