Renowned New Testament scholar comes home to Reformed Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas Reformed Theological Seminary is delighted to announce that renowned scholar of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation, Dr. Greg Beale, is joining the faculty of RTS. Dr. Beale, a native Texan and graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas Theological Seminary, and Cambridge University, has been elected full-time Professor of New Testament at RTS Dallas, adding to a growing campus and an expanding RTS presence in Texas. Professor Beale has had a long and distinguished academic career,…Greg Beale joins the RTS faculty
Renowned New Testament scholar comes home to Reformed Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas Reformed Theological Seminary is delighted to announce that renowned scholar of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation, Dr. Greg Beale, is joining the faculty of RTS. Dr. Beale, a native Texan and graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas Theological Seminary, and Cambridge University, has been elected full-time Professor of New Testament at RTS Dallas, adding to a growing campus and an expanding RTS presence in Texas. Professor Beale has had a long and distinguished academic career,…
Ye may know this (your adoption by God) by the following marks. Mark 1. The image ye bear. Children are like their father, and all God’s children father themselves. I allude to Judges 8:18. They each one resemble the children of a king. Look to thy own soul, and say as Christ of the tribute-money, ‘Whose image and superscription is this?’ The image of God may shine more brightly in one than another, in one person at one time more than another; but his image is on all his children, 2 Cor. 3:18. If thou bearest his image, thou wilt be like…
There is nothing more important in Christian public worship than the reading of the Scriptures, God’s holy, inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word. In 1 Timothy 4:13, Paul says to Timothy: “Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and teaching. So, for Paul, reading the Word aloud when the congregation gathers is just as important as the sermon. And this idea does not originate with Paul. It is rooted in the whole history of the people of God, beginning in the days of Moses. When the children of Israel…
The Westminster Directory of Publick Worship (1645) Of Publick Reading of the Holy Scriptures. READING of the word in the congregation, being part of the publick worship of God, (wherein we acknowledge our dependence upon him, and subjection to him,) and one mean sanctified by him for the edifying of his people, is to be performed by the pastors and teachers. Howbeit, such as intend the ministry, may occasionally both read the word, and exercise their gift in preaching in the congregation, if allowed by the presbytery thereunto. All the…
Dear RTS family, Your Provost, Chief Officers, Senior Administrators, Presidents, Executive Directors, Deans, and I have been continuously working on our plans for the fall semester and the 2020-2021 academic year amidst the ever-changing landscape…
My introduction to the Christian Focus Publications edition of Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s “A Basket of Fragments.” “A Basket of Fragments” is not the most arresting book title that you may have ever encountered, but do not…
Q. 3. What is the Word of God? A. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God,the only rule of faith and obedience. Lord, we do not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4;…
WLC 2 How doth it appear that there is a God? A. The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; but his Word and Spirit only do sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto men for their salvation.…
WLC 1 What is the chief and highest end of man? A. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever. Lord, you are my chief and highest end. My reason for being. My purpose for being here. Of you, and through you, and…
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn have asked me to make a statement on the issue of the Mississippi flag. The leaders of our State government and legislature are discussing and debating this matter right now in…