What sets RTS apart? What unique features of an RTS theological education attract students to the seminary? What are the features and distinctives of RTS that you can’t find anywhere else? We call these “The RTS Advantage.” No other seminary in the world offers this combination of benefits. 1. Faculty – The quality and quantity of RTS’s faculty is unparalleled in graduate theological education. RTS has the largest, most widely-regarded and prolific confessional Reformed faculty in the world. The “secret sauce” of RTS is our people. That’s why we often say: The faculty is the…The RTS Advantage
What sets RTS apart? What unique features of an RTS theological education attract students to the seminary? What are the features and distinctives of RTS that you can’t find anywhere else? We call these “The RTS Advantage.” No other seminary in the world offers this combination of benefits. 1. Faculty – The quality and quantity of RTS’s faculty is unparalleled in graduate theological education. RTS has the largest, most widely-regarded and prolific confessional Reformed faculty in the world. The “secret sauce” of RTS is our people. That’s why we often say: The faculty is the…
I’m recording a new course for Reformed Theological Seminary, Global Education: The Theology of the Westminster Standards. Here’s the outline: Class Hour 1 Introduction to Background of the Westminster AssemblyClass Hour 2 A Case for ConfessionalismClass Hour 3 WCF Chapter 1 ScriptureClass Hour 4 WCF Chapter 2 God and the Trinity Class Hour 5 WCF Chapters 3 & 5 God’s Eternal Decree and ProvidenceClass Hour 6 WCF Chapter 4 CreationClass Hour 7 WCF Chapter 6 & 9 Fall and Sin and Free WillClass Hour 8 WCF Chapter 7 God’s…
1. Holy Scripture1.1 The necessity of Scripture1.2 The contents of Scripture (positively stated): canon1.3 The contents of Scripture (negatively stated): “apocrypha”1.4 The authority of Scripture1.5 The authenticity of Scripture1.6 The sufficiency of Scripture1.7 The clarity of Scripture1.8 The immediate inspiration, preservation and translation of Scripture1.9 The interpretation of Scripture1.10 The supreme authority of Scripture in all theological controversy 2. God and the Trinity2.1 God himselfThe one, living, true, infinite, perfect…
My friend Jason Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has just published a new book, Succeeding at Seminary: 12 Keys to Getting the Most out of Your Theological Education (Moody Publishers). Those of you thinking about going to seminary, those of you who have just started seminary, and those of you who counsel those who are contemplating going to seminary or who are already seminarians, will all find this book useful. I certainly did. I wrote the foreword, and here’s what I said: If you have picked up this book to…
1. True and saving knowledge of God has in view not only comprehension but decision and action. (Foreword, 5-6 [pages are from the Hodder & Stoughton, 1975 edition). 2. Ignorance of God lies at the root of much of the church’s weakness today.…
We could summarize the whole book, as teaching [1] who God is and [2] how we can relate to him. The outline of the whole book, could be summarized: I. The hows and whys of knowing God; II. The attributes of God; and III. Some primary benefits of…
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…
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…
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…
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,)…
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…