Some of you may have seen this important article over at The Gospel Coalition about the decline and relocation of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) by Collin Hansen, who is a graduate of the school. Reformed Theological Seminary has been friends with TEDS for many years. Over the years, a number of our faculty have done their studies there before coming to RTS, and a number of our graduates have gone on to do doctoral work there. We wish TEDS all the best in this new stage of their institutional life. The last twenty years have been tough for accredited graduate theological education…
Over the years, I have been asked by a number of folks if they could access my PhD thesis, done at the University of Edinburgh, New College, under a towering scholar of early Christianity, the late David F. Wright. The topic was the use of “covenant” in the writings of key early Christian writers, prior to the time of the Council of Nicea (AD 325 – thus the “Ante-Nicene” in the title above). I have given a number of its chapters as papers at scholarly societies (like the North American Patristic Society), and a…
The Gospel Coalition (TGC) and the Theological Famine Relief Project of TGC International Outreach A Report by Ligon Duncan Chancellor and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology Reformed Theological Seminary We have witnessed a resurgence of Reformed theology among the younger generations in North America (and in various places around the globe – I have met it on every continent as I have traveled), an awakening that has become especially apparent in the last fifteen years. There have been a number of helpful…
Almost two years ago, my friend Bryant Taylor, a Ruling Elder of Redeemer Church, Jackson, MS, delivered an invitation to me to preach for the 10th anniversary of this vibrant, urban, multi-ethnic, cross-cultural PCA congregation. I immediately agreed. I’d had the honor of preaching the particularization service of this church back on February 13, 2005, so this opportunity was particularly meaningful to me. Before I preached the sermon this morning, I asked for a moment of personal privilege to make a statement to the congregation on…
This coming Lord’s Day is the 10th anniversary of Redeemer Church PCA – Jackson, a vibrant, reformed, Gospel-centered, multi-ethnic congregation in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi (btw, follow Redeemer on Twitter at @RedeemerJackson).…
Christian History and Thought Since 1700: Old and New Calvinism in Conversation Confessional Calvinism: Embracive of Evangelicalism? Outline Ligon Duncan Today’s session has evolved into something of a conversation in a fish bowl, as various kinds of Calvinists talk about what they think about various other kinds of Calvinists and about the larger evangelical world, and do so much to the amusement of non-Calvinist evangelical onlookers. Though our panel will invite a non-Calvinist voice into…
Reformed Theological Seminary will have numerous speakers at next years TGC National Conference “Coming Home.” I hope that many of you will want to and be able to come join us in Orlando, Florida, April 13-15, 2015. Click here to go to…
It is to take nothing away from the rest of the imperatives of the New Testament to say that the great fight of the Christian life is to trust God. To trust his promises, to trust his providence, to trust his goodness and love, to trust his presence…
Our God is a forgiving God. From the beginning of the Scriptures to the end, God is praised as a God of pardon. Moses can exclaim that the God of Israel “keeps lovingkindness for thousands” and “forgives iniquity, transgression and…
This next installment of “What our Gathered Worship Should Look Like” has been helped by the internet storm caused by Victoria Osteen (wife of Joel Osteen of “Your Best Life Now” and prosperity gospel fame) because of comments…