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RTS 2024 Generosity Report

Many of our Reformed Theological Seminary friends and supporters have probably been receiving the RTS 2024 Generosity Report that was just recently mailed out. It is a testimony to God’s generous provision and to the faithful, sacrificial giving of thousands of our partners. We give thanks for what the Lord has supplied, what he has enabled us to do, and indeed what he has given us the privilege to do for him, for the church, this last year. Below are just a few of the highlights. In 2024, RTS donors contributed $12.9 million to RTS, supporting 2,038 students, and enabling them to take…

Where CBMW & Complementarianism Has Been: Address…

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood held their national conference the morning of April 8, 2014 at the Galt House in Louisville. There were 1,300 in attendance. Ligon gave the opening address, “Where CBMW & Complementarianism Has Been.” In this address, Ligon briefly recaps the origins, history, and mission of the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He also provides a succint and helpful explanation of complementarianism.

“Faithfully Following Christ”

Metro Christian Living, a magazine in Jackson, Miss., has published in their April issue an article titled “Ligon Duncan: Faithfully Following Christ.” Here’s an excerpt from the article: The leadership challenges facing an evangelical seminary in 2014 are far more complex than they were back in the 1960s when RTS was founded. Training people in the Bible and in truth, and equipping them to engage the culture, has never been more critical. “I think RTS is uniquely positioned. I want us to provide the pastors and church leaders for the evangelical church in this crisis moment in our culture.” As Ligon explains, “In my opinion, we have gone through the biggest cultural worldview mega shift, in the history of the world, just in the last 40 years. That deeply…

A New Year, A New Beginning: Saying Goodbye to a…

On Dec. 31, 2013, Dr. Ligon Duncan said on his Facebook page, “Today is my last day as senior minister of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS. 17+ years of joy and privilege. I am deeply grateful to God and to this wonderful congregation.” The chancellor has moved his extensive library to RTS/Jackson and his assistant Jan Hyde will also be going with him to assist him at the seminary.

A Farewell Benediction

If you have your Bibles, I’d like you to turn with me to Acts chapter 20 verse 32. My heart is filled with many very specific thanks and if I get started on those thanks I would leave someone out and so as much as I want to do that I am going to restrain myself. I do think that I need to publically thank Anne and Sarah Kennedy and Jennings who have enabled me to do the job that I have been called to do here at First Presbyterian Church, often quietly and behind the scenes bearing the cost…

Let My Soul Live and Praise You

Well tonight makes, I think, about twenty-four weeks in Psalm 119. Even though there are only twenty-two sections you’ll remember that one Lord’s Day Evening we read through the entire psalm in one sitting, something that I don’t think I’ve ever heard anywhere else but here at First Presbyterian Church. And then we did sort of a one message overview of the entire psalm and then for the last number of weeks, over a period of time, we’ve been working through section by section. And…

Pastor’s Perspective December 6, 2013

This coming Lord’s Day, we will (DV) bring to a conclusion our study of the book of Hebrews, looking at the glorious benediction and final words in Hebrews 13:20-25. “20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.…

The Great Shepherd of the Sheep

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 13. We’re going to be looking at the final verses of the book together as we come to the end of our exposition. Over and over again in our study of this book we have said that it is emphasized that Jesus is better – Jesus is better than Moses, better than the high priests, better than the Old Testament sacrifices. Jesus is better. And this final section of the book has been very much about the living of…

Great Peace Have Those Who Love Your Law

If you have your Bibles, turn with me to Psalm 119 again to verse 161 as we come to the second to the last section of this psalm. God willing, on the evening of the 15th, we will complete our journey through Psalm 119. Now if you have Bibles that have headings for each of these sections you have seen an English rendering of the name of the letter of the Hebrew alphabet, perhaps, over each of these sections and for this one you have one that looks like “Sin” or “Shin” – probably…

New Testament Pastors’ Prayer Requests to their…

From these passages we can glean at least eight things we can pray for ministers: Gospel fruit in ministry; dependence on the grace of God in ministry (and not earthly wisdom); boldness and clarity in proclaiming Christ and the Gospel; faith and faithfulness even in suffering for Christ; Gospel opportunities and successes; deliverance from evildoers and persecutors; ministry to be well-received by God’s people; and the joy and refreshment of being with God’s people