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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…

Like His Brethren in All Things

The Lord's Day Morning February 10, 2013 Better “Like His Brethren in All Things” Hebrews 2:14-18 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re going to be looking at verses 14 to 18 together today. There is a haunting phrase in Andrew Peterson's wrenchingly beautiful song, “You’ll Find Your Way.” Fathers, if you haven't heard that song, I'd commend you to listen to it and even pray through it thinking about your sons. It's a – the lyric is a father thinking about his son and even speaking to his son before his son knows what he's going to be facing in life. And he tells his son, “You’re going to grow up, son, and you’re going to get lost. And when you get lost,…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – Give Me Life in…

The Lord's Day Evening February 3, 2013 Not By Bread Alone “Give Me Life in Your Ways, to the End, with a Whole Heart” Psalm 119:33-40 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me again to Psalm 119. We've come to the section that runs from verses 33 to 40 which picks up on some of the themes that we saw the last time but which features a series of petitions which actually offer us a clue to what is going on in this passage. He continues to celebrate the importance of the Word of God in the believer's life but there is an accent upon the work of God and divine grace in this passage that we don't want to miss. Let's look to God in prayer before we read His Word. Our heavenly Father, Your Word is exceedingly rich and…

Surprised by Suffering?

The Lord's Day Morning February 3, 2013 Better “Surprised By Suffering?” Hebrews 2:10-13 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re going to be looking at verses 10 to 13 together this morning as we continue this series called, “Better.” We took the title of the series, “Better,” from the book of Hebrews itself. We've already seen that word appear in Hebrews chapter 1 where there is a repeated emphasis on Jesus being better, superior, more excellent than. That comparative, that superlative, is used by the author of Hebrews to emphasize to us that Jesus is enough, that Jesus is all that we need. “Less would not satisfy; more is not to be desired,” William Guthrie once said of the Lord…

By The Grace of God He Tasted Death

The Lord's Day Morning January 27, 2013 Better “By the Grace of God, He Tasted Death” Hebrews 2:5-9 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re going to be looking at verses 5 to 9 this morning as we continue this series in the letter or the sermon of the Hebrews. We've seen already in this book, repeated a number of times in Hebrews chapter 1, the theme that Jesus is better. That's the…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – Give Me Life.…

The Lord's Day Evening January 27, 2013 Not By Bread Alone “Give Me Life. Strengthen Me in Sorrow. Enlarge My Heart.” Psalm 119:25-32 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 119. We’re going to be looking at the fourth section of this alphabetical psalm, working its way through the letters of the Hebrew alphabet starting each of the stanzas of each of the sections with that particular letter of the Hebrew alphabet that…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – Consumed with…

The Lord's Day Evening January 20, 2013 “Not By Bread Alone — Consumed with Longing…for God's Word” Psalm 119:17-24 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 119 as we continue our way in this study called, “Not By Bread Alone.” We’re going to be looking at verses 17 to 24 tonight and I'd like you to notice just a couple of things about this passage as we prepare to read it. One is the prayer form of the…

Neglecting so Great a Salvation

The Lord's Day Morning January 20, 2013 “Better — Neglecting So Great a Salvation” Hebrews 2:1-4 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re going to be looking at verses 1 to 4 this morning as we continue our way through this great letter together. Last week and the week before we were looking at Hebrews chapter 1 and we saw from the very beginning that Hebrews is a book about Jesus. You can't get…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – How Do You Keep…

The Lord's Day Evening January 13, 2013 “Not By Bread Alone — How Do You Keep Your Way Pure?” Psalm 119:9-16 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd ask you to turn again to Psalm 119. Last Lord's Day Evening we began our journey through Psalm 119 in a series we're calling, “Not By Bread Alone,” that is, we're recognizing what Jesus did and what the psalmist did, that we live by the very Word of God. The theme in this section tonight is…

More Excellent than Angels

The Lord's Day Morning January 13, 2013 “Better — More Excellent Than Angels” Hebrews 1:4-14 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 1 as we continue to make our way through this great sermon, this great letter, together. This morning, we're going to be looking at verses 4 to 14. I'm going to pick up in verse 3 so that we're not starting in the middle of a sentence. Last Lord's Day we read…