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RTS and the Current State of Theological Education

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…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – My Comfort in My…

The Lord's Day Evening February 17, 2013 Not By Bread Alone “My Comfort in My Affliction” Psalm 119:49-56 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Psalm 119. We’ll be looking at verses 49 to 56 tonight. In the Christian life we are called upon to be comforted even in our affliction and to rejoice even in our sorrows. How do we do that? In the Old Testament, God's people had to learn how to sing the Lord's song in a strange land. In the New Testament, the apostle Paul called upon the Corinthians and you and me to learn how to sorrow with rejoicing. And he called upon the Thessalonians to grieve, but not without hope. How do you do that? This part of Psalm 119 addresses that question, a vital question for the…

Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – According to Your…

The Lord's Day Evening February 10, 2013 Not by Bread Alone “According to Your Promise” Psalm 119:41-48 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 section which runs from verses 41 to 48 as we continue our way through this great psalm on the theme, “Not by Bread Alone.” And yet again we meet a passage here that teaches us how to live. How do you live the Christian life? Exactly how do you do it? The psalmist tells us here. Let's pray before we read God's Word. Our heavenly Father, as believers it is a prime concern how we may live this life. We want to know. We want to know from Your Word. We want to know not out of curiosity but out of desperation. We want to know not…

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…

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…

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…