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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…

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Psalm 119 Not By Bread Alone – Blessed are Those…

The Lord's Day Evening January 6, 2013 “Not by Bread Alone Blessed are Those Who Walk in the Word” Psalm 119:1-8 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you do have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 119 as we begin a new series together in this wonderful psalm. Last year, as we were finishing our way through the fifth book of the Psalter that takes us from Psalm 107 all the way to Psalm 150, we came to Psalm 119 and I preached two sermons, sort of, on Psalm 119. If you’ll remember, I read Psalm 119 and it took about twenty-five minutes to read out loud and then I gave a very brief, sort of five or six minute, highpoint exposition, and then I came back and we looked at some more of the themes in Psalm 119 the next week without reading it all the way through.…

I’d Rather Have Jesus than Angels

The Lord's Day Morning January 6, 2013 “Better: A Study of the Christian Life in Hebrews — I'd rather have Jesus than…angels” Hebrews 1:1-4 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 1. We’re going to be looking at verses 1 to 4 this morning, but after our reading I'd like you to keep your Bibles open because I want to turn to a few passages in the book of Hebrews to illustrate one particular point. We’re beginning a new series which we have called, “Better,” for reasons that I hope you’ll understand by the time that we're finished this morning. That's an important word in the book of Hebrews. It's found in a number of places in the New Testament with reference to the same…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Evening December 30, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Christ in the Old Testament — The Despised” Isaiah 53 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III [“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”] Keep your hymnals out because I want you to look at the bottom of the page of the hymn you just sang because that hymn, I was going to say that is has the trifecta but it has the double-trifecta. Let me tell you what I mean by that. Not only is that hymn based upon a rich Biblical meditation on the passion of Jesus Christ drawn from the gospel narratives and from passages like Isaiah 53, but notice if you’ll look down in the right hand corner at the bottom of the page before hymn 247, the song was written by Hans Leo Hassler, one of the great choral musicians of the Christian…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Morning December 30, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The LORD” Psalm 110 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 110. Today, this morning and tonight, we're bringing to a conclusion our series this December in, “An Ancient Christmas,” where we've studied the coming of Jesus in the Old Testament. We've looked at prophecies that have stretched back to…

Why Jesus Came at Christmas

Christmas Eve Family Carol Service December 24, 2012 “Why Did Jesus Come at Christmas Time?” Ephesians 5:2 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians chapter 5 verse 2, if you don't, there are pew Bibles in front of you and I'd invite you to open up and follow along. There's just one verse we're going to look at today and perhaps not a verse that you’re used to looking at, at Christmas time or associating…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Evening December 23, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Ruler” Micah 5:1-5 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Micah chapter 5, and we're going to look at verses 1 to 5 together tonight, as we continue in our series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament.” Before we read this passage together, I want to tell you just a little bit about…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Morning December 23, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Shepherd” Ezekiel 34:1-31 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ezekiel chapter 34 as we continue working our way through this series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament.” In the year 597 BC, Ezekiel was called to the ministry by a river in Babylon with a vision of the glory of God.…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Morning December 16, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Servant” Isaiah 42:1-13 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Isaiah 42, as we continue our series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament.” You will have perhaps noticed a pattern in the messages from the Old Testament, a pattern of problem, promise, and provision. We see that, for…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Evening December 9, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Branch” Isaiah 10:33-12:6 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Isaiah chapter 10. We’re going to read a section that runs from Isaiah 10:33 all the way to 12:6. We’re looking tonight in our series called, “An Ancient Christmas,” at a passage, especially Isaiah 11:1-10, which speaks of the prophecy of a…

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