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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…

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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 very much sanctification. We live in sanctification as believers from the first nanoseconds of our conversion to the final time we close our eyes in this world. So we live most of the Christian life in sanctification and yet sanctification is not for the faint of heart. We saw serious and specific…

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 verses 1 to 4 but we focused on verses 1 to 3; this Lord's Day we're going to look at verses 4 to 14 together. Now Hebrews, as we said the last time, Hebrews is a book about persevering in the faith. It is a book that is designed to help us meet the various challenges to living the Christian life…

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.…

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…

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.…

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