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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…

Kingdom Investments

The Lord's Day Morning May 8, 2011 “Kingdom Investments” Luke 19:11-27 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Luke 19. We’re going to be looking at verses 11 to 27. In my old New American Standard Version this parable is called “The Parable of Money Usage.” Perhaps in the Bible that you’re looking at today it will be called “The Parable of the Ten Minas,” although some of you, your English translations may be called, “The Parable of the Ten Pounds,” or other denominations of money usage. It's not a sermon about stewardship though. It's set in a specific context. Jesus has, if you’ll allow yourself to look back, just told the story, or Luke has just recounted the story of Jesus’ encounter with…

Today Salvation Has Come to This House

The Lord's Day Morning May 1, 2011 “Today Salvation Has Come to This House” Luke 19:1-10 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’d turn with me in your Bibles to Luke chapter 19, we are coming to a passage that is very familiar to you. Perhaps you first heard or sung about this passage in Vacation Bible School as a child if you grew up in the church. How many of you could still sing “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he”? I can. I see some hands out there. I can. I certainly can. But this is a very grown up story. It's a very simple but profound story. It's a powerful story of conversion. And I want you to look at its context, even as you have your figure on Luke 19 verses 1 to 10. I want you to notice something. Look at the passage that…

The Third Day He Will Rise Again

The Lord's Day Morning April 24, 2011 “The Third Day He Will Rise Again” Luke 18:31-34 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18. We’re going to be looking especially at verses 31 to 34. As you turn there, I'd invite you to turn back — keep your finger in Luke 18 — and turn back to Luke 9, and you’ll see why in just a moment. Keep your fingers in both places. You've figured out now why we've taken these passages out of order the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, we looked at Luke 18, verses 18 to 30, the story of the rich young ruler, a passage which tells about a man who claims to be good but he wasn't good enough to enter into the kingdom. Then, out of order, last week we looked…

Your Faith Has Made You Well

The Lord's Day Morning April 17, 2011 “Your Faith Has Made You Well” Luke 18:35-43 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18. We’re working our way through the gospel of Luke together and I'd like to direct your attention to verses 35 to 43. Now for those of you who are very close observers, you will be thinking to yourself, “Ligon, you are skipping some verses because the last time we finished in verse 30.…

The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)

The Lord's Day Morning April 10, 2011 “The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)” Luke 18:18-30 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18 as we continue to make our way through the gospel of Luke together. And as you’re turning there, I want you to see a couple of things that will help you understand the context of this passage. First, there is a question that is asked at the outset of this passage by a man who is…

Entering the Kingdom of Heaven Like a Child

The Lord's Day Morning April 3, 2011 “Entering the Kingdom of Heaven Like a Child” Luke 18:15-17 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, let me invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18. We’re continuing our way through the gospel of Luke together, and we're looking at a short passage today in verses 15 to 17. As you’re turning to that passage, let me encourage you to look at the story that immediately precedes it, which we studied together last week,…

The Man Who Thought He Was Righteous (but wasn’t)…

The Lord's Day Morning March 27, 2011 “The Man Who Thought He Was Righteous (but wasn't) and the Man Who Thought He Wasn't ( but was!)” Luke 18:9-14 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Ducan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18 as we continue to make our way through the gospel of Luke together. This is one of the best known stories that Jesus ever told. It is a foundational story for understanding the Gospel, and there is no possible way that I…

Always Pray. Don’t Lose Heart

The Lord's Day Morning March 20, 2011 “Always Pray. Don't Lose Heart.” Luke 18:1-8 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18. We’re going to be looking at verses 1 to 8. This passage is connected with the passage that we studied last Lord's Day, a passage that dealt with the final judgment and with the kingdom and with the coming of Christ. That discussion last week was directed to the disciples; so is…

What You Must Know About the Second Coming

The Lord's Day Morning March 13, 2011 “What You Must Know About the Second Coming”Luke 17:22-37 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke 17 as we continue to work our way through the gospel together. And I want you to note just a couple of things about this passage before we read it together. The first thing that I want you to notice as you look through it, we're going to be looking at verses 22 to 37, is that in some of…