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…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…
4.1 The Triune God for the display of his glory created the entire world, ex nihilo, in six days, and all good. 4.2 God created human beings, male and female, in his image, with his law on their hearts, in happy communion with him, and with stewardship over creation.
3.1 God ordains everything that happens, but isn’t responsible for sin, and people are not puppets, and what they do matters. 3.2 God knows the future exhaustively and unconditionally, but his decree is not based on his foresight. 3.3 God decrees some people and angels to eternal life and others to eternal death, for the display of his glory.[God endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction … in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory ~…
About God, and The Trinity 2.1 There is only one, living and true God, infinite in being and perfection, who is most pure Spirit, invisible and without the limitations of human body, parts or passions, who is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, omnipotent, most wise, holy, free and absolute, working all things for his own glory, according to the counsel of his own unchangeable and most righteous will. He is loving, gracious, merciful, longsuffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; rewards…
1.1 Holy Scripture (written special divine revelation) is necessary, to give the saving knowledge of God, to preserve and propagate the truth, and to establish and comfort the church.1.2 There is a fixed scriptural canon of sixty-six books, inspired…
THE OLD COVENANT God has always dealt with humanity by way of covenant. The Catechism for Young Children teaches that a covenant is “an agreement between two or more persons” (Q. & A. 22). Covenant is often compared to contract, treaty, or…
Last year (2019), I went through David B. Calhoun’s edition of “Prayers on the Psalms” (@BannerofTruth) about 2 1/2 times, with daily prayer postings on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram). This year (2020) I am going to work through O.…
Berkhof on the nature of the biblical concept of covenant One of the things I frequently do in preparation for teaching my Covenant Theology course at Reformed Theological Seminary (as I will do again at RTS Washington this week), is quickly re-read…
Many of my RTS friends and supporters may not know that my call to serve as Chancellor and Professor at RTS actually comes from my presbytery. Because of this, I am required to give an annual report on my ministry (which I joyfully do!), in order to…
Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who hast given unto us thy dear Son to be our Lord and King, grant, we beseech thee, that thou wouldst destroy and dissipate by thy marvelous wisdom all enterprises devised and directed against him throughout the…