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…
If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to the Psalms, to the Fourth Book of the Psalms, to the very first Psalm in the Fourth Book of the Psalms, Psalm 90. The Fourth Book of the Psalms runs from Psalm 90 to Psalm 106, and we’re going to be studying these books together, and today we are going to be in Moses’ Psalm: “The Prayer of Moses, the Man of God.” What should it feel like to be a Christian? What does a true believer experience in his or her life with God in this fallen world? What ought our affections and desires to be fixed upon? How should we react to our circumstances? What should Christian experience be characterized by as we live together in a world filled with sickness, trouble, and sorrow? The Psalms tell us. Here, God tells us how to respond to our…
Hymns of the Faith “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art” A Presentation of First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Mississippi With Dr. Ligon Duncan, Dr. Derek Thomas, and Dr. Bill Wymond Dr. Wymond: Good morning! This is “Hymns of the Faith,” brought to you by Jackson's First Presbyterian Church. The minister of the First Presbyterian Church is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Stay tuned for “Hymns of the Faith”… and now here with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill Wymond! This is Ligon Duncan, along with Derek Thomas, with you today for “Hymns of the Faith.” We have been loving our study of some of the great hymns of the Christian church over the last almost two thousand years. Today we come to what is actually for the English language a…
The Lord's Day Morning June 8, 2008 Philippians 4:21-23 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Grace, with Your Spirit” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, let me invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:21. After a year together in this glorious letter, we have come to our final exposition of Paul's word to the Philippians. Last Lord's Day morning we were looking at Philippians 4:10-20, in which Paul addresses one of the most important aspects of the Christian life: that is, contentment. And we said as we looked at that passage that Paul teaches us about the need for contentment, and about the nature of contentment, the secret of contentment, the song of contentment, and…
Hymns of the Faith “How Firm a Foundation” Isaiah 40-42 A Presentation of First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Mississippi With Dr. Ligon Duncan, Dr. Derek Thomas, and Dr. Bill Wymond Dr. Wymond: Good morning! This is “Hymns of the Faith,” brought to you by Jackson's First Presbyterian Church. The minister of the First Presbyterian Church is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Stay tuned for “Hymns of the Faith”….. And now here with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank…
The Lord's Day Morning June 1, 2008 Philippians 4:10-20 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Content in Every Situation” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Now let me invite you to take your Bibles in hand and turn with me to Philippians 4, as we have drawn almost to the end of this great letter. The amazing passage that we are going to read today contains three of the most well-known and beloved phrases or sentences…
Hymns of the Faith “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” A Presentation of First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Mississippi With Dr. Ligon Duncan, Dr. Derek Thomas, and Dr. Bill Wymond Dr. Wymond: Good morning! This is “Hymns of the Faith,” brought to you by Jackson's First Presbyterian Church. The minister of the First Presbyterian Church is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Stay tuned for “Hymns of the Faith.”…. Here with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill…
The Lord's Day Morning May 25, 2008 Philippians 4:8-9 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Do As I Do” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:8-9. A couple of weeks ago we were looking at Philippians 3:17-4:1, and we said that Paul was teaching us how to fight worldliness there. One of the ways that he told us to do this was by carefully…
The Lord's Day Morning May 18, 2008 Philippians 4:2-7 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “The Shalom of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:2, as we continue to work our way through this great book together. Have you ever wished that your name was in a Bible book? Well, if you did, you probably wanted your name mentioned like…
The Lord's Day Morning May 11, 2008 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Two Ways to Live” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I'd like to invite you all to have a subversive Mother's Day. What I mean by that is that we live in a culture that does not value motherhood, and it doesn't believe in a biblical view of male/female role relationships. And I would invite you to subvert that in…