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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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Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning July 8, 2007 Communion Sunday Philippians 1:21-26 “To Be or Not to Be” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians chapter one, verse 21. For a number of months now we've been studying Paul's letter to the Philippians, and for the last month we've been looking at Philippians 1:21, which we have seen as something of a “life verse” for the Apostle Paul. Today we're going to look at verses 21-26, and we're going to look at two things as we do that. I want you to follow Paul's argument–the argument that is going on inside his own heart in these verses. In fact, I'm going to outline them for you right now. Look at verse 21. You’ll see what we might say is Paul's…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning July 1, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “The Gain of Death” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one, verse 21. We've been in this verse for a month; we haven't gotten to the second half of the verse yet. There's good reason for that. The comfort that we all look for — and surely we look for it especially in the hour of death — the comfort that we get in the second half of this verse in Paul's affirmation that to die is gain is reserved for those who know the truth of the first half of this verse. In other words, the second half of this verse makes no sense and holds no hope out to those who have not realized the grace in their experience of the first half of this verse. It is for those who to live is…

The Plague

Wednesday Evening June 27, 2007 Numbers 11:31-35 “The Plague” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers 11 as we continue to make our way through this great book of the Old Testament — the fourth of the five books of the Law. We’re in chapter eleven. We’re in verses 31-35, right at the end of the chapter. The complaining of Israel has already been mentioned in this passage. We saw that when we were looking at verses 1-9, and it had initially resulted in God breaking out against Israel in the form of fire, just on the outskirts of the camp, but now God’s judgment is going to come again on Israel because of their complaining. It’s important for us to recognize that throughout the wilderness wanderings Moses himself…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 24, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Dying to Live” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Dr. Thomas: Well, good morning. Welcome to our eleven o’clock service. We are so pleased and excited, as you are, to be back here in the sanctuary. A couple of thoughts went through my head as people came in. There's a sense in which this is very familiar. The architects have designed this building, and as you walk back into it–and some of you have not been in it at all to even spy out…

Elders and Quail

Wednesday Evening June 20, 2007 Numbers 11:16-30 “Elders and Quail” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers, chapter eleven. Tonight we’re going to be looking at verses 16-30. Now, to God’s word. If you have your Bibles, let me ask you to cast your eyes back earlier in the chapter (Numbers 11), because the last time we were together in Numbers, back at the first Wednesday night of June a couple of weeks ago, we were looking…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 17, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Living Out Philippians 1:21” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one, as we continue to work through this book together. When we were last in Philippians together, we looked at Philippians 1:21. We’re going to be there again today–and now I can tell you we're going to be there again next week, because I got exactly half way through the message…

Grumbling

Wednesday Evening June 6, 2007 Numbers 11:1-15 “Grumbling” Dr. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers, chapter 11, and let me just remind you of one thing from last week together. You can take a look at Numbers 10:33-36, and just remember that at the end of Numbers 10, Moses is reminding you of how God visibly demonstrated and manifested His care for, His providence over, His protection of the children of Israel, and He did this in at least…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 3, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Life = Christ, Death = Gain” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians , as we continue making our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. Now our passage today is Philippians 1:21, a passage that no doubt many of you have memorized and used as a life verse; but before we get to that passage I'd like you to allow your eyes to scan verses 12-20 to remind us…

Leaving Sinai

Wednesday Evening May 30, 2007 Numbers 10:11-36 “Leaving Sinai” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan If you have Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers 10. If you don’t, there should be a copy somewhere around your table of the text of Numbers 10:11-36. We’re continuing to study through the book of Numbers together, and tonight we’re in Numbers 10, verses 11-36. Let me just remind you: the children of Israel have been at Mount Sinai since Exodus 19. Since Exodus 19, the…

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