A Father’s Reflection Upon the Wedding of His Daughter
Where does the “father of the bride” even begin to write on a topic such as this? It is hard, to be honest, to organize my thoughts on such a momentous and glorious occasion but I will try. Where to begin? I suppose I should begin 26 years ago when the bride came in to the world but no one has the patience or the time to listen to me talk about “tookie” the imaginary friend or the antics of my little girl as she would wave her hands whenever she got excited. No. Instead, I will focus on something I have mentioned to some of my fellow seminarians at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. You see, it is a strange situation as some of my fellow students are having their first child while I marry off my oldest child. From...
Read MoreA Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life
While attending this years GPTS Spring Theology conference I was able to pick up a pamphlet that systematizes reading through A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life. I wondered if this pamphlet was available on the internet and I was able to find it here. It is in PDF format and very simply done making it a good tool for reading through this work in one year. Enjoy!
Read MoreTemptation and the Fall
Dr. Joel Beeke preached an outstanding sermon on Genesis 3 at this years Spring Theology Conference hosted by Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. You can listen to the audio of that sermon here. Dr. Beeke is the President and professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation. Session #3 – Temptation and the Fall (Dr. Joel Beeke)
Read MoreDaily Roundup (3/6/2013)
Here is the Daily Roundup for March 6, 2013… Calvin’s Institutes available through podcast — this is a program of the Reformed Forum How Does a Pastor Deal with “Carnal Christians” – as the article points out, there is no category of “carnal Christians” in the Bible. Through the Eyes of Spurgeon — A Documentary in the works of the life of C.H. Spurgeon Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith (audio) — by David T....
Read MoreDaily Roundup (3/5/2013)
Here is the Tuesday, March 5th edition of the Daily Roundup featuring technology items, tips and software: Zotero — I have mentioned this before and am an avid user of this free tool for cataloging a personal library. One of the main benefits of this software is the ease upon which one can write papers and cite various works within it (footnotes or end notes). There is a Firefox plugin as well as a full featured standalone version. Readability — Have you ever found an article on a website somewhere, bookmarked it only to come back a few days later and find that it was gone? Readability allows you to save it to your personal database forever even if the article is removed. You also have the option of sending it to your Kindle. Full tagging...
Read MoreDaily Roundup (3/4/2013)
Here is the Daily Roundup for Monday, March 4, 2013: Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Theology Conference — This year the conference topic is “The Doctrine of Man“. Full schedule here What are some questions a pastor should ask? This list contains some suggested questions a man should ask a pastoral search committee when he is condidating at a particular church. Some of them may prove helpful. Preparations for the Gospel Ministry (Charles Bridges) — This is an excellent article on the study of the Scriptures, especially as one prepares for the gospel ministry. Do you have enough podcasts to listen to? If not, consider listening to the Confessing Our Hope podcast of Greenville Seminary. Yours truly is the host of this...
Read MoreThe Lord’s Day
VIII. This Sabbath is to be kept holy unto the Lord when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations, but also are taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. (Westminster Confession of Faith, 21.8) If God’s people really desire to see our culture changed it must start with the people of God. A failure to keep the Lord’s Day holy is a matter of the highest importance in the church today. The denial of some in the church who believe that it is not binding on God’s people today is a...
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