Preaching according to the Lectio Continua: Practical Questions & Considerations
What are the advantages of the lectionary vs lectio continua based preaching?
Earl Palmer on Expository Preaching
On May 21, 2019, Theology Matters’ Managing Editor, Richard Burnett, interviewed Earl F. Palmer at University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington, where he was ordained in 1956.
The Bible’s Church
Does the Bible belong to the church or does the church belong to the Bible? We tend to lose track of the...
No Substitute for the Word
The word proclaimed is central to Reformed worship. If and when it is neglected the body can no longer stand with any...
Calvin’s Way of Preaching in a Digital Age
Today as churches around the world continue to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation the question uppermost in my mind is:...
A Reforming Recommendation
The year 2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Half a millennium has passed since Luther nailed his 95 Theses...
Preaching The Gospel With The Great Preacher: Ten Convictions After 40 Years Of Trying To Do It Well
For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for...
Confessing the Faith
A Provocative Confession: Jesus as the Truth
The fact is confessing Jesus Christ as the way, the truth, and the life has always been provocative. It’s always been...
Church and Culture
Clothes Make the Man (or the Woman)?
Do we still believe in the notion of the “preaching office” or the “pastoral office”? Or have we joined the ranks of so much American “free church” congregationalism that replaces the notion of “office” with that of mere “function”?
Sacraments
Can the Lord’s Supper Be “Online”?
The notion of “online Communion” has some real problems to it.
2020 Conference Keynotes
Jesus Christ is the Life – Part 2
Just how, as Christians, do we receive this life?
2020 Conference Keynotes
Jesus Christ is the Truth – Part 2
Confessing Jesus Christ as the way, the truth, and the life means he is not merely one truth among others. He is the truth by which all others are measured.