Regeneration Through the Word?
Lectures on Hermeneutics
Preaching Reconciliation
Tithe Law Interpretations
Laying On of Hands at the Ordination of Elders
Hosea 11:1-11
Sabbath and Sunday
The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ: Some Evangelical Reflections
Palestinian Artifactual Evidence Supporting the Early Date of the Exodus
Affirmations & Denials: A Proposed Definition of Biblical Counseling
Mark 1:14-28 Commentary - The Christ in Galilee
Mark 1:1-13 Commentary - The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
Does the Welfare State have a Future?
Psalm 95 - Aspects of the New Testament Sabbath Psalm 95 as Interpreted by Hebrews 3-4
Galatians 3 - An Argumentation Analysis
Why are Ecclesiastical Feast Days in our Church Order?
De Magistratu: A Probe into the Textual History of Article 36 of the Confessio Belgica
Paul’s Use of “Allegory” in Galatians 4:21 to Galatians 5:1 - A Method of Interpretation?
Mark 9:33-50 Commentary - Searching for Personal Glory in the Time of Passion
Mark 6:30-44 Commentary - Rest by Israel’s Shepherd
Mark 4:1-25 Commentary - The Parables of the Sower
Mark 3:13-19 Commentary - God’s Son Chooses His Own Heralds
Mark 3:7-12 Commentary - God’s Son Continues to Deliver Israel from Demons
Mark 3:1-6 Commentary - The Saviour of Life Threatened on the Sabbath
Mark 2:23-28 Commentary - Jesus’ Work Controls Also the Day of Rest
Mark 2:18-22 Commentary - Jesus Introduces a New Festival Calendar
Surrounded by the Truth: Scripture, Community and the World
The Johannine Jesus and the Synoptic Jesus
God and the Crisis of Freedom in Contemporary Society
Orthodoxy in Christology
The Gospels as Eyewitness Accounts
Reading the Bible in the Context of the Ecological Threats of Our Time
James at the Centre: A Jerusalem Perspective on the New Testament
The Canonicity of the Four Gospels
Mission as Hermeneutic for Scriptural Interpretation
The Authenticity of Apostolic Eyewitness in the New Testament
The Gospels as Histories: What Sort of History are They?
Hope against Hope: The Relevance of Christian Hope Today
Must the Moral Law Have a Lawgiver?
The New Atheism
Reconciliation According To the Scriptures
Biblical Metaphors for Atonement
Ezra 8:21-36
Justification
An Expression Which Evokes Questions
How Does the Spirit Use the Word?
Justification and Sanctification
The Ancient Text of the New Testament
The Church as the Dwelling Place of the Spirit
Proteins: Our Frustrating Pursuit of Understanding
Words of Life: The Bible & Weekly Communion
How often should the Lord's Supper be celebrated? Should churches have weekly communion? This thesis considers the subject of the frequency of the Lord's Supper, arguing that it should be practiced less than weekly. The author offers an outline of the historical practice of the church (particularly the Westminster tradition), then explores the doctrine of the sacrament and worship in order to prove his thesis.
Dating the Earth
Predestination
The Criticized Psalms J.G. Vos on the "Imprecatory" Psalms
Private Faith?
The Spirit in Bezalel
Christ's Obedience and Covenant Obedience
Farming According to General Revelation: The Meaning of Isaiah 28:22-29
Sexual Abuse within Christian Organizations
This article is a transcript of a speech given at a conference. It provides church leaders with deep insights into abuse and abusers, including the dynamics of deception and power in relationships, and the issue of repentance and forgiveness. Dr. Langberg identifies five governing principles to be followed in dealing with abuse, and a compelling argument for dealing with it forthrightly.
Spiritual Abuse: A Position Paper
This is a somewhat academic and nuanced statement about the topic of spiritual abuse, and can be helpful in determining whether a matter ought to be identified and dealt with as spiritual abuse.
What Does Biblical Counselling Believe about Extra-Biblical Information? (Part 2)
This article was written in the context of a debate between two orthodox evangelical believers about the use of secular psychology and drugs to address psychological problems. The author shows that the real issues involved with the use of secular psychological research are theological.
What Does Biblical Counseling Believe about Psychological Research? (Part 1)
This article was written in the context of a debate between two orthodox evangelical believers about the use of secular psychology and drugs to address psychological problems. The author shows that the real issues involved with the use of secular psychological research are theological.
Secular Psychology, Christian Psychology, and Christian Counselling
This academic article opens up, and puts into biblical perspective, the fundamental issues involved in the relationship between secular psychology and biblical counselling. It is an essay about how Christian or biblical counseling ought to be taught.
God’s Story of Disability: The Unfolding Plan from Genesis to Revelation
This article offers a biblical, redemptive-historical perspective on disability, and lays the foundation for inclusion of, and ministry to, disabled members in the body of believers.
God and Evil: Why the Ultimate Cause Is Not the Chargeable Cause
If God is the ultimate cause of all that comes to pass, including evil and sinful things, can he be rightly charged with unrighteousness? This article considers the discussion on how to reconcile the problem of evil with a good God. It explains with some biblical illustrations that though God is the ultimate cause of all things, he is never the efficient cause of evil, and thus is not blameworthy for it.
Roman Catholicism
Neo-Pentecostalism
Mormonism
Jehovah Witnesses
Introduction on Sects
Horizontalism
God’s Almighty Power
The Use of the Scriptures in Ethics and Morals
The Ten Commandments and Ethics
The Conscience in Ethics
The Compromise
Morals and Ethics
Love in Ethics
Is There Such a Thing as a Clash of Obligations?
Ethics and Morals: A Few More Differentiations
Christian Morals
Casuistry and Ethics
Ascetics and Ethics
Are There Such Things as Adiaphora?
A Definition of Ethics and Morals
Divorce and Remarriage: The Old Testament Evidence
Divorce and Remarriage: The New Testament Evidence
Divorce and Remarriage: The Exception Clause in Matthew
Divorce and Remarriage: Implications for Today
Divorce and Remarriage: One Flesh
A Pastor’s Reflections: Playing with Fire
Can Christians make use of skepticism as a tool in theology? This article warns against the danger of skepticism, and calls Christians to rely on the authority of Scripture.
Reformed Theology vs. Hyper-Calvinism
Is God the author of sin? Is the gospel for everyone? Is grace for everybody? Is Calvinism a license to sin? This article shows the differences between Reformed theology and hyper-Calvinism on these points.
Two Ways of Denying God’s Law and One Way of Affirming It
There are two ways to undermine the law of God: idolatry and legalism. And there is one way of affirming it: by observing it, still today.
The Exodus Motif in Isaiah
The exodus motif shapes much of Isaiah 40-55. This article examines how Isaiah rereads the exodus motif.
A Christian Anthropology for Contemporary Bioethics
How does bioethics impact pastoral care? How should Christians approach ethical issues related to medical technology? Biblical anthropology must shape the Christian approach to bioethics. This article looks at the relationship between man's creation in the image of God and bioethics.
Who Needs Systematic Theology?
Every Christian needs systematic theology. This article looks at common areas of agreement in church history to highlight the need for dogmatics.
The Church and Israel
Is dispensationalism correct in seeing Israel as still the special people of God? Is the Zionist Movement a fulfilment of God's promises to Abraham? This article explains that God's promises to Abraham were fulfilled in Christ, and what that means for Israel as a nation.
The Nature of Justifying Faith
Justification is by faith alone. What is the nature of justifying faith? This article explains that the nature of saving faith is one that turns away from itself. It is faith in Christ.
The Book of Revelation: How Difficult Was Its Journey into the Canon?
This article provides a few highlights about Revelation's journey into the canon: its early reception was outstanding, objections to it were later and limited, they were not driven by historical matters, and were eventually resolved.