This article is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 21.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 1:3-12.

This article is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 23.

This article is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 22.

In Matthew 5:14-16 we read: "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven" (ESV). What are some functions of light? Experi­ence teaches us that among the purposes of light are these two: to dispel darkness and to enable work to be done. This article sheds some light on Reformed Christian education.

What is experiential preaching? Sometimes called "experimen­tal" preaching, this kind of preaching tends to apply the preaching text to the personal spir­itual experience of listeners. Often the phrase "experiential preach­ing" refers to sermons addressed to the heart. The preacher's expla­nation of the Bible passage issues in calls for self-examination and warnings against presumption, accompanied by the summons to surrender to God and to fight the reflexes of the old nature.

Covenantal preaching is most fully and biblically evangelistic preaching. I want to be clear about our objective in this article. Please do not expect that this article on evangelistic preaching will say everything that needs to be said about evangel­ism — even Reformed (biblical) evangelism. We will not be dis­cussing the value of strategies like advertising, book tables, home Bible studies, tape ministry, newsletters, or prison ministry. Rather, our focus will be on the kind of preaching that may be called evangelistic preaching.

Biotechnology is emerging as the new darling of countless suitors within western culture, alluring many with her seductive potential for reshaping the global economy and remaking our society. Those falling at her feet in breathless adoration include farmers and fisheries, physicians and pharma­ceuticals, manufacturers and mili­tary.

What is forgiveness? How should we view it? God did not tell us about forgiveness He demonstrated forgiveness. This article looks at biblical stories that demonstrates forgiveness. Here focus is on Genesis 50:15-21 about Joseph and his brothers. 

In popular thinking, all of these unfortunate distinctions that easily arise from the very way our Bibles are arranged usually become — if we don't think carefully — spiritually fatal separations. Grace is separated from law, faith from works, the work of the Father from that of the Spirit, external form from internal intention. Among the earliest thinkers in church history who fell into this error was Marcion (2nd century). He taught that the OT came from the God of the Jews, who was also Creator and Lawgiver.

We hunger for sermons that throb with our Father's heartbeat. His pulsating heartbeat we have felt and heard in His very flesh-born Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Since Pentecost, their energizing Spirit now pumps divine life through the church (and thereby through individual believers); their Spirit regulates the rhythm of our own hearts, purges our impurities, strengthens weak members for the work of faith-obedience.

As we continue developing a biblically Reformed perspective on preaching, it may be useful to expose several common cultural expectations about preachers that surely influence Christ's church in North America. One of the most pervasive views about why we need preachers says: We'll always need preachers for their "golf course effect."

A Bible passage qualifies as a preaching text only if it is a thought unit, if it communicates a unified message. A sermon based on assorted verses throughout Scripture, strung together because they happen to share words or phrases about 'suffering' or 'mothers,' for example, generally lifts these verses out of their God-given, inspired, canonical contexts.

One major objective of this discussion of the congregation's role in preaching is to clarify expectations about the sermon, so that pew meets pulpit each Sunday. As stated last time, surely the pulpit's high view of preaching should be matched with the pew's high view of listening.

The sermon belongs to the church's worship. If we are unaware of what we should be hearing from the pulpit, if we are vague about what sermons are supposed to "do," then God will be robbed of sincere and glo­rifying worship. We dare not do anything in our worship out of ignorance. Ignorance in the pew about the preaching of the pulpit is nothing less than superstitious worship, an abomination to the Lord.

Listening to sermons is a topic which must be addressed in the church. Why? Because God chose preaching to be a means which He uses to administer grace. What does this mean for the church and how does this relate to personal witnessing? 

How should Christians respond towards gambling? This article explains the types of gamblers, the role of the government, gambling and the economy, gambling and development, and it gives a Christian reflection.

Rightly know­ing God (in order to glorify Him as God) is the first component of hallow­ing His Name. There is a second compo­nent, according to the Heidelberg Catechism: "...further also, that we may so order and direct our whole life, thoughts, words, and actions, that Thy Name may not be blasphemed but honored and praised on our account.

To pray is to work. Praying is working. Prayer is hard work. In fact, taking a hint from the Heidelberg Catechism, we may say that praying is among those good works which belong to the Christian life.

Now that our Chief Prophet and only High Priest has led us to the throne of grace, to address the Father with reverence and confidence, He teaches us what is to be uppermost on our minds. This article discusses the first line of the Lord's prayer.

Genesis 1-3 is foundational to our discussion of biotechnology because of its teaching concerning human beings as those who are created by God in his image. There are things we may do with respect to plants and animals that we may not do with respect to human beings, by virtue of the nature of human creation. Human beings are created in the image of God. In other words, human nature is not something we fashion for ourselves, but something that we receive.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 1:1-2.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 1:3-12.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 1:13-25.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 2:1-10.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 2:11-12.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 2:13-20.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 2:21-25.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 3:1-7.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 3:8-12.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 3:13-22.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 4:1-6.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 4:7-11.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 4:12-19.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 5:1-5.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 5:5-11.

This article is a Bible study on 1 Peter 5:12-14.

This article looks at the release of a minister from his congregation (not because of a new calling). Under what circumstances can the minister-congregation relationship be dissolved?

This is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 10:1-18.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 26:16-19.

This article offers an expostion of Deuteronomy 26:1-15. It discusses matters like the offering of the firstfruits and the triennial tithe

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 25, discussing among other things Levirate marriage.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 24. It explains how old covenant legislation is unique, in order to help probe more deeply into the instruction of the chapter.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 23.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 22

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 21, a chapter providing instruction to Israel on how to adjudicate a killing by an unknown murderer.  It discusses matters such as removing guilt, the law's Christ-like kindness, and the right of the firstborn.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 20, a chapter about waging war against national enemies, and exemptions from wartime duty.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 17:1-20, providing a discussion of life in a theocracy.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 16:1-22. It focuses on the calendar of Israel as a tool God used to remind his people of their identity. The following feasts are mentioned and briefly discussed: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 15:1-23. Among other things, it discusses the redemptive character of God's laws, forgiving the neighbour's debts, and the laws pertaining to the Sabbath rest.

This article offers an exposition of Deuteronomy 14. It pays attention to matters such as grieving, eating, and tithing.

This article is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 13.

This is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 12.

This is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 13:1-14.

This is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 12:11-21.

This article is about the Christian as pilgrim in leisure and in our popular culture. The antithesis of church and world, Christian fun, and thanksgiving is also discussed. The author also looks at confrontation with this culture and parenting.

This is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 11:1-15.

This is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 9:1-15.

This article is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 8:1-24.

This article is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 5:12-21.

This article is a Bible study on 2 Corinthians 5:1-11.

This is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 19.

This is a Bible study on Deuteronomy 18.

This article is about the assumptions and methods in Catechism Preaching. What is the place of Scripture in the preaching of the confessions?

This article is about the question if there is real fellowship and intimacy in the organized church, or if home churches are a better option.