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Established Boundaries

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  • Robert Letham

How do we explain the Trinity? Or how does one understand the statement, "God is one being in three persons"? These are the different questions that this article attempts to answer in detail on the relation between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Triune Monarchy

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  • R. C. Sproul

The author explains that God should be understood as a monarchical God (one ruler) while on the other hand can be understood as the Triune God. One therefore has to correctly understand the distinctions between the persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) as well as the lack of distinction in their essence.

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The Trinity and Culture

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  • Gene Edward Veith

The author of this article attempts to explain and describe what love should be like in a godly relationship. The author does this by using the doctrine of the Trinity, with further applications from a number of errors that are a result of failure to understand this Trinity properly.

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The Trinity in the Gospel of John

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  • Mark J. Larson

This article is about the doctrine of the Trinity as unfolded in the Gospel of John, and specifically about the relation of the Father and the Son, and the love between the three persons in the Godhead.

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Doctrine in Focus: The Trinity

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article explains the Trinity by outlining from Scripture the reality that there is one true God, and that this one God has eternally existed as three distinct persons.

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200 Words: Why We Believe in the Trinity

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article, in summary form, explains why Christians believe in the Trinity.

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The Holy Trinity: God’s Revelation of Himself

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  • Maurice Roberts

What does it mean to believe in the triune God? The Trinity is the foundation for Christianity and the Christian life. This article reflects on the nature of the Trinity, our relationship with the Trinity, and the implication the Trinity has for our lives.

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How Does the Trinity Practically Apply to Your Life Today?

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  • Michael Lefebvre, Philip G. Ryken

This article gives thought to the work of the Trinity in our everyday life.

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The Fundamental Doctrine of the Christian Faith

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  • Ian Hamilton

On what doctrine does the Christian faith rest? This article considers that to be the Trinity.

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The False Teachers: T.D. Jakes

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  • Tim Challies

Modalism holds that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not distinct persons in the Godhead but are different modes of existence of a single person. This teaching is false, and the article looks at one of the false teachers advancing this teaching: T.D. Jakes.

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Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

The doctrine of the Trinity is not a man-made doctrine. This article shows that this is how God revealed himself in the Scriptures. It points to the implications of confessing the Trinity. It also gives a response to the claims of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormonism.

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The Divine Trinity

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  • Johannes G. Vos

This article is about the meaning, biblical proof, and value of the doctrine of the Trinity.

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Trinity

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  • J. I. Packer

God is one, existing in three persons. This biblical teaching is called the doctrine of the Trinity. This article explains it.

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The Splendor of the Three-in-One God

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  • R. Scott Clark

The doctrine of the Trinity is the heart of Christianity, because it is impossible to think about creation and salvation without the doctrine of the Trinity. This article explains this by looking at the necessity and mystery of the Trinity.

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Three Reasons to Study the Trinity

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  • Andrew Menkis

The doctrine of the Trinity is not easy to grasp. Studying it, however, brings great benefits for the believer. The doctrine is awe-inspiring, encouraging, and practical.

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Three Trinitarian Controversies Every Christian Should Know

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  • Adriel Sanchez

The doctrine of the Trinity was not always accepted by some in the church. Here are three controversies surrounding the Trinity: Arianism, modalism, and the filioque.

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Our Confusion About God

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  • Carl R. Trueman

What benefit is there to believing in the Trinity? This article explains that the Trinity is the key to understanding the Bible, Christian life, and prayer.

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The Trinity School of Theology Series: Lecture 15

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  • Derek Thomas

What is the doctrine of the Trinity? Is it necessary to believe in this doctrine? Does the Old Testament reveal a three-in-one God? Does the New Testament teach the doctrine of the Trinity? How does the New Testament specifically defend the doctrine of the deity of Jesus? This article is an in-depth study of the doctrine of the Trinity.

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Trinity and Relationships

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  • John McClean

The doctrine of the Trinity is not just for head knowledge. This article show how intimacy, selflessness, and equality within the Triune God should shape how we think about human relationships.

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The Trinity in Christian Practice

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  • Alasdair J. MacLeod

The doctrine of the Trinity is not an impractical doctrine. It permeates the whole life of the believer. This article shows how the Trinity and each person thereof shapes public worship, preaching, and service.

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Modalism, Oneness, and T.D. Jakes

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article discusses the heresy of modalism—where it originated, who still believes it, and whether T.D. Jakes is a modalist.

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The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Michael P. Jensen

This article discusses how the doctrine of the Trinity makes a practical difference in the lives of believers: it names our God, explains prayer, shows us how to love, and leads us to the cross.

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The Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Thomas C. Miersma

The three persons of the Trinity are distinguishable. This article looks at the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Father and Son.

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God Is Trinity

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  • Ian Hamilton

Why is it important for every believer to understand the doctrine of the Trinity? This article gives the answer.

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What Is God Like?

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  • Mark W. Turner

What is God like? This question can only be answered by God, and he has answered it by revealing himself in the Bible. This article explains the Trinity, the communicable attributes, and incommunicable attributes of God.

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Patristic Contributions to Trinitarian Theology

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  • Brian H. Cosby

What is the Trinity? To answer this question this article gives a brief survey of the key people, debates, terminology, and councils that were influential in the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in the first five centuries after Christ.

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The Trinity

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  • Louis Berkhof

This article explores the biblical grounds for the divinity of the three persons of the Trinity, and their relation to one another.

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The Trinity of God

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  • G. H. Kersten

The doctrine of the Trinity seeks to explain that God exists in three persons, and every person is fully God, yet there is one God. This article explains the biblical grounds of this claim.

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The Undivided Three: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Church History

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  • Michael A. G. Haykin

The Nicene Creed formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity is a reflection of the biblical teaching. This article shows how this doctrine has shaped the worship and life of the church throughout history.

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The Divine Trinity

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  • Herman Bavinck

The Christian faith stands or falls on the confession of the Trinity. This article shows that this confession is based on how God reveals himself in Scripture—as the Triune God. It explains the biblical view of the oneness of God and the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Experiencing the Trinity – God the Father

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  • Joe Thorn

In the two short chapters of Part 1 presented here, the author deals with God the Father and then more specifically with God as Creator and the holiness of God.

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The Biblical Background of the Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • G. van den Brink

With a view to the struggle in church history over the doctrine of the Trinity, this article shows how the Bible speaks about the Triune God in terms of his work, while showing the relevance on this doctrine for today.

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Our Triune God

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  • Joe Nesom

The Christian faith is monotheistic in a way which is different from the Jewish faith and Islam. When the Bible speaks about the work of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, it attests to the Triune nature of the biblical God. This Triune God is the God which Christians confess.

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The Holy Trinity

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  • Timothy J. E. Cross

This article on the Trinity discusses the oneness of God who exists in Three Persons as described in scriptural passages on creation, salvation and prayer.

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Unity and Diversity

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  • David Whitworth

Understanding the Trinity is crucial to a proper Christian worldview. This article examines how the Trinity's unity and diversity is reflected in creation, revelation, salvation, church, and society.

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Highly Personal Three

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  • E. Brink

How are we to understand that God is one being, three persons? This article explains how God is a highly personal Trinity, outlining some of the ways in which the three persons work together.

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A Novel Doctrine? The Trinity is not a Plot Exposed by a Paranoid Anti-Christian Novelist

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  • Peter Barnes

Rather than being some kind of plot exposed by the novel The Da Vinci Code, the doctrine of the Trinity is rooted in Scripture, and this article shows how.

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Experiencing the Trinity – God the Son

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  • Joe Thorn

In the two short chapters of Part 2, Thorn deals with the humanity of Christ and the deity of Christ.

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Bavinck on the Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Cornelis P. Venema

This article is about Bavinck's view of the progressive revelation of the Trinity, the terminology used for the Trinity, analogies for the Trinity, and the incommunicable properties of the Trinity. 

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God is Love

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  • Robert Letham

This article is about the love that the three Persons of the Trinity have for one another.

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Five Myths about the Trinity

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  • Fred Sanders

What do you know about the Trinity? The Scriptures give sufficient content about the nature of God, and yet there are myths about the Trinity that go around. This article provides five such myths.

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Why Does the Trinity Matter?

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  • Silverio Gonzalez

Why is the doctrine of the Trinity important? It is important for your salvation, prayer, and worship.

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A Personal Account The Promises Were about Jesus – But He Includes Us

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  • Andrew Moody

This article looks at the relationship within the Trinity. It explains how this relationship is shown in salvation history.

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Other-Wise: In the Presence of God

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  • D. Broughton Knox

Self-expression is the slogan of the day. This article shows that this slogan undermines the reality of life as modelled by the Triune God. The Trinity teaches that reality lies in relationships.

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Trinity

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  • J. I. Packer

This article considers the unity of the Trinity in Christ's command to baptize disciples.

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Trinity and Church: An Examination of Theological Methodology

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  • John D. Morrison

This article is a critical examination of the theological method of three recent systematic theology textbooks from an evangelical perspective. The analysis takes place via the respective views of the Trinity and ecclesiology.

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Hermeneutical Bungee-Jumping: Subordination in the Godhead

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  • Gilbert Bilezikian

Is there a relationship of authority/subordination between Father and Son in the Trinity? The discussion of this essay focuses on a consideration of the theory of the subordination of the Son to the Father and its implications for the doctrine of Christ.

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God the Illeist: Third-Person Self-References and Trinitarian Hints in the Old Testament

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  • Andrew S. Malone

This article reflects on attempts to discover hints of the Trinity in the Old Testament. Many scholars continue to promote the so-called “two Gods texts" as demonstrating something of the Old Testament plurality of God.

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The Father and Son in the Fourth Gospel: Johannine Subordination Revisited

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  • Christopher Cowan

Some scholars have questioned the legitimacy of seeing the Son in a subordinate role to the Father in the Gospel of John. Is that an indication that the majority of scholarship on this gospel has misread it? How should we understand Jesus’ unilateral obedience to and dependence on the Father? This essay reexamines the Gospel of John in the light of recent discussions. Cowan indicates that the Son’s subordination to the Father is a major theme in John.

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The Holy Trinity – Introduction

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  • Robert Letham

This essay introduces the church’s faith in God as Trinity. Letham first reflects on potential problems for a trinitarian theology. Next he deals with potential benefits of recovering a rigorous faith in the Triune God.

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Reply to Kevin Giles

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  • Robert Letham

This article responds to and interacts with Kevin Giles who wrote in the same journal about his concerns with American evangelicals' view of the Trinity and in particular the "subordination of the Son" to the Father. This article acknowledges some valuable criticisms made by Giles and his defense of the full equality of the trinitarian persons opposing hierarchical relations.

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The State of the Evangelical Trinitarian Resurgence

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  • Jason S. Sexton

What is the state of the doctrine of the Trinity in the church and theology? This essay wants to be a diagnostic check, providing a look into the state of the evangelical trinitarian resurgence.

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Toward a Biblical Model of the Social Trinity: Avoiding Equivocation of Nature and Order

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  • J. Scott Horrell

This article wants to contribute to the way we think about God. It wants to tighten the relationship between the economic Trinity and the immanent Trinity. Horrell offers in the first part a basic presentation of a social model of the Godhead. He observes especially divine reciprocity in Scripture.

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      • Church and Jesus Christ
      • Attributes of the church - General
      • Attributes of the church - Unity
      • Attributes of the church - Holiness
      • Attributes of the church - Apostolic
      • Attributes of the church - Catholic/Universal
      • Marks of the church (Pure preaching, sacraments, discipline)
      • Functions of the church - General
      • Functions of the church - Believing
      • Functions of the church - Celebrating
      • Functions of the church - Teaching
      • Functions of the church - Witnessing
      • Functions of the church - Service and Charity
      • Church membership
      • Church fellowship
      • Church government
      • Church discipline
      • Church federation
      • Reformation of the church
    • Sacraments
      • Sacraments (General)
      • Circumcision and baptism
      • Passover and Lord's supper
    • Kingdom of God
    • Last things (Future)
      • Expectation and return of Christ
      • Dispensationalism
      • Life after death (Intermediate state)
      • Signs of the times
      • Death and Resurrection of the body
      • Final Judgment
      • New Heaven and New Earth & Hell
  • Creeds & Confessions
    • Authority and binding to the Confessions
    • Character of the Confessions
    • Apostolic Creed
    • Belgic Confession
      • General
      • Article 1
      • Article 2
      • Article 3
      • Article 4
      • Article 5
      • Article 6
      • Article 7
      • Article 8
      • Article 9
      • Article 10
      • Article 11
      • Article 12
      • Article 13
      • Article 14
      • Article 15
      • Article 16
      • Article 17
      • Article 18
      • Article 19
      • Article 20
      • Article 21
      • Article 22
      • Article 23
      • Article 24
      • Article 25
      • Article 26
      • Article 27
      • Article 28
      • Article 29
      • Article 30
      • Article 31
      • Article 32
      • Article 33
      • Article 34
      • Article 35
      • Article 36
      • Article 37
    • Westminster Confession
      • General
      • Chapter 1
      • Chapter 2
      • Chapter 3
      • Chapter 4
      • Chapter 5
      • Chapter 6
      • Chapter 7
      • Chapter 8
      • Chapter 9
      • Chapter 10
      • Chapter 11
      • Chapter 12
      • Chapter 13
      • Chapter 14
      • Chapter 15
      • Chapter 16
      • Chapter 17
      • Chapter 18
      • Chapter 19
      • Chapter 20
      • Chapter 21
      • Chapter 22
      • Chapter 23
      • Chapter 24
      • Chapter 25
      • Chapter 26
      • Chapter 27
      • Chapter 28
      • Chapter 29
      • Chapter 30
      • Chapter 31
      • Chapter 32
      • Chapter 33
    • Canons of Dordt
      • General
      • Chapter 1
      • Chapter 2
      • Chapter 3/4
      • Chapter 5
    • Heidelberg Catechism
      • General
      • Lord's Day 1
      • Lord's Day 2
      • Lord's Day 3
      • Lord's Day 4
      • Lord's Day 5
      • Lord's Day 6
      • Lord's Day 7
      • Lord's Day 8
      • Lord's Day 9
      • Lord's Day 10
      • Lord's Day 11
      • Lord's Day 12
      • Lord's Day 13
      • Lord's Day 14
      • Lord's Day 15
      • Lord's Day 16
      • Lord's Day 17
      • Lord's Day 18
      • Lord's Day 19
      • Lord's Day 20
      • Lord's Day 21
      • Lord's Day 22
      • Lord's Day 23
      • Lord's Day 24
      • Lord's Day 25
      • Lord's Day 26
      • Lord's Day 27
      • Lord's Day 28
      • Lord's Day 29
      • Lord's Day 30
      • Lord's Day 31
      • Lord's Day 32
      • Lord's Day 33
      • Lord's Day 34
      • Lord's Day 35
      • Lord's Day 36
      • Lord's Day 37
      • Lord's Day 38
      • Lord's Day 39
      • Lord's Day 40
      • Lord's Day 41
      • Lord's Day 42
      • Lord's Day 43
      • Lord's Day 44
      • Lord's Day 45
      • Lord's Day 46
      • Lord's Day 47
      • Lord's Day 48
      • Lord's Day 49
      • Lord's Day 50
      • Lord's Day 51
      • Lord's Day 52
    • Thirty Nine Articles of Religion
    • Different Confessions
    • Preaching of the Confessions
  • Doctrine of life - Ethical principles
    • Christ and the Christian life
    • Purpose of Christian life
    • Discovering the will of God - General
    • Use of Scripture in ethics
    • Seeking the kingdom of heaven
    • Christian freedom
    • Discipleship
    • Following and Imitation of Christ
    • Old Testament Ethics
    • Ten Commandments
      • Ten Commandments (General)
      • First commandment
      • Second commandment
      • Third commandment
      • Fourth commandment
      • Fifth commandment
      • Sixth commandment
      • Seventh commandment
      • Eight commandment
      • Ninth commandment
      • Tenth commandment
    • Law
      • Law (General)
      • Fulfillment of the Law
      • Legalism
      • Law and Gospel
      • Theonomy
    • Case Laws
    • Natural Law
    • Creation order
    • Sermon on the Mount and Ethics
    • Guidance of the Spirit
    • Identity of God's people
    • Love and hate
    • Common good
    • Authority
    • Position of the Christian in this world
    • Christian mind
    • Conviction and tolerance
    • Discernment
    • Christian lifestyle
    • Responsibility & Collective Responsibility
    • Compromise
    • Conflicting obligation
    • Conscience
    • Impartiality
    • Justice
    • Tradition and accomodation
    • Wisdom and prudence
    • Ethics of Christian Community
    • Indifferent things (Adiaphora)
    • Submission
    • Self-denial and Hedonism
    • Temperance and Abstinence
    • Virtue
    • Worldview
    • Vocation
    • Truth and lying
  • Doctrine of life - Ethical themes
    • Gender - Role of manhood and womanhood
    • Sexual Ethics
      • Sexual Ethics - General
      • Homosexuality
      • Premarital Sex
      • Sex Education
      • Lustfulness and Chastity
      • Pornography
    • Dating and Singleness
    • Marriage and Family
      • Marriage (General)
      • Family (General)
      • Adoption
      • Procreation and Family Planning
      • Adultery
      • Celibacy
      • Childhood
      • Adolescence
      • Young Adulthood (Twenties and Thirties)
      • Middle-Age (Forties and Fifties)
    • Divorce and remarriage
    • Education (General)
      • Christian education
      • Purpose of Education
      • Discipline
      • The child
      • Child development
      • Theories of Education
      • History of Christian Education
    • Parenting
    • Schooling
      • Teaching and Learning (General)
      • The Christian school
      • Home schooling
      • Teaching methods
      • The Curriculum and Evaluation
      • The Teacher
      • The School Board
      • Parents and the School
      • Church and the School
      • Place of Government in Education
    • Friendship
    • Hospitality
    • Economics
      • Economics (General)
      • Code of ethics for economists
      • Economic Theories
      • Development
      • Income Distribution
      • Inequality
      • Scarcity
      • Sustainability
    • Work & Employment
    • Business Ethics
      • Trade Unions and Strikes
      • Wages and Salaries
      • Prices
      • Labour Standards
      • Minimum Wages
      • Business Ethics (General)
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Wealth & Poverty
      • Money and Possessions
      • Tithing
      • Generosity
      • Borrowing and Lending
      • Poverty
      • Consumerism
      • Taxes
      • Gambling
      • Prosperity gospel
    • Environmental Ethics
      • Environmental Ethics (General)
      • Energy and Energy Consumption
      • Global Warming
    • Public Ethics
      • Public Ethics (General)
      • Human Rights
      • Equality and Discrimination
      • Race and Racism
      • Nationalism and Patriotism
      • Judicial System
      • Crime and Punishment
      • Capital Punishment
      • Social welfare
      • Social gospel
    • Political Ethics
      • Government - Role and Responsibility
      • Democracy
      • Civil Disobedience and Revolution
      • State and Church Relationship
      • War and Peace
      • Terrorism
      • Genocide
      • Pacifism
      • Nuclear Weapons
      • Interrogation and Torture
      • Refugees and Genocide
      • Political involvement
    • Christ and Culture
    • Bioethics
      • Bioethics (General)
      • Genetic Engineering
      • Cloning
      • Reproductive Technologies
      • Prenatal Diagnosis
      • Contraception
      • Surrogate Father/Mother
    • Medical ethics
      • Medical Ethics (General)
      • Health
      • Illness
      • Disabilities
      • Health Care
      • Forgoing and Withdrawing Treatment
      • Organ Donation and Transplantation
      • Definition of Death
      • Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Letting Die
      • Abortion
      • Sterilization
      • Late Miscarriage & Stillbirth
      • Epidemics
    • Beauty and Arts (General)
    • Appearance
    • Visual Arts
    • Music
    • Drama and Cinema
    • Food and Food Consumption
    • Media and Censorship
    • Sabbath and Sunday
    • Recreation and entertainment
    • Speech and Communication
    • Sport
    • Time Consumption and Priorities
    • Other topics
  • Spirituality & Godliness
    • Fear of the Lord & Godliness
    • Spiritual exercises
    • Means of grace
    • Prayer
      • Prayer - General
      • Intercession
      • God answering prayers
      • Practice of prayer
      • Bodily posture in prayer
      • Private prayer
    • The Lord's Prayer
      • Lord's prayer - General
      • Beginning and Conclusion of Lord's prayer
      • First petition - Hallowed your Name
      • Second petition - Your Kingdom come
      • Third petition - Your will be done
      • Fourth petition - Give us today our daily bread
      • Fifth petition - Forgive us our debts
      • Sixth petition - And lead us not into temptation
    • Fasting
    • Meditation
    • Singing
    • Listening to sermons
    • Personal Devotions (General)
    • Reading of Spiritual Literature
    • Family worship
    • Preparation for home visitation
    • Christ and the new life
    • Personal relationship with God
    • Walking with God
    • Spiritual warfare & struggle against sin
      • Spiritual warfare (General)
      • Struggle against Temptation
      • Living with Hope
      • Desertion by God
      • Place of sin in the believer's life
      • Spiritual growth and backsliding
    • Sanctification of the whole life
    • Spirituality and experience
    • Gratitude
    • Blessedness
    • Different Fruit of the Holy Spirit
    • Different Fruit of the flesh
    • Heavenly mindedness
    • Joy in the Lord
    • History of Spirituality
  • Worship & Liturgy
    • Principles of Worship
      • Principles of Worship (General)
      • Worship as Communion with the Triune God
      • Worship as Communion with the People of God (General)
      • Worship as Gathering and Communion of the Local Church
      • Worship as Communion with Young and Old
      • Worship as Communion with the Church of all Ages and Places
    • Elements of the worship service
      • Liturgy - General
      • Call to worship and Salutation
      • Confessing of sin and assurance of pardon
      • Praise in music and song (General)
      • Public Prayer
      • Scripture reading
      • Preaching (place in worship service)
      • Gifts and offerings
      • Corporate confession of faith
      • The Amen
      • Sacraments in the worship service
      • Benediction
    • Different Liturgies
    • Church music
      • Musical instruments
      • Character and principles of church music
      • Musicians
      • Psalms as songs
      • Hymns
      • Church choir
      • History of church music
    • Liturgical year
      • Liturgical year (General)
      • Christmas
      • Good Friday
      • Easter Sunday
      • Ascension Day
      • Pentecost
    • Church architecture
  • Church Leadership and Offices
    • Church leadership (General)
    • Offices - General
    • Pastor/Preacher - General
    • Pastor/Preacher - Qualifications
    • Pastor/Preacher - Task
    • Pastor and his wife and family
    • Theological Training
    • Elder - General
    • Elder - Qualifications
    • Elder - Task
    • Deacon - General
    • Deacon - Qualifications
    • Deacon - Task
  • Preaching
    • Preaching (General)
      • Preaching, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • Principles of Preaching
    • Purpose and Function of Preaching
    • Types of Preaching
    • Preaching Method and Sermon Preparation Process
    • Sermon Evaluation
    • History of Preaching
    • Preaching style and delivery
    • Steps for making a sermon
  • Pastoral care
    • Principles of Pastorate
    • House Visitation
    • Confidentiality
    • Psychology
    • Care in Abuse and Neglect
      • Abuse - General
      • Spiritual Abuse
      • Sexual Abuse - General
      • Child Sexual Abuse
      • Clergy Sexual Abuse
      • Spousal Abuse
      • Elder Abuse
      • Emotional and Verbal Abuse
      • Ministry to Abusers
    • Care in Addictions
    • Care in Conflict and Bad Relations
    • Care in Depression
    • Care in Self-Esteem and Inferiority
    • Care in Anger
    • Care in Anxiety
    • Care in Crisis
    • Care in Psychological illnesses
    • Care in Autism
    • Care in Loneliness
    • Care in Aging
    • Care in the Dying Process
    • Care in Grief
    • Care in Burial Practices
    • Care with Last Will and Testament
    • Care in Honouring and Grieving the Dead
    • Care in Suicide
    • Other themes of Pastorate
  • Youth ministry and catechism
    • Principles of Youth ministry
    • Material for Youth ministry and catechism
      • In Thy Hands Children Material
        • In Thy Hands Part 1
        • In Thy Hands Part 2
    • Public profession of faith
  • Church Government
    • General Principles of Church government
    • Church Order
      • Purpose and observance of the Church order
      • Offices
      • Church Assemblies - General
      • Church Assemblies - Consistory
      • Oversight of doctrine and worship
      • Church Discipline
      • No Lording
    • Different systems of Church government
    • Church government and civil government
  • History & Church History
    • Church history - General
      • Historical writing
    • Church history - Early Church
      • Ignatius of Antioch
      • Constantine the Great
      • Council of Nicea
      • Cyprian
      • Cyril of Alexandria
      • Didache
      • Early Church (general)
      • Gregory of Nazianzus
      • Irenaeus of Lyons
      • Basil the Great
      • Jerome
      • John Chrysostom
      • John of Damascus
      • Justin Martyr
      • Marcion
      • Melito of Sardis
      • Clement of Alexandria
      • Augustine
      • Polycarp
      • Athanasius
      • Patrick of Ireland
      • Origen
      • Tertullian
    • Church history - Middle Ages
    • Church history - Reformation
      • Theodore Beza
      • Ulrich Zwingli
      • William Tyndale
      • Reformation in The Netherlands
      • Renaissance
      • Zacharius Ursinus
      • Reformation in Germany
      • Reformation in France
      • Reformation in England
      • Reformation in Eastern Europe
      • Reformation (General)
      • Philipp Melanchthon
      • Peter Vermigli
      • Martin Luther
      • John Knox
      • John Calvin
      • John a Lasco
      • Hugh Latimer
      • Heinrich Bullinger
      • Guido de Bres
    • Modern Church History
      • Church history - Asia
      • Church history - Europe
      • Church history - Africa
      • Church history - South America
      • Church history - North America
      • Church history - Oceania
    • Different theologies
      • Charismatic theology
      • Evangelical
      • Roman Catholic
      • Reformed
      • Five points of Calvinism
  • Defending the faith (Apologetics)
  • Mission & Evangelism
    • Biblical Basis of Missions
    • Missions and Evangelism
    • God as Missionary God
    • Missions as Work of God
    • Missions and the Glory of God
    • The Great Commission
    • Missions and local church
    • Missions and every believer
    • Church growth
    • The Missionary
    • The Mission Board
    • The Sending Church
    • Missions and Money
    • Short-term Missions
    • Mission Training
    • Missions to Children and Youth
    • Different Mission Approaches
    • Trends in Missions
    • History of Missions
    • Missionary and Culture
    • Missionary and Politics
    • Missions - Word and Deed
    • Missions and the Social Gospel
    • Mission, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • The Message in Missions
    • Mission and the Point of Contact
    • Prayer and Missions
    • The Mission Encounter
    • Boldness in Missions
    • Material to use in Missions
    • Missions and the New Convert
    • Worship in the Mission Field
  • Other religions
    • Relationship between Christianity and other religions
    • Islam
    • Cults
    • Judaism
    • Jehovah's Witnesses
    • New Age
    • African Traditional Religions
    • Atheism
    • Other religions (General)
    • Sects (General)
  • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Science (General)
    • Evolution
  • Philosophy & Culture
Augustine on Christ’s second coming: “That day lies hid, that every day we may be on the watch.... He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says that it is near; but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.” Augustine
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