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It’s here, John Piper’s new book A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness. Read a sample by clicking here. But purchase the book by CLICKING HERE. TOC: PART 1 A Place to Stand “. . . the Lord revealed himself by the word of the Lord” 1 My Story: Held by the Bible . . .

This years GPTS conference is on the theme “Marriage, Family, and Sexuality.” Below is the list of topics and speakers: u>Tuesday, March 8 “God’s Design for Marriage” Dr. Joseph Pipa, Jr. “Gay Marriage: Right or Wrong” Mr. Gary Bates *7-8:30pm (EDT) “The Maker’s Instructions” Dr. Ian Hamilton Wednesday, March 9 “Nurturing Sexual Intimacy in Marriage” Dr. Joel Beeke “Free at

If you have not listened to Pastor Ian Hamiliton’s message from this year’s Ligonier Conference, “Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption” I would encourage you to do so. Click on the title to listen: Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption. “Few subjects provoke debate like the doctrine of election. As a result, many struggle to see

“Why Keep the Old (Testament) When We Have the New (Testament)?” was the question that Dr. Benjamin Shaw answered during the second Learning at Lebanon Seminar held today at Lebanon Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, SC. The audio is now online: The seminar for next month will be on March 26 with Mr. Dustin Segers addressing, “Man Cannot Live Without God: or

This is going to be a good year for readers of reformed works, especially as it relates to the Bible. I simply want to make you aware of three books that are coming out this year. A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised, Edited by Miles V. Van Pelt. Due out May 31, 2016. Description: The Old

I (Jeff) recently started teaching apologetics to the youth at the church I pastor (Lebanon Presbyterian Church), in South Carolina. Obviously I hope that the material sticks with the youth for the rest of their lives. I believe the best way to learn a subject, or even to teach a subject is by way of the Trivium. Trivium means, three

“I was glad when the said to me, ‘let us go to the house of the Lord.'” (Psalm 122:1) Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, on Saturday, August 23, 2015 I will be ordained to the gospel ministry and installed as pastor at Lebanon Presbyterian Church (PCA), Abbeville, SC. I’m not expecting any of our readers to attend this

I opened my Email this morning to discover a new video series produced by Ligonier Ministries. What excited me is the fact that Ian Hamilton is the feature lecturer. Dr. Hamilton is the author of Let’s Study the Letters of John among other book. He is also the pastor at Cambridge Presbyterian Church in the UK and on the board

Jesus says of Himself in Luke 24:44, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that All things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Luke 24:27 says, “And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them

If you are looking for an easy to read systematic theology, Vos is not what you want. But, if you are looking for a good solid systematic that will stretch you, for now, look no further than the new Reformed Dogmatics by Geerhardus Vos, translated by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. The three volumes that are available are on sale this

Brand new hardback, re-typeset, Smyth-sewn biding of James Bannerman’s The Church of Christ is now available for $40 until May 7. Check out 18 pages of the book by clicking here. Publisher description: The New Testament places the church at the centre of its practical vision of the Christian life and at the heart of the Great Commission. A church-less

This week Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is holding their annual conference (March 10-12, 2015). The theme of this year’s conference is The Law of God in a Lawless Age. Here is the scheduled: Tuesday, March 10 1:15 – 2:30 – New Covenant Theology & The Law of God: Views, Critiques, Proposals Dr. Richard Barcellos – Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist

“Who am I? Why am I here? Where do I find meaning? Life is full of big questions. The study of philosophy seeks answers to such questions. In his latest book, prolific author Vern Poythress investigates the foundations and limitations of Western philosophy, sketching a distinctly Christian approach to answering basic questions about the nature of humanity, the existence of

Tonight, live online, Scott Oliphint will be discussing the Son’s Pre and Self-Existence at the very first Reformed Forum conference. In fact, all the Plenary sessions of the conference will be broadcast online. Tonight’s lecture will be from 7:30-8:30pm. (Central Time) The conference schedule and links to the videos are online here. Enjoy!

Leading scholar on the Westminster Assembly, Chad Van Dixhoorn, authored the new book titled Confessing the Faith: A Reader’s Guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith. You can purchase it for only $25 (originally $32) from WTS Books. Read a portion of this work by clicking here.

Two new books worth noting (and worth putting in your library): First, William (Bill) Edgar’s booklet titled “How Did Evil Come into the World?” This is part of “new” series Christian Answers to Hard Questions. You can purchase this book for $4 here. You can read a portion of this book by clicking here. Second (by another WTS professor), is

The faculty at Westminster Theological Seminary recent wrapped up a series on the topic of Inerrancy. I’ve listen to Scott Oliphint’s presentation which was very good; I’m sure the others are as well. The following topics are covered: “Inerrancy and the New Testament use of the Old Testament”, G. K. Beale (Beale looks at Matthew’s use of Hosea in Matthew