"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.... The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the...
May 2009 Archives
The Church (WCF 25).pdf...
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every...
Marriage and Divorce (WCF24).pdf...
23 Church and State (WCF 23).pdf...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion.... And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and...
"Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him." ―Genesis 1:26-27a Suggested Reading: Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10Genesis presents man's dignity in relation to God. God...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion.... The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and...
"And God said, Behold, I have given you...." ―Genesis 1:29a Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:28-31 The second practical effect Genesis 1 ought to have on us is to cause us to recognize the sufficiency of God for our every need...
Will you keep this secret _ (WCF 22)...
Teach me how to pray (WCF 21)...
"And God said, Let us make man...." ―Genesis 1:26aSuggested Reading: Genesis 1:24-27We often come to Genesis 1 with a kind of inquisitiveness about creation. Instead, we ought to come in a spirit of worship, bowing before the glorious majesty of the...
Christian Freedom (WFC 20)...
"And God said.... And God created ... and God saw that it was good." ―Genesis 1:20-21 Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:20-23 Genesis 1 teaches us three additional truths about God. First, God is perfect wisdom. His creation followed an...
"In the beginning God...." ―Genesis 1:1a Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:14-19 Genesis 1 teaches us several major truths about God. First, it teaches God's priority over creation and His independence of it. "In the beginning God" tells us...
"In the beginning God...." ―Genesis 1:1a Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:9-13 The Genesis 1 creation account is remarkably God-centered. God is the consistent subject of sentence after sentence: "and God said," "and God saw," "and God called." All...
In the coming days, there will be several significant events at PRTS which you can participate in even if you can't be present. The most significant is the 2009 PRTS graduation ceremony. We intend to video tape the ceremony...
"In the beginning God...." --Genesis 1:1a Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:6-8 The purpose of the Bible--Genesis in particular--is to reveal God to us. It is to show us His person and nature, insofar as we are able to...
"In the beginning God...." --Genesis 1:1a Suggested Reading: Genesis 1:1-5 It makes good sense to begin a new year with Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The Greek word genesis means origin or beginning. This term is appropriate...
How Should We Eat?The New Testament is clear that Christ has fulfilled and abrogated the ceremonial laws, and that we need to guard our liberty in the gospel (1 Cor 10:29-30). The Belgic Confession says it well: "The ceremonies...
Our culture is obsessed with diets, especially this time of the year. I read a quote recently that went something like: "If I spent as much time thinking about my soul as I do my body, who can tell...
Matthew 8 presents several portraits of Christ in ministry. A comparison of Matthew's accounts with those in other gospels makes it clear that Matthew's portraits are not arranged in chronological order. Rather, they are given to us to teach...
In Matthew 5:33-48, Jesus tells us how we are to fulfill the law--not legalistically, but in a spirit of Christ-like love. The goal is that we might strive to obey his final admonition in verse 48, "Be ye therefore...