Vital Members by John MacArthur

FROM TABLETALK | May 2005

I have often spoken out against all the pragmatic and “seeker-sensitive” approaches to contemporary worship because they tend to diminish the proper place of preaching and replace it with quasi-spiritual forms of sheer entertainment (music, comedy, drama, and whatnot). Any …Read More

New Life in Christ by Steve Dornan

FROM TABLETALK | May 2005

“Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time …Read More

Unqualified Christians by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | October 2010

Words mean things, and, if we’re not careful, words can easily die the death of one, two, or a thousand qualifications. As editors, we often deliberate the use of words in their contexts and the appropriate uses of qualifiers …Read More

Is the model for the church’s worship today the temple or the Jewish synagogue? by R.C. Sproul Jr.

Is the model for the church’s worship today the temple or the Jewish synagogue? What an excellent question. There are those who would suggest that the Bible doesn’t give us a model at all, and we are therefore …Read More

The Undoing of Babel by Derek Thomas

FROM TABLETALK | May 2006

“Man’s nature,” Calvin wrote in the Institutes of the Christian Religion, “is a perpetual factory of idols” (1.11.8). Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the Babel episode (Gen. 11:1–9). Babylon becomes in time …Read More

The Deity of Christ & the Church by Robert Peterson

FROM TABLETALK | January 2011

There is no more important biblical truth for the life and health of the church than the deity of Christ. Although this truth exists in seed form in the Old Testament (Pss. 45:6–7; 110:1; Isa. 9:6 …Read More

How Consumer Culture Fuels Change by Carl Trueman

FROM TABLETALK | April 2010

Discussion of culture has become a virtual shibboleth in contemporary evangelicalism, left and right. Whether this is itself a biblical imperative or merely a cultural reaction to a time when fundamentalism ruled the roost is a matter for debate. Indeed …Read More

The Unshakable Purposes of God by Douglas Kelly

FROM TABLETALK | April 2010

Hebrews 12 approaches the vast changes to come in church and culture as orchestrated by God for the advancement of His kingdom of grace: “‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.’ This phrase …Read More

The Times, They are a-Changing by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | April 2010

One of the oldest mysteries of theoretical thought is the question: What is time? Immanuel Kant defined time and space as “pure intuitions.” We see time as inextricably related to matter and motion. Without matter and space [matter and motion …Read More

Pilgrims (and Their Hosts) by R. Scott Clark

FROM TABLETALK | February 2010

There are about sixty-million evangelicals in North America. By contrast, the confessional Reformed communions number fewer than one million members. One effect of these disproportionate numbers is that the theology, piety, and practice of American evangelicals shape the expectations of …Read More

Preach the Word by Steven Lawson

FROM TABLETALK | January 2010

Every season of reformation and every hour of spiritual awakening has been ushered in by a recovery of biblical preaching. This cause and effect is timeless and inseparable. J.H. Merle D’Aubigné, noted Reformation historian, writes, “The only true …Read More

Church Shopping by Carl Trueman

FROM TABLETALK | February 2011

Dear Stolas, You ask in your letter about the key to undermining the church as quickly as possible. This is scarcely rocket science, but, as you ask, we will try to enlighten you. At the heart of Christianity is the …Read More

Holding the Line: An Interview with R. Albert Mohler Jr. by Albert Mohler

FROM TABLETALK | April 2011

TT: In 1993, shortly after your appointment as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, there was substantial faculty fallout and a sharp move in an orthodox direction. Would you give us a glimpse into that time for you and …Read More

Schism and the Local Church by Michael G. Brown

FROM TABLETALK | May 2011

Although the Great Schism occurred in the eleventh century, dealing with schismatic people in the local church has been a problem since the days of the apostles. Writing to the church at Corinth around AD 55, Paul said, “I appeal …Read More

An Outpost of Jesus’ Kingdom: An Interview with Mark Driscoll by Mark Driscoll

FROM TABLETALK | May 2011

Tabletalk: What do you believe is the ultimate purpose of the church? Mark Driscoll: The biblical marks of the church universally and its expressions locally are many (for example, the Word, sacraments, discipline, discipleship, mission/evangelism, love), but their overarching …Read More