Seeing the Gospel in the Word of God by Donald Whitney

FROM TABLETALK | February 2011

Surely no one reading this article needs to be convinced of the importance of feeding upon the Word of God. As Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of …Read More

Last Things First by Keith Mathison

FROM TABLETALK | July 2011

Do you ever have difficulty understanding how Scripture fits together as a coherent whole? I have a suggestion. The next time you read through the Bible, s t a r t wit h Revelation 20–22, and then go back …Read More

Induction and Deduction with Reference to Inspiration by Roger Nicole

One feature of the evangelical doctrine of scriptural inspiration (and inerrancy) which is subject to considerable debate is the respective place and scope of induction and deduction in the task of ascertaining a truly biblical view of the subject. Dewey …Read More

The Gift of the Spirit by Jim Fitzgerald

FROM TABLETALK | April 2002

Callers to a psychiatric hotline heard the following message: “If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone else to press 2. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5, and 6 …Read More

The Dawn of Reformation by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | September 2012

It is one thing to believe that the Bible is the Word of God, but it is another to believe, or trust, the Bible as the Word of God. We’re called not only to believe in God and His …Read More

From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Interview with T.D. Alexander by T.D. Alexander

FROM TABLETALK | December 2012

Tabletalk: Describe how you became a Christian and how God called you to work in the academy. T.D. Alexander: I grew up in a rural community in the northeast of Ireland, strongly influenced by Ulster-Scots culture, where almost everyone …Read More

Listening to God’s Word by Eric Watkins

FROM TABLETALK | January 2013

Lying somewhere in the home of each person reading this article is a Bible. Maybe more than one. The fact that nearly every Christian in the West has his own Bible is a rather recent privilege. For roughly the first …Read More

On Your Heart by Curt Heffelfinger

FROM TABLETALK | May 2013

An ad campaign for a credit card pounds away at consumers with the relentless tagline, “What’s in your wallet?” A far more important question arises for those embracing the Shema with its Great Commandment of Deuteronomy 6:5. The …Read More

Bind These Words by Miles Van Pelt

FROM TABLETALK | May 2013

The final words of the Shema contain Moses’ command to the Israelites to bind the words of God as signs on the hands and between the eyes (Deut. 6:8). He also commands them to write these words on the …Read More