Consider Your Opponent by Keith Mathison

FROM TABLETALK | May 2012

I became convinced of the truth of Reformed theology while attending Dallas Theological Seminary — the flagship institution of dispensational theology. Some of my fellow students accused me of being apostate when they discovered that I had rejected dispensationalism. Having donned …Read More

Keeping the Lord’s Day by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | June 2011

In the summer of 1999, I was studying the Lutheran Reformation in eastern Germany with a group of fellow American graduate students. After attending a Sunday morning worship service at the Stadtkirche in Wittenberg, where Martin Luther often preached, we …Read More

Consider Yourself by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | May 2012

Controversy exists because God’s truth exists in a world of lies. Controversy is the plight of sinners in a fallen world, who were originally created by God to know the truth, love the truth, and proclaim the truth. We …Read More

With Heart and Mind by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | April 2002

Reformed folk have not earned a reputation for hearts overflowing with love. We tend to be the cerebral ones, very careful to dot our theological I’s and cross our philosophical T’s. Given our peculiar gift, it is no …Read More

Sabbath Rest by Sinclair Ferguson

FROM TABLETALK | March 2004

The anonymous author of Hebrews found different ways of describing the superiority of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of them, which forms the underlying motif of chapters 3 and 4, is that Jesus Christ gives the rest that neither Moses …Read More

Defining the Debate by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | June 2011

The question of Sabbath observation, historically, has provoked many debates and controversies involving separate issues. The first great debate about the Sabbath is whether, as an Old Testament ordinance particularly emphasized in the Mosaic covenant, it is still obligatory in …Read More

Zeal Without Knowledge by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | April 2002

MANY PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED, AND SOME ARE shocked, when they hear of my involvement in the charismatic movement years ago. It began in 1965, shortly after I returned from graduate study in Holland to teach philosophy and theology at my …Read More

The Lord of the Church by John MacArthur

FROM TABLETALK | May 2009

The truth that Christ is Lord of His church may sound somewhat benign to a casual listener in our generation, but the struggle for Christ’s authority in the church has come to us through the ages on a sea …Read More

The History of Covenant Theology by R. Scott Clark

FROM TABLETALK | October 2006

Until recently, it was widely held that covenant theology was created in the middle of the seventeenth century by theologians such as Johannes Cocceius (1609–1669). In fact, covenant theology is nothing more or less than the theology of the …Read More

Being Black and Reformed: An Interview with Anthony Carter by Anthony Carter

FROM TABLETALK | December 2011

Tabletalk: Why did you write the book On Being Black and Reformed? Anthony Carter: When I first came into the knowledge of Reformed theology, I was excited and invigorated to share this truth with others. However, I quickly discovered that …Read More

The High Calling of Women by Tom Ascol

FROM TABLETALK | June 2009

In big, bold type the January 20, 1992, TIME magazine cover asked the question: “Why Are Men and Women Different?” In much smaller letters, almost as if apologizing, the thesis of the cover story was suggested: “It isn’t just …Read More

The Covenant of Works by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | October 2006

Covenant theology is important for many reasons. Though covenant theology has been around for millennia, it finds its more refined and systematic formulation in the Protestant Reformation. Its importance, however, has been heightened in our day because of its relationship …Read More

The Politization of Truth: The New Sophism by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | March 1992

In October of 1991, the American people were riveted to the drama of the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas. Then, a twist of biting irony took place when Anita Hill emerged with allegations of sexual harassment. After Professor Hill …Read More

Adam & Eve Go to College by Stan Oakes

Few understand the unique influence of the university; few understand that the university is in a grave crisis. Few understand that the consequence of ignoring this crisis is the demise of America as we know it.

—S.E. Kao

Ten …Read More

Thus Saith the Lord? by Rod Rosenbladt

FROM TABLETALK | April 2002

“LAST WEEK, THE LORD TOLD me.…” To someone from a Reformed background, it is sort of jarring to hear a statement like that. But the proposition is not all that unusual—especially in Pentecostal circles. I remember once asking a …Read More