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

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

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

Scripture Alone by Michael Kruger

FROM TABLETALK | November 2012

We live in a world filled with competing truth claims. Every day, we are bombarded with declarations that something is true and that something else is false. We are told what to believe and what not to believe. We are …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

The Christian’s GPS by Anthony Selvaggio

FROM TABLETALK | September 2012

One of the great inventions of the modern world is the global positioning system (GPS). The devices that use this satellite system make travel easier and enhance marital bliss by eliminating disputes between husbands and wives regarding the need to …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

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

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

Divorcing Doctrine from Scripture by R. Scott Clark

FROM TABLETALK | February 2011

Dear Pithius, Our dear boy, you quite misunderstand the problem. So long as Christians continue to understand the Book to contain truths, claims about the way things really are, about the enemy, about Him-who-ought-not-be-named, about His Paraclete, about humans as …Read More

United in the (whole) Truth by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | January 2011

We are prone to partiality. It is our habit not only to have preferences but to establish ourselves and pride ourselves in the preferences we choose. We play favorites and then rally around our favorites as we strive to demonstrate …Read More

The Public Reading by Terry Johnson

FROM TABLETALK | July 2009

“Until I come,” says the apostle Paul, knowing that his death is imminent, seizing, perhaps, the opportunity to give direction to the church for the centuries ahead, “give attention” (NASB), or “devote yourself” (NIV), “to the public reading of Scripture …Read More

The Final Word by Keith Mathison

FROM TABLETALK | March 2009

In the early part of the twentieth century, one would have been hard pressed to find a greater theological mind than that of Benjamin B. Warfield (1851–1921). Sadly, both he and his work are virtually unknown today outside of …Read More

Unquestionable Authority by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | March 2009

I am terribly vexed. I have just finished reading an article from the notoriously left-wing magazine Newsweek. In the cover story, “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage,” author Lisa Miller argues the case for gay “marriage” using the Bible as …Read More

Canon Law by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | October 2008

The question of canon, like the question of law, is one of authority. We who are Reformed spend a great deal of time and energy speaking about God’s sovereign power. God’s power is more than worthy of our …Read More