Won’t You Be My Neighbor? by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | April 1999

YESTERDAY I WAS IN CALIFORNIA once, Georgia once, Tennessee three times, and Virginia three times. It was a long day but not an unusual one. The great historian Paul Johnson, in his book Birth of the Modern, devotes a rather …Read More

In Season and Out of Season by Douglas Wilson

FROM TABLETALK | April 1999

Y2K has not always been on everyone’s lips, but it will be. For years, those who had taken the responsibility of warning others were pretty lonely. Now that we have little time left, we have mounting awareness—and mounting …Read More

Letting Us Off Easy? by Douglas Wilson

FROM TABLETALK | April 1999

Whatever happens with Y2K, Christians should use the occasion, in the midst of their sober practical preparations, to reflect on a series of spiritual what ifs. This should not be done as an aid to panic, or as an artificial …Read More

For Such a Time as This by Robert Barnes

FROM TABLETALK | April 1999

There are times when men and women are called to action (Est. 4:14–17). We live in an “instant” society, so accustomed to getting everything our way and in our time, we forget that you can wait too long …Read More

Marks of a Great Teacher: Understanding by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | April 1993

The K-I-S-S principle is frequently requested in a learning environment. The acrostic stands for “Keep it simple, stupid.” It seems we are a people who loathe difficult study. We want easy answers and we want them quickly. Mastery of a …Read More

Nurturing the Soul by Frank Farrell

FROM TABLETALK | June 1992

We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still; We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. It is my conviction that a very large part of mankind’s …Read More

The Marriage Feast by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | May 1992

Thank you, Gary North. One of the benefits reaped by the impact of the theonomist movement is a renewal of the serious study of the Old Testament law. As a consequence of the pervasive spirit of antinomianism that has infected …Read More

Living in the Tension by Daniel Dunlap

FROM TABLETALK | May 1992

“The Church is full of hypocrites!” Sadly, this statement is all too often true. Sometimes our actions betray our profession, leaving the spotless bride open to such charges. The presumptuous attitude of self-righteousness that we often convey to the world …Read More

Fear Not by R.C. Sproul

We are fragile mortals, given to fears of every sort. We have a built-in insecurity that no amount of whistling in the dark can mollify. We seek assurance concerning the things that frighten us the most.

The prohibition uttered more …Read More

Assurance by John de Witt

FROM TABLETALK | February 1992

What does a pastor think about assurance? By assurance here I mean the certainty that through Jesus Christ one is a child of God: forgiven, renewed, having eternal life. I cannot speak for others, but I can give my thoughts …Read More

The Privilege of Assurance by Roger Nicole

The privilege of assurance, which is secured by the work of Christ for His own and which is properly undergirded in the Reformed faith, is damaged or even destroyed in certain other theological structures.

I. When justification by faith alone …Read More

True & False Assurance by John Gerstner

Probably Romans 8:16 is the greatest assurance text in the entire Bible. It is appealed to by Reformed and Arminian evangelicals alike, though they have conflicting ideas of assurance.

Romans 8:16 reads, “The Spirit Himself testifies with our …Read More

When Doubt Becomes Unbelief by Alister McGrath

FROM TABLETALK | January 1992

Doubt is not unbelief. But it can become unbelief. That basic principle should guide our reflections on this important issue. Doubt is natural within faith. It comes about because of our human weakness and frailty. We lack the confidence to …Read More

I Believe in Doubt by Os Guinness

FROM TABLETALK | January 1992

“A man may be haunted with doubts and only grow thereby in faith. Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have …Read More

The Law of God by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | April 1989

In giving a summary of what constitutes the true knowledge of God, we showed that we cannot form any just conception of the character of God, without feeling overawed by His majesty, and bound to do Him service. —John Calvin …Read More