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Our King-Servant-Anointed Conqueror: Jesus
from Derek Thomas Feb 13, 2019 Category: Articles
Behold my servant, whom I uphold,my chosen, in whom my soul delights. (Isa. 42:1) Keep Reading
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The Importance of What We Do in Secret
from Derek Thomas Feb 04, 2019 Category: Articles
According to Jesus, it is what we do in secret that matters most. Jesus is not suggesting that the outward is unimportant—far from it. Keep Reading
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The Christian and Joy
from Derek Thomas Nov 14, 2018 Category: Articles
"The Holy Spirit has exhorted the faithful to continue clapping their hands for joy until the advent of the promised Redeemer," wrote John Calvin in a comment on Psalm 47:12. Paul would heartily concur! Writing from a prison cell from which he had no certain knowledge of escaping other than to his execution, joy is what came to mind. Joy is what the epistle to the Philippians is all about. So much is Philippians about joy that George B. Duncan once referred to it as "the life of continual rejoicing." The opposite of joy is misery, and miserable is something we are not meant to be. The Reformers caught the centrality of joy in the affections of Christians when they insisted that our chief goal in life is to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever" (WSC, Q. 1). Keep Reading
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“Are We to Continue in Sin That Grace May Abound?”
from Derek Thomas Aug 29, 2018 Category: Articles
“Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” (Rom. 6:1). Keep Reading
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What Is the Proper Response to God’s Grace?
from Derek Thomas Aug 22, 2018 Category: Articles
There can be only one proper response to grace: a life of grateful holiness. Keep Reading
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God Never Forgets His Promises
from Derek Thomas Aug 08, 2018 Category: Articles
The entire life of Joseph is summarized in Genesis 50:20: “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” The teenager we met at the beginning of the story is now over a hundred years old. His life has come full circle, and he is addressing his duplicitous brothers. Their actions, in selling him into slavery, had nothing but evil intent written all over it. Their malevolence can in no way be lessened by the knowledge that things did not turn out as they might have done. Truth is, God overruled their evil actions to accomplish a purpose that neither they nor Joseph could have fathomed. God brought good out of evil. In the words of the Westminster Confession, God in His providence “upholds, directs, disposes and governs all creatures, actions and things” to bring about a sovereignly pre-determined plan (5.1). Keep Reading
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What Is the Regulative Principle?
from Derek Thomas Jun 22, 2018 Category: Articles
Put simply, the regulative principle of worship states that the corporate worship of God is to be founded upon specific directions of Scripture. On the surface, it is difficult to see why anyone who values the authority of Scripture would find such a principle objectionable. Is not the whole of life itself to be lived according to the rule of Scripture? This is a principle dear to the hearts of all who call themselves biblical Christians. To suggest otherwise is to open the door to antinomianism and license. Keep Reading
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What Is the Church?
from Derek Thomas May 25, 2018 Category: Events
In the language of the Westminster Confession of Faith, the church comprises the "whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be, gathered into one, under Christ the Head thereof" (25.1). This is otherwise known as the invisible church. In another sense, the church is the body of the faithful (1 Cor. 12:27; Eph. 2:21–22; Rev. 21:2, 9), consisting of those throughout the world who outwardly profess faith, together with their children (WCF 25.2). This is otherwise known as the visible church. Keep Reading
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Isaiah’s Sixfold Depiction of God’s Glory
from Derek Thomas May 11, 2018 Category: Articles
What kind of God does the prophet proclaim in Isaiah 42:18– 43:21? What must God be like if He promises to restore and renew despite the abject failure of His people? Keep Reading
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Your God Is Too Small
from Derek Thomas Apr 11, 2018 Category: Articles
Your God Is Too Small is the title of the book written by J.B. Phillips, and in some ways, the expression reflects the problems that lay behind the plaintive cry of abandonment felt by Judah’s exiles during the sixth century BC. Keep Reading