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Systematic Theology
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This book is an introduction to Christian theology. It emphasizes the
interrelatedness of biblical doctrines, and arranges them in a logical
progression -- from the epistemological precondition of a worldview to the
preservation of the believer. The three central motifs of this book are the
infallibility of Scripture, the sovereignty of God, and the centrality of
the mind.
Ultimate Questions
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This book brings together three related essays dealing with theology,
philosophy, and apologetics. They present the first principles of a biblical
system of philosophy, and illustrate how the biblical worldview alone
answers all the "ultimate questions," such as those related to metaphysics,
epistemology, ethics, and soteriology.
Presuppositional Confrontations
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Beginning with a discussion on the role of presuppositions in our thinking,
the first chapter shows that all arguments are ultimately settled by
appealing to the soundness of our first principles. Then comes an exposition
of Paul's encounter with the Athenians in Acts 17, which shows how the
apostle confronted non-Christian religions and philosophies, and how we may
mirror his approach when doing apologetics and evangelism today. The final
chapter includes exhortations to do biblical apologetics with greater
aggressiveness.
Apologetics in Conversation
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This short book presents several important principles in biblical
apologetics that enhance one's performance and effectiveness when defending
the faith in informal settings. These often neglected principles sound
simple, but they are the divine weapons that God has given to us to ensure
our victory in spiritual and intellectual confrontations against unbelievers
and blasphemers.
The Sermon on the Mount
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The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) contains some of the most frequently
quoted -- but just as frequently misused
-- verses in the Bible. This book
provides a basic but careful exposition on the Sermon. In the process, it
introduces the Bible's teaching on the kingdom of God, the Christian
counter-culture, the place and relevance of God's law, the biblical
commandments regarding murder, adultery, divorce, oaths, retaliation, love,
as well as Jesus' teaching on biblical inerrancy, hypocritical piety,
hypocritical judgment, legalism, materialism, exclusivism, antinomianism,
and other topics. In addition, the book includes a number of insights that
are useful for apologetics.
Prayer and Revelation
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Rather than focusing on the technique of prayer, this book discusses prayer
from a broader perspective by engaging its relationship with other
theological topics. In addition, it urges the reader to dethrone experience
and enthrone revelation as the foundation on which to construct our
spiritual life in general, and our prayer life in particular.
The Ministry of the Word
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This volume combines three previously published works into a general
introduction on the ministry of the word. Contents: 1. Sufficient and
Profitable, 2. Preach the Word, and 3. Teach the Nations.
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commentaries on entire biblical books
Commentary on Malachi
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Besides providing a basic exegesis of Malachi, this book applies the Old
Testament text to Christian life and thought. In the process, it addresses
topics such as election, history, marriage, tithing, ministry, reverence,
and judgment.
Commentary on Galatians
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Paul writes to a church that has been infiltrated by false teachers,
providing a corrective concerning how a person is justified before God.
Besides the fact that it is divine revelation, the enduring relevance of
this letter is ensured because it is a statement of the core of the gospel,
it defines for us the place of this teaching in relation to other biblical
doctrines, and models for us the manner in which we are to defend it against
objections and distortions.
Commentary on Ephesians
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This is a basic exposition of the "Queen of the Epistles." Chapter titles
include: "Predestination," "Regeneration," "Reconciliation," and
"Sanctification."
Commentary on Philippians
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Much of what is called "Christian" teaching today emphasizes the way to
emotional peace and physical comfort. In contrast, Paul commends the
Philippians for being partners in the faith with him, and encourages them to
remain united by the faith, so that they may live for the faith. Paul
teaches his readers to seek first the kingdom of God, even if it leads to
great suffering and hardship. He says that he can be content under all
circumstances by the strength that Christ gives. Instead of using the
Christian life as an excuse or a platform to pursue our own interests, this
letter from Paul teaches a Christianity that promotes and pursues Christ's
interests.
Commentary on Colossians
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Paul's letter to the Colossians weaves together high theology with holy
living, and exhortations with warnings. Its main theme is the fullness of
Christ, and the fullness that Christians have in him. Christ's person and
work are complete, and Christians have benefited from this completeness. Any
attempt to supplement or replace the person and work of Christ therefore
undermines and devalues him, and compromises the Christian faith. This
commentary confronts several controversial doctrines, including the
incomprehensibility of God and the origin of sin and evil. Other features
include a summary of systematic theology from the perspective of christology,
discussions on true versus false philosophy, true versus false spirituality,
what it means to see the Father by "looking at" Jesus, the priorities of
Paul in life and prayer, and the true nature of the Great Commission.
Commentary on First Peter
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This commentary offers a basic but thorough exposition on the text of First
Peter. In the process, it touches on topics such as the doctrine of
election, the meaning of divine foreknowledge, issues with Bible
translations, the right perspective toward suffering and persecution, the
gospel in the Old Testament, the atoning work of Christ, supralapsarianism
vs. infralapsarianism, the priesthood of all believers, the intellectual and
moral depravity of unbelievers, submission to authority (citizens to
officials, slaves to masters, wives to husbands), divine command ethics,
bearing witness to Christ by our words and deeds, love and humility within
the church community, spiritual gifts, labor and racial issues, the
authority and compensation of church elders, and resisting our enemy, the
devil.
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The Author of Sin
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This is a collection of short articles on divine sovereignty, human freedom,
and the doctrines of grace. It provides a corrective for inconsistent
Calvinism.
Captive to Reason
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This is a collection of short articles on Christian philosophy and
apologetics. It includes answers to the objections raised by some professing
Christians against biblical metaphysics, epistemology, and apologetics. It
is a corrective for both evidentialism and pseudo-presuppositionalism.
Doctrine and Obedience
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This is a collection of short articles on various aspects of Christian
doctrine and practice.
Born Again
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This is an exposition of John 3:1-21, on the encounter between Jesus and
Nicodemus.
Blasphemy and Mystery
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Most of the articles in this collection are written in response to
objections raised against various aspects of Christianity. Although some of
these objections come from unbelievers, several are from professing
Christians who have been critical of the consistently God-centered system of
theology, philosophy, and apologetics in Scripture. The objections from
professing believers against the Christian faith exhibit patterns of
reasoning that are remarkably similar to those found in unbelievers,
including some of the intellectual habits and assumptions that underlie
atheism. In connection with this, several of the articles examine some of
the most treasured and ingrained doctrines that professing believers have
invented in order to subvert the teachings of Scripture. They show that
these traditional doctrines are not only unbiblical, but often even
blasphemous.
The Light of Our Minds
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The essays in this book share at least two common themes
-- namely, the
biblical emphasis on the mind and the monopoly of the Christian worldview
over the intellectual realm. Christianity preserves rationality, and
provides the precondition of intelligibility. Together, these chapters serve
as a reminder for the Christian to love God with all his mind (Matthew
22:37), and at the same time illustrate an effective strategy for Christian
apologetics. Some readers will be especially interested in the chapter on
"the problem of evil" -- an issue unbelievers often bring up as an objection
against Christianity.
On Good and Evil
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God wants us to recognize good as good, evil as evil, and never confuse the
two. As Christians, we must learn to discern and uphold God's standards
regarding good and evil. The purpose of this book is to assist the reader in
gaining the ability to discern good and evil, and in addition to this, to
unashamedly love good and hate evil, as the Scripture commands us to do.
Pure Religion
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This volume combines six previously published items. Contents: 1. God is not
Mocked, 2. Pure Religion, 3. Policy on Charity, 4. The Noble Bereans, 5. The
One Thing Needed, and 6. As a Man Thinks.
Godliness with Contentment
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This book is a collection of four articles on topics related to Christian
living, such as discipleship, contentment, guidance, and death. Although
they address several different subjects, all of them emphasize the necessity
of studying and obeying the divine precepts of God; that is, to conform
one's thinking and behavior to the words of Scripture.
Renewing the Mind
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There are five short essays in this collection. Arguing that intellectual
neutrality does not exist, the first chapter uses Psalm 1 as its foundation
to illustrate that all ideas are either Christian or non-Christian. The
second chapter shows that a program of Christian development must first
target the mind. The rest of the book provides several examples of the above
as the implications of biblical teachings are worked out in areas such as
sin, the deity of Christ, the choice of a spouse, war, and capital
punishment.
Biblical Healing
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This is a concise introduction to biblical healing. It covers topics such as
healing in the atonement, divine authority, methods of healing, ministry
protocols, authority structure in the healing ministry, and the biblical
view of medicine.
The Parables of Jesus
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This book contains informal expositions on several biblical parables to
derive from them some principles for Christian living. The first chapter
focuses on several relevant preliminary issues, such as the nature, purpose,
and interpretation of parables. It then discuss the parables themselves in
the subsequent chapters.
Samson and His Faith
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In many people's thinking, Samson is inseparably connected to Delilah, and
they seem to think that the entirety of his life as recorded in Scripture
has to do with his moral weaknesses and sexual lusts. Thus they say that he
is the classic case of one who has "charisma without character." However,
that is an incomplete and inaccurate portrayal of his life. The Scripture's
own commentary on Samson is that he was a man of faith, one of whom "the
world was not worthy" (Hebrews 11:38).
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The Word Made Flesh
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Questions, Godliness with Contentment, Renewing the Mind,
and On Good and Evil.
Praying with Power
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Revelation.
On Miracles
This book is no longer available. In its place, we recommend Biblical
Healing.
Evidential Apologetics
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Theology, Ultimate Questions, Presuppositional Confrontations, and Captive
to Reason.
The Armor of God
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on Ephesians.
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Chosen in Christ
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An exposition of Ephesians 1:3-14. Contents: Election, Reprobation,
Redemption, Illumination, Revelation, Reconciliation, Certification,
Conclusion.
(Part of Commentary on Ephesians)
The Preservation of the Saints
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This article discusses and explains the expressions, confessions, and
biblical passages related to the doctrine of the perseverance or
preservation of the saints.
(Part of The Author of Sin)
The Incomprehensibility of God
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The traditional doctrine of the incomprehensibility of God is unbiblical and
blasphemous. Taken from a section of Commentary on Colossians, this
article clarifies the biblical teaching on the topic and proposes ways to
reformulate the doctrine.
(Part of Commentary on Colossians)
The Problem of Evil
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A biblical refutation to one of the most popular arguments against
Christianity.
(Part of The Author
of Sin and The Light
of Our Minds)
Professional Morons
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Examples on how non-Christian philosophers are really no better than the
most incompetent non-Christians in the substance of their arguments.
(Part of Captive to Reason)
Sufficient and Profitable
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This is an exposition of 2 Timothy 3:14-17 and 2 Peter 1:20-21, subtitled
"The Authority, Sufficiency, and Utility of Scripture."
(Part of The Ministry of the Word)
Teach the Nations
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Subtitled "Lectures on the Great Commission," this is an exposition of
Matthew 28:18-20. The three parts in this series are: 1. The Great
Commission, 2. The Christian Message, and 3. The Abiding Presence.
(Part of The Ministry of the Word)
Preach the Word
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Structured around 2 Timothy 4:1-3, it discusses Christian preaching and
education. In the process, it criticizes secular theories on learning
methods, and calls for a comprehensive teaching and writing ministry from
preachers of the gospel.
(Part of The Ministry of the Word)
The Bible, the Preacher, and the Spirit
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God has given the Bible a supreme role in the history of mankind and the
history of redemption. Its message is usually delivered to men by men, but
it is rendered effective in the hearts of men only by the will and power of
the Holy Spirit. This article briefly discusses these ideas and suggests
several applications.
The Invincible Church
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An exposition of Matthew 16:13-18, with emphasis on the
promise and prediction of Jesus that the church will endure through time,
that it will be indestructible in the face of opposition, and that it will
fulfill its mission.
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More than a Potter
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This is a response to the objection, "If God determines all that we do so
that we are not free from him in any sense, then we are nothing more than
robots and puppets." It also answers a related attack against Romans 9:21.
(Part of The Author of Sin)
Freewill Offerings and Human Freedom
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This is a response to the argument that Scripture teaches that man has "free
will" because the term appears in a number of biblical verses.
(Part of The Author of Sin)
Matthew 23:37
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Proponents of Arminianism frequently cite Matthew 23:37 (or Luke 13:34) to
support their theology. And popular or inconsistent Calvinism sometimes uses
it to maintain a tension (self-contradiction) within their system. This
article explains why the verse does not support either position.
Human
Struggle and Divine Sovereignty
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A response to someone who struggles with how God uses his
sovereignty over all things. The three major sections deal with the relation
between God's sovereignty and human infirmity, human depravity, and human
spirituality.
Arguing by Intuition
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Many non-Christians and Arminians base the premises of their arguments on
intuition, and even many Calvinists needlessly do the same. This article
explains why this is fallacious, and urges Christians to cling to revelation
alone in presenting and defending the Biblical/Reformed faith.
(Part of The Author of Sin)
Students in the Real World
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This booklet is intended for Christians in high school and university. It
offers relevant reminders and suggestions for students, with an emphasis on
apologetics. Because of its contribution to apologetics, non-students will also find it a valuable resource.
The Fatal Maneuver
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A fatal critique against the most popular school of presuppositional
apologetics in favor of one that is biblical and rational.
(Part of Captive to Reason)
A Moron By Any Other Name
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This article responds to a question on the use of invectives when speaking
to unbelievers.
(Part of Captive to Reason)
The Da Vinci Code
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Adapted from a message originally sent to a small private mailing list, this
short article considers how we should look at and respond to the blasphemous
popular novel, The Da Vinci Code. It also recommends several
resources to help the reader answer the false historical claims made in the
book.
Faith to Move Mountains
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This is an exposition of Mark 11:12-25, with emphasis on the controversial
verse, Mark 11:23.
The Passover Blood
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The blood of the Passover Lamb delivers God's people from divine wrath. This
article discusses the active and intense nature of this wrath, and the
corresponding saving power of the blood of Jesus Christ.
The God of Disasters
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"Where is God when disasters strike?" Based on a passage from Micah 2, this
article answers the question of God's relation to and uses of both natural
and "man-made" disasters.
Recall, Repent, Return
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This is a message based on Revelation 2:4-5: "Yet I hold this against you:
You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have
fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I
will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place."
Kingdom First
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Jesus says in Matthew 6:33, "But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." This
article is an exposition on the meaning and application of this verse.
(Part of Doctrine and Obedience)
God is not Mocked
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This is a revised transcript of a two-part series on Galatians 6:7-9 and 1
Corinthians 6:9-11.
(Part of Pure Religion)
Pure Religion
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This is a revised transcript of a two-part series on James 1:22-27.
(Part of Pure Religion)
Policy on Charity
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This is a revised transcript of a four-part series on 1 Timothy 5:3-16, with
the main focus on verses 3-8.
(Part of Pure Religion)
As a Man Thinks
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An exposition of Proverbs 22:29-23:8, including the statement, "As a man
thinks in his heart, so is he."
(Part of Pure Religion)
The Noble Bereans
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An exposition of Acts 17:11.
(Part of Pure Religion)
The One Thing Needed
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An exposition of Luke 10:38-42.
(Part of Pure Religion)
