It is an exciting time to serve at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary! Last month, we announced our new name to more clearly express our identity. This month, we are pleased to announce a new opportunity for churches to become involved with raising up the...
Growth in Grace 10 — Knowledge Must Be Supplied with Self-control 3
In previous posts I have answered two of the three questions about the self-control which Peter says must be supplied into knowledge in 2 Peter 1:5-7: Why must knowledge be supplied with self-control? and What is the self-control with which knowledge must be...
Growth in Grace 9 — Knowledge Must Be Supplied with Self-control 2
In the previous post I noted that we must answer three questions about the self-control which Peter says must be supplied into knowledge in 2 Peter 1:5-7. We already answered the first: Why must knowledge be supplied with self-control? Here I take up the second...
Dr. Sam Waldron Video on the 1689 Baptist Confession and Reformed Theology
In light of the upcoming conference Baptists, Confessionalism and the Providence of God, Dr. Sam Waldron has recorded a series of brief videos on the topics that he will be addressing. Here is the second video:
Growth in Grace 8 — Knowledge Must Be Supplied with Self-control
Do you want the male version or the female version? Have you ever heard that question? Or perhaps you have yourself asked that question. You know the difference between the male and female versions of a story. Take the simple question: Did you go to...
Book Review: Stanley D. Gale, A Vine-Ripened Life
Stanley D. Gale, A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness Through Abiding in Christ (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014). Reviewed by John Divito With all of the confusion surrounding our growing in grace and godliness, I am always on the...
Growth in Grace 7 — Knowledge Must Be Supplied in Moral Excellence 2
A second question which must be asked about supplying moral excellence with knowledge: What kind of knowledge must moral excellence by supplied with? In other words, what is this knowledge of which Peter is speaking? Peter uses a word that carries enormous weight in...
Dr. Sam Waldron Video on the Outline of the 1689 Confession
In light of the upcoming conference Baptists, Confessionalism and the Providence of God, Dr. Sam Waldron has recorded a series of brief videos on the topics that he will be addressing. Here is the first video:
Growth in Grace 6 — Knowledge Must Be Supplied in Moral Excellence
Doctrine! Theology! These are not words calculated to inspire interest or rapt attention among modern Americans or even American Christians. If we did the word-association game, the associations of these words would probably be negative. Once...
Growth in Grace 5 — Moral Excellence Must Be Added to Faith
Contrary to popular opinion, God does not save people simply to keep them from going to hell. Of course, our compassionate God does desire to keep people from going to hell, but God’s ultimate purpose involves the Christian’s growth in grace. This is because God’s...
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