I came across an email late at night or early in the morning which ever it was, sometime after 2am on an article written over at Online College Degree. Not knowing much about the site/blog and what it was about I went ahead and spent some time checking it out. Besides finding that Liberty University [...]
Archive for May, 2009
What Am I Reading this summer? Baptism in the Early Church
Posted: May 20, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in What am I Reading Today?This summer I intend to take a break from most of my studies at PRTS, and read maybe one, two or three books at the most. I intend to relax either hanging with friends and family, doing a little bit of work here and there, and playing some video games like always. About a month [...]
The Beauty of God’s Kingdom – Part 1
Posted: May 19, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in The Beauty of God's KingdomLet me invite you to turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 12. We will start our reading at verse 18 through 29, and will be focusing on verses 28 and 29. ESV – Hebrews 12:18-29 – 18For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and [...]
Interview with Dr. W. Robert Godfrey on his new title, John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor
Posted: May 18, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in CrosswayQ: In two or three ways, how has John Calvin influenced your life and ministry? A: I think often that people forget that Calvin was a preacher of the gospel and I heard the gospel from Calvinists. It is not something esoteric. Calvin’s favorite verse was John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they [...]
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. (Matthew 5:7) It is not meet that the man who will not forgive should be forgiven, nor shall he who will not give to the poor have his own wants relieved. God will measure to us with our own bushels, and those who have been hard [...]
1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who [...]
Today I gradate with my Masters of Arts degree from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you are near the area and actually would like to come see it, Leonard St. at the seminary and be there at 7pm. For those that read this blog and keep up with me and my [...]
(Guest Post by Chris Engelsma) In the coming days, there will be several significant events at PRTS which you can participate in even if you can’t be present. The most significant is the 2009 PRTS graduation ceremony. We intend to video tape the ceremony in such a way that you can watch the event as it is happening. If [...]
(Guest Post by Joel Beeke) Matthew 8 presents several portraits of Christ in ministry. A comparison of Matthew’s accounts with those in other gospels makes it clear that Matthew’s portraits are not arranged in chronological order. Rather, they are given to us to teach us how Jesus is Savior, Master, and Lord of All. Let [...]
Calvin in the Public Square: Liberal Democracies, Rights, and Civil Liberties
Posted: May 12, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Calvin 500Released today!!! In the past two decades, a small cottage industry of important new scholarship has emerged documenting the distinctive Calvinist contributions to the development of Western theories of law, democracy, and human rights. In this engaging volume, David Hall offers a crisp distillation of the latest scholarly findings and a clarion call to reclaim [...]
