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Devotional reflections and long-form theological articles written by Greenville Seminary faculty, offering accessible insights on Scripture, doctrine, and Christian living.

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Sanctification by Vinegar?

Ian Hamilton urges believers to display joyful sanctification, not a sour seriousness. Meditate on Christ’s grace and “rejoice in the Lord always.”

Bear with One Another

A plea for Reformed Christians to love all believers, not be sectarian. True faith shows itself by loving ‘whomever has been born of God’ as Jesus loved.

Faithful unto Death

A meditation on the inevitability and value of Christian suffering and martyrdom, urging believers to embrace the cost of discipleship in union with Christ.

Our Unseen Enemy

A pastoral reflection urging vigilance in the Christian’s spiritual warfare against Satan and his schemes. Cultivate prayer, discernment, and rely on Christ’s victory.

Sinful Speech

A pastoral exhortation warning Christians against sinful speech—gossip, slander, and unwholesome talk. Urges words that build others, since speech reveals the state of the heart.

Covenantal Faithfulness

God’s covenantal faithfulness comforts yet warns: his consistent character brings blessing for faithfulness and discipline for unfaithfulness—he remains true to his promises.

Compromise or Conviction?

Reflection on Obadiah—a faithful man who stayed in Ahab’s court to save God’s prophets. Warns against quick judgment of Christians called to resist evil in different ways.

Set Free to Die

Explains how believers’ union with Christ (in His death and resurrection) grounds mortification and sanctification, urging spiritual reckoning, bodily consecration, and use of baptism.

Know Your Enemy

A pastoral exhortation to recognize and resist the devil’s organized schemes, especially against church leaders. Pray, watch, and trust Christ’s victory and protection.

“Doing” or “Trusting”?

A pastoral letter defending justification by faith alone against revisionism that adds works. It affirms the imputation of Christ’s righteousness and cites Romans and Ephesians.

Rejoice Even in Dark Times

Despite a ‘post‑Christian’ climate and increasing hostility, God is at work, the gospel remains powerful, and Christians should remain faithful, pray for the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ’s victory.

Unassailable Sovereignty

Encourages Christians to embrace God’s unassailable sovereignty as just, loving, and comforting. Trusting God’s sovereign rule brings assurance and the peace of sonship.

Folly and the Da Vinci Code

Encourages Christians to engage cultural fads (e.g., Da Vinci Code, new-age) by meeting people where they are and, like Paul in Athens, proclaiming Christ and calling to repentance.

Loved with an Everlasting Love

A pastoral reflection on God’s everlasting, pre-existent love for believers, drawing on Vos, Owen, and Goodwin. Trust God’s sovereign love, not your changing feelings.

A Battle Worth Fighting

An exhortation that the Christian life is an ongoing spiritual battle against the devil, the world’s hostility, and indwelling sin; persevere in Christ’s victory and truth.

“Do You Not Know…?”

A pastoral admonition warning against complacency and cultural drift into sexual immorality and greed, urging repentance and holiness drawn from Paul’s warnings in 1 Cor. 6. Pray for sanctifying truth.

He Leads, We Follow

A pastoral devotional urging trust in God’s promise to guide and teach (Psalm 32:8). It reassures believers amid anxiety and stresses obedience as the way to receive God’s guidance.

Preparing for Heaven

A short devotional urging Christians to make Christ their ‘all in all,’ using John Owen and Samuel Rutherford to inspire heavenly-mindedness and delight in Christ’s excellencies.

Unembarrassed Supernaturalism

A Christmas reflection on John 1: the wonder that the eternal Word became flesh. God became man to share our weakness and secure our salvation by love.

Doctrine Matters!

Argues that doctrine—especially the Trinity—is vital to Christian life. Drawing on John 13–17, the author shows Trinitarian truth comforts, grounds, and sustains believers.

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