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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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Approved Workers

Jesus urged prayer for laborers amid hardship; Paul urged Timothy to be an approved worker who rightly handles God’s Word. Approved laborers wield Scripture in the harvest.

Why Do We Sin?

Explains original sin and total depravity using Westminster catechism and Scripture (Rom. 3; Rom. 5; Eph. 2), showing humanity’s ruin and the need for Christ’s imputation and new birth.

The Table of the Lord

The Lord’s Supper is Christ’s instituted meal for spiritual participation, a memorial of his death, and a public proclamation, looking forward to the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Suffering Matters

Suffering refines believers, producing endurance, character, and hope. God is with us in trials, and Christ’s atoning suffering secures our redemption.

The Necessity of Study

Greenville Seminary emphasizes confessional fidelity, personal piety, and rigorous study to train pastors. They’re renovating the library to support theological education.

A Consecrated Time of Study

Calls Christians to pray for and practically support rigorous seminary training to raise faithful, holy pastors who will shepherd future generations and preserve church purity.

A Lovely Dwelling Place

Reflection on Psalm 84: God’s dwelling is lovely because the Lord is present. Christ is specially present when believers gather, so love and attend the church’s worship.

How Is Christ Exalted in His Resurrection and Ascension?

Explains how Christ’s resurrection and ascension exalted Him and secured believers’ justification, sanctification, and eternal hope, drawing on Westminster Larger Catechism 51–53 and Scripture.

No Hope Without It

Explains Christ’s active obedience (his perfect life) contrasted with passive obedience (his suffering), arguing salvation requires both—no hope without Christ’s active obedience.

The Misuse of Christian Liberty

Christian liberty is freedom from sin to serve the triune God, guided by Scripture and a rightly-formed conscience, not a license to indulge. True freedom submits to God and lawful authority.

Soul Rest

This piece urges weary souls to find rest in Christ alone, citing Matthew 11:28–30 and drawing on Augustine, J.C. Ryle, and Thomas Vincent to call sinners to trust Jesus for salvation.

What’s So Special about Worship?

Affirms that all life is worship (Rom. 12) but stresses the priority of gathered public worship on the Lord’s Day—preaching, prayer, song, and sacraments.

Preparing Our Hearts for Worship

Devotional urging believers to prime their hearts for joyful worship, drawing eight truths from Psalm 100 about God’s lordship, goodness, steadfast love, and faithfulness.

The Word Abides Forever

Contrasts the brevity of human life with the permanence of God’s Word, urging us to trust Scripture as an enduring authority and moral guide.

A Brief Guide to Disciple-Making Movements, Part 3

Argues DBS and DMM are biblically flawed: unbelievers shouldn’t self-teach and evangelize without trained oversight. Missions require sent, trained teachers/pastors to plant healthy churches.

Good and Necessary Deductions

Argues we should read Scripture carefully for human authorial intent but also as divinely inspired, drawing ‘good and necessary’ implications through prayerful, contextual exegesis.

How Is Jesus the Good Shepherd?

Jesus is the Good Shepherd: his claim (John 10) is validated by laying down his life; Psalm 23 and the cross reveal his loving, atoning care. A call to repent and trust.

Are Images of Christ OK? No.

Argues against making images of Christ with three points: the Second Commandment, Old Testament theophanies, and the Incarnation. Images tend toward idolatry and exceed Scripture.

Limited Atonement

Argues for limited atonement: Christ died for the elect as part of the unified work of the Trinity. Preach the gospel to all while trusting the Spirit’s effectual call.

Who Is the Mediator of the Covenant of Grace?

Explains the Christian testimony as unified in Christ, emphasizing Jesus as God and man—the Mediator—per the Westminster Larger Catechism and why the incarnation secures salvation.

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