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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Calls churches to trust Scripture’s sufficiency and resist false teaching and worldliness. Describes Greenville Seminary’s mission to train confessional, pious pastors affordably.

Pastoral ministry is a high, sacred calling requiring godly qualifications, church oversight, and rigorous seminary training. Pray for new students’ perseverance and formation.

If God calls you to pastoral ministry, train under experienced ministers—often at seminary—and diligently study Scripture; the Spirit equips alongside years of apprenticing and study.

Overview of the Psalms as the Savior’s songbook: written over a millennium, rich in laments, and pointing to the Messiah. Encourages singing and knowing the Psalter.

Explains how biblical names reveal God’s and Christ’s identity and mission, showing Jesus as Mediator—‘Yahweh saves’—who fulfills the threefold office: Prophet, Priest, and King.

Church history is a gift from God, showing His redemptive work and giving pastors and believers perspective, humility, and hope. Studying it provokes faith, repentance, and prayer.

Pastoral ministry requires diligent, Spirit-dependent labor. Seminary training in languages, church history, systematic theology, and practical mentorship is worthwhile, but family and local church must remain priorities.

Argues seminaries must require Hebrew and Greek instead of software, because languages reveal biblical nuance and deepen love for God’s Word. Calls for stronger pastoral training.

Survey of Reformed scholasticism—its history, methods (quaestio, disputations, declamations), and role in teaching Reformed orthodoxy, with its uses and potential abuses.

The Bible portrays believers as soldiers engaged in spiritual warfare against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Put on God’s armor and find courage in the church triumphant.

Argues that all earthly misery flows from sin and the Fall; disasters may not punish specific sins but function to call people to repentance, drawing on Luke 13 and the WLC.

Affirms the Church as Christ’s gathered, covenant community—visible and invisible—tasked to evangelize through communal love, obedience to Scripture, opposition to evil, and worship by the Spirit.

Explains Christ’s states of humiliation and exaltation: the eternal Son became man, lived obediently, died and rose to mediate salvation. His incarnation, life, death, and burial secure our redemption.