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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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The Clarity of the Word

Affirms Scripture’s perspicuity: essentials are clear to learned and unlearned. Critiques jargon and equivocation in theology; urges plain, honest speech.

Omnipotence

Explains God’s omnipotence—His all-powerful, unconstrained nature—seen in creation, redemption, worship, and in suffering (Job). Romans 1:20 states this power is universally known.

What the Bible Says about Addictions

Using Augustine’s story, the piece frames addictions as bondage to sin and argues true deliverance comes through Christ, the Spirit, and daily sanctification via the means of grace.

Living Hope

Humanity’s heart is corrupt and spiritually dead; only God’s mercy brings a new birth. Christ’s resurrection effects our regeneration, giving believers a living hope and assurance.

A Final Farewell

A departing minister thanks Cambridge Presbyterian and urges a forward-looking faith: trust God’s covenant care, Christ will build his church, grow in grace, and seize mission opportunities.

A New Covenant Command

A call to recover the biblical fear of God—reverent awe born of God’s love that shapes worship, holiness, and how we treat others.

The Sufferings of This Present Time

A pastor consoles a grieving couple after the death of their infant, urging trust amid present sufferings and pointing to Christ’s victory and the hope of resurrection.

Heresy Does Not Happen Overnight

A review criticizing Karl Giberson’s rejection of a historical Adam and biblical inerrancy, arguing his portrayal of evangelicals is caricatured and warns of theological drift.

Sobering but Necessary Reading

A pastoral exhortation using Solomon’s fall to warn Christians about the deceitfulness of the heart and the power of sin. Watch, pray, and do not presume spiritual security.

The Power of Prayer, or Better, the Grace of God

Using Psalm 106 and Acts 2, Ian Hamilton urges churches to prioritize corporate prayer, noting Moses’ intercession turned away God’s wrath and preserved the covenant people.

The Crook in Your Lot

Reflection on Thomas Boston’s ‘The Crook in the Lot’: trials are ordained by God, beyond our fixing, and should lead us to humble, Christlike submission and trust in God’s wisdom.

Our Eternal Inheritance

God has revealed believers’ imperishable, undefiled, unfading inheritance in Scripture. Christ’s resurrection secures it; God keeps it by power and we receive it by faith.

Living in a Fallen World

Ian Hamilton urges Christians in a hostile, post‑Christian Britain to live humbly, lovingly and confidently in God’s sovereign providence, honoring all and seeking to win enemies to Christ.

The Purpose of Parables

Explains Matthew 13:10–17: Jesus’ parables show that insight into God’s kingdom is a gracious gift—blessing for the taught and judgment for the unrepentant.

“Catechizing Our Children” — A Review

Ryan McGraw reviews Terry Johnson’s Catechizing Our Children, endorsing the Westminster Shorter Catechism as a vital tool for discipling covenant children while noting minor historical faults.

When I Don’t Feel Forgiven

Believers may lose the felt sense of forgiveness amid spiritual warfare. Root out sin, remember the war, and recall your secure standing in Christ.

A Personal Reflection

After a tutor’s death, the author reflects that Christian faith is a lifelong, wonder-filled journey permitting questions. Citing Romans 11, he urges humble trust in the gospel.

God Is Trinity

Explains the doctrine of the Trinity—its defense at Nicea and Chalcedon—and its centrality to salvation, worship and daily Christian life, contrasted with Islamic monotheism.

Take a Deep Breath

Reflection on Ezekiel 16: though Israel’s sins provoke judgment, God remembers his covenant and promises mercy and a remnant. The church must repent, pray, preach, and cling to Christ.

Great and Necessary Words

A brief reflection contrasting Erasmus’s semi-Pelagian defense of human cooperation with Luther’s ‘Bondage of the Will’, arguing for total human inability and salvation wholly by God’s grace.

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