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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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When Is a Church Not a Church?

Urges recognizing the communion of the saints across denominations: believers united to Christ are family despite doctrinal differences; charity and unity should prevail.

The Great Commission in the Old Testament

Rooted in Gen. 1:28, the Great Commission is Adam’s God-given mandate to ‘rule and subdue,’ unfolding in Israel’s priestly-kingly vocation and consummated in Christ’s reign.

Reasons to Not Believe

An apologetic arguing that, despite seeming fantastical, the Bible, Jesus, and the church are true. Faith is a supernatural gift; seek God in humility.

This Is Our Beloved

Pastoral extract from John Owen extolling Christ’s loveliness—in person, incarnation, life, death, work, and glory—and urging believers to behold and cherish their Beloved.

Resisting a Diet of False Illusions

A pastoral exhortation urging Christians to prioritize frequent hearing of God’s Word—following Calvin’s example—to resist cultural illusions. Seek every opportunity for corporate worship.

Loved with Everlasting Love

A devotional reflection on God’s everlasting, unfailing love in Christ that secures believers, brings assurance amid trials, and is displayed supremely in the cross.

A Dwelling Place for God

The OT tabernacle and temple foreshadow Christ as God’s presence. Jesus is the true temple; by his death and the Spirit believers and the church become God’s dwelling place.

Heart-Warming Calvinism

Calvinism springs from a God‑centred religious consciousness that seeks God’s glory above all. Its experimental marks are awe, repentance, prayer, surrendered obedience, and gratitude for sovereign grace.

Calling of a Gospel Minister

Advice for churches seeking a pastor: prioritize humility and faithful stewardship. A minister should be an ‘under-rower’ servant who proclaims the whole counsel of God.

The Submissiveness of Faith

A pastoral devotional urging believers to trust God’s sovereign, loving providence amid trials and suffering. Faith submits under God’s hand, knowing present pain will give way to future clarity in Christ.

God’s Wilderness Provisions

Reflecting on Israel’s wilderness failures, the essay warns the church to persevere by treasuring Christ-mediated means of grace—preaching, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.

The Sweetness of God

Devotional reflection on Augustine’s ‘sweetness’ of God, exploring holy affections and how God’s tender, sovereign love in Christ draws our love.

Specks and Planks

A pastoral reflection urging humble, compassionate correction: avoid censorious, “holier-than-thou” judgment, remove others’ faults with gentleness, and imitate Christ’s patience and love.

Teach Your Children

Parents must teach their children to love God (following the Shema, Deut. 6): instruction should be continual, genuine, heart-focused, covenantal, and Christ-centered.

Fairest of Ten Thousand

Ian Hamilton urges Christians to recover Rutherford’s ardent love for Jesus, rooted in a deep grasp of forgiveness through the cross. Meditate on Christ and Calvary.

Glory in the God of Grace

Ian Hamilton urges believers to marvel that the triune God rejoices over sinners and that grace is God giving himself in Christ. Christians should adore the God of grace, not merely his blessings.

Dealing with Lust

Warns of the Christian struggle with lust—particularly sexual temptation—affirms deliverance in Christ, and urges family/church discipline, means of grace, and Flavel’s seven remedies.

Coping with Disappointment

A pastoral reflection explaining that God permits disappointments to shape believers into Christlikeness through suffering and sanctification, calling for trust in God’s sovereign providence.

“My Father Is Always Working”

A pastoral letter reminding believers that God is sovereignly at work despite darkness and discouragement. It urges faith, perseverance, and prayer, trusting God’s providence.

Sharing the Gospel

A pastoral exhortation to define and share the gospel: rely on humble, prayerful dependence on the Holy Spirit and Christlike living as the heart of effective witness.

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