An exposition of chapter 12 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, concerning the adoption of the elect by God, a grace attended by the rights and privileges of children in this life, and the promise of the inheritance of everlasting salvation.

The defining mark of God's faithful people is our love for, and obedience to, God's Word.

The promise of Immanuel, God with us, is a sign of our desperate need. He shares in our weakness, partakes of our poverty, and delivers us from our distress.

During the 10th Century, Christendom was marked by corruption as church and state vied for power and wealth. But there were bright sparks of hope in both the East and West as movements arose to reform the church and clergy to biblical standards of morality and holiness.

A table talk discussion concerning the church as the Israel of God, comparison of Covenant Theology to Dispensationalism in regard to national Israel, the promises, the Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants, and how American Christians ought to regard and relate to the modern day nation of Israel.

Apart from Christ, the true vine, we can bear no fruit of righteousness, but only the corrupt, rotten, stink-fruit of sinful self-indulgence.

Before we can understand what God has said, sometimes we need to understand how God has said. Different genres of Biblical literature require different understandings. How should we read Wisdom Literature? What do we need to understand about how Proverbs works? Is there a literary context to be considered? Or should every Proverb be taken as an individual nugget of wisdom?