Contemporary Essays

Audio Resources (Contemporary)

JAMES ADAMS

Audio Sermon Archives
Decisional Regeneration
May We Pray the Imprecatory Psalms?
Human Ability Divine Power (Audio)

JOHN H. ARMSTRONG

Mad Rush to Seeker Worship
Revivalism & The Me Generation
The Contemporary Church
Not Perfect Just Forgiven
Sola Fide: Does It Really Matter?
Who Really Speaks for God?
A View of Rome - Four Part Series
Justification by Faith Alone
The Modern Megachurch Phenomenon
Modernity and Postmodernity: What’s a Non-specialist to Do?

GREG BAHNSEN

Answering Objections: When Your Faith is Under Attack
Is Sola Scriptura a Protestant Concoction?
Tools of Apologetics
More...

STEPHEN M. BAUGH Ph.D.

Covenant Theology Illustrated
God's Purpose According to Election
Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology
Is Bibliolatry Possible?
Cult Prostitution In NT Ephesus
Wisdom & Folly
Firstborn Over All

JOEL BEEKE

Does Assurance Belong to the Essence of Faith? (pdf)
Justification by Faith Alone
Heritage Netherlands Reformed
(audio sermons)
Implementing Family Worship
What is Reformed Experimental Preaching?
Richard Sibbes on Entertaining the Holy Spirit
Bringing the Gospel to Covenant Children In Dependency on the Spirit
Is TV Really So Bad?
An Appointment You Will Keep
Escape For Your Life
Holiness

ALISTAIR BEGG

Truth for Life (Daily Audio Broadcast)
A Little Imagination - How to Avoid Marital Failure

CHARLES R. BIGGS

A Place for Truth Studies
A Place for Truth Essays
A Place for Truth Sermons
Word of Encouragement
Forsaking our Mother (prepub e-book)

JOHN BLANCHARD

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS
No grapes, no nuts
Atheism? - Impossible!
Where is God When Things God Wrong? (pdf)

JAMES MONTGOMERY BOICE

THE BIBLE STUDY HOUR Radio
The Cambridge Declaration
Christ's Prayer for God's City
Common Grace
God's Providence
How should Christians celebrate Christmas?
On Knowing God
Here We Stand
Carnal knowledge
Our Promise Keeping God
Reformed Theology
The Centrality of the Cross
Boice Page at Tenth Pres
Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
The New Pragmatism
The Sufficiency of the Word of God
The Preacher and God's Word
The Memorial Service For Dr. James Montgomery Boice
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*
More...

ROBERT M. BOWMAN

A Biblical Guide to Orthodoxy and Heresy, Part 1; Part 2

D.A. CARSON

Must I Learn to Interpret the Bible?

The Dangers & Delights of Postmodernism

The Emerging Church

The Tabula Rasa Fallacy
New Pauline Perspectives Critiqued
Lecture 1, Lecture 2 , Lecture 3 .(Audio)
D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII
by Dr. Sam Storms
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

R. SCOTT CLARK

 Scott Clark's Home Page
 Bio
 Syllabi
 On the Writing of Essays
 Class Handouts
 Historical Theology
 Systematic Theology
 Reformed Confessions
 Covenant Theology
 Exegetical Theology
 Reformed Worship
 Publications
 Reviews
 Practica
 Recusos Reformados 

GORDON CLARK

The Sovereignty of God
Traducianism
Saving Faith
The Ordination of Women
Classical Apologetics
Clark Speaks from the Grave
God and Logic
Time and Eternity
Determinism and Responsibility
Christian Aesthetics
The Trinity
In the Beginning
The Cosmological Argument
Atheism
A Protestant World-View
The Christian and the Law
Mindless Men: Behaviorism and Christianity
Dispensationalism1 and 2 Timothy
Summarized Books
An Introduction to Christian Philosophy
Religion, Reason and Revelation
Three Types of Religious Philosophy
A Christian View of Men and Things
A Philosophy of Science and Belief in God
A Christian Philosophy of Education
Language and Theology
Essays on Ethics and Politics

EDMUND P. CLOWNEY

What is the Bible About?
Authority: The Church & The Bible
Discovering Christ in the OT
Obituary

ARTHUR C. CUSTANCE

Augustine
Calvin & Calvinism
Evangelism and Election
Total Depravity
From Augustine to the Reformation
Luther
Irresistable Grace
Lamb of God and Lion of Judah
Limited Atonement
The Leaven of Synergism 
The Comfort of Calvinism
The Crystallization of the Theology of Grace
The Incarnation
The Great Day of Atonement
The Sinless One Becomes a Sin Offering
The Sovereignty of Grace (21 Chapter Book)
The Perseverance of the Saints
The Future of the Non-elect
Unconditional Election
When to Preach Election

JAMES T. DENNISON Jr.

Building The Biblical Theological Sermon , Part 2
Jesus & Lazarus
Life, Light, Lamb, and the Logos
Paul on the Damascas Road
The Babe and the Babes of Bethlehem
The Eschatological Aspect of Justification
The Gospel of John, an Introduction
The Righteous King, The Just Kingdom
The Sign of Jonah
John 2: Structure and Biblical Theology
What Should I Read on the Song of Solomon?
Witness to the King
Pax Romana, Pax Christi
Nicodemus

MARK DEVER

Hall of Contemporary Reformers **
Pastor's Toolbox
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
Mark Dever Audio

J. LIGON DUNCAN

Series on Covenant Theology
What in the World is a Worldview?
N.T.W and NPP
The Reformed Doctrine of Baptism & New Testament Practice
Series on Daniel
Impatience and Idolatry
Putting Sin to Death
The Federal Vision (extensive)
What About the Deity of Christ?
Moses' Law for Modern Government
Four Studies in the WSC (1647) by S.W. Carruthers. Introduced by J. Ligon Duncan
Christian Manhood and Womanhood
Pelagius - Pelagian Origins
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*
Sermon Archives

SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON

John Owen On The Spirit In The Life Of Christ
"Little Innocents"
Discovering God's Will
Sermons in Real Audio
SERMONS IN REAL AUDIO
from Mt Zion Online
The Saint And The Law
The Free Offer Of The Gospel
The Marrow Controversy: Historical Details
The Marrow Controversy: Dangers of Legalism
The Marrow Controversy: Dangers of Antinomianism
Scripture and Tradition
Hall of Contemporary Reformers**

R. A. FINLAYSON 1895 - 1989

The God of Israel
God In Three Persons
God The Father
The Person of Christ
The Love of The Spirit in Man's Redemption
The Holy Spirit in The Life of Christ
The Messianic Psalms
The Terminology of the Atonement
More...

JOHN FRAME

In Defense of Something Close to Biblicism: Reflections on Sola Scriptura and History in Theological Method
Introduction to the Reformed Faith
Traditionalism and Sola Scriptura Part I; Part II
Law and Gospel
Working Together
Walking Together
The Lord's Authority
Preaching Christ from the Decalogue
The Lord of Power
The Presence of the Lord
Is the Bible Inerrant?
Foreknowledge and the Free Will of Men
Preaching Christ From the Decalogue
How to Be Confident Amid Millennial Frenzies
God in Time
God: Encyclopedia Article
Images of GodFree Will and Moral Responsibility
Serving One Another in Worship
Christians and Charter Schools
Does God Change His Mind?
The Bible on the Problem of Evil
Who Owns Palestine?
"Cornelius Van Til"
Dealing with Doctrinal Differences
Men and Women in the Image of God
Studying Theology as a Servant of Jesus
Political Theology in Wartime
Moral Heroism
The Claims of Christ A Sermon on John 5:16-29
Cloning
“Presuppositional Apologetics, ”
“Self-Refuting Statements,”
Nursing Homes and the Fifth Command
A Theology of Opportunity:Sola Scriptura and the Great Commission, Part 2, Part 3
Unregenerate Knowledge of God
Hall of Contemporary Reformers**

RICHARD GAFFIN

Christ Our High Priest In Heaven
Resurrection and Redemption
A Reformed Critique of The New Perspective
2005 Auburn Avenue Pastors’ Conference
Calvin and the Sabbath
The Usefulness of The Cross
The Holy Spirit & Eschatology
Pentecost: Before and After
What about Prophecy and Tongues Today?
Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology
Challenges of the Charismatic Movement to the Reformed Tradition
Gaffin and Grudem on Ephesians 2:20

JOHN GERSTNER

A Primer on the Diety of Christ
Biblical Inerrancy
Jonathan Edwards - A Mini Theology
Jonathan Edwards on The Covenant
Justification by Faith Alone
History of the Doctrine of Justification
Theology in Dialogue (excerpt)
History Interview: with Dr. John H. Gerstner, Jr.

OS GUINNESS

The Corruption of Modern Evangelicalism
The Dick Staub Interview: Os Guinness
No Calling Without a Caller
Calling, Postmodernism, and Chastened Liberals
Differences Make a Difference
Sounding Out the Idols of Church Growth
The Striptease of Humanism
Religion & Politics

GROVER GUNN

A Short Explanation and Defense of the Doctrines of Grace
A Short Explanation and Defense of Presuppositional Apologetics

MICHAEL HORTON

A Defense of Reformed Liturgy
A Dying Man's Consolation
A New Creation
Receiving Christ
A Permanent Address
All About Heresy
Are Your Hymns Too Spiritual?
Augustine & Jerome
Beyond Culture Wars
Christianity in America: A Roundtable Discussion
Deja Vu All Over Again
Good News for Bad Dads
Guidelines for Proper Political Involvement
Knowing What Your Looking for in the Bible
Mysteries of God and Means of Grace
Pelagianism: Religion of the Natural Man
Pop Goes Postmodernism
Preaching Christ Alone
Precious Moments in American Religion
Religion & Politics: A Roundtable Discussion
The Apostle Paul & Oprah Winfrey
The Higher Life at the Orlando Prayer Summit
The Legacy of Charles Finney
The Nature & Future of Evangelicalism
Using the Gospel to Share the Gospel
Wanted: Ministers Who Preach Christ
What Are we Looking For in the Bible?
What About Bob? The Meaning of Ministry in the Reformed Tradition
Who Saves Whom?
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

PHILLIP R. JOHNSON

A Primer on Hypercalvinism
How Charles Finney's Theology Ravaged the Evangelical Movement
Supralapsarianism & Infralapsarianism
A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
God Without Mood Swings Recovering the Doctrine of Divine Impassibility
The Nature of the Atonement Why and For Whom Did Christ Die?
A Defense of the Old Perspective on
Paul: What Did St. Paul Really Say?
The Story of Calvinism: A Historical Survey (MP3)
A Survey of Heresies (MP3s)

DOUGLAS JONES

Why & What: A Brief Introduction to Christianity
The Futility of Non Christian Thought
Rethinking Milk Buying
The Hope of Medival Protestantism
Medieval Antithises on Unbelief
Is Christianity Unintelligible?
Triumph or Tribulation? Debate
The Meaning of Femininity

MARTYN LLOYD-JONES

The Everlasting Covenant
Jesus Christ and Him Crucified
The Real Reason for Revival
Knowledge - False and True A Warning Against Dead Orthodoxy
Judicial Hardening
The Authority of Scripture
Christian Conduct - Exposition of Romans 12
Justification - from the author's exposition of Romans 8:28-30
Jonathan Edwards and the Crucial Importance of Revival
Howell Harris and Revival
William Williams and Welsh Calvinistic Methodism
Romans: Exposition of Chapter 10: Saving Faith
Exposition of Chapter 10: Saving Faith Chapter Four
BIOGRAPHY: A Passion for Christ-Exalting Power Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Need for Revival and Baptism with the Holy Spirit by John Piper
Martyn Lloyd Jones - Preacher by John Peters (Book)
Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: His Life and Ministry by Sir Fred Catherwood
Heresies
The Only Way
God and Time

TIM KELLER

The Gospel Into the 21st Century:
Part I; Part II, Part III; Part IV
All of Life is Repentance (.pdf)
Biblical Mandate for Mercy Ministries
A Biblical Theology of the City
The Centrality of the Gospel
Christ and the City
Church Planting & Giving Portfolios
The Current State of Affairs in America
Deconstructing Defeater Beliefs
Evangelism Through Networking
Evangelistic Worship
Gnostics & Jesus
How Can I know God?
Ministry in the New Global Culture of Major City-Centers
The Missional Church
Planting a Church in the City
Post-Everythings
Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age
Preaching Morality in an Amoral Age
Preaching in a Post-Modern City
Part I, Part II
Questions on Everyone's Mind
Religionless Spirituality
What Does it Mean to KNow God?
Why Plant Churches?
Tim Keller's Q&A Sessions
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

MEREDITH KLINE

Answering Objections to the Covenant of Works
Covenant Theology Under Attack
Because It Had Not Rained
By My Spirit , Part 2, Part 3
Evangel of the Messianic Angel ,
Part 2
How Long? (Part 1)
How Long? (Part 2)
Maranatha
Messianic Avenger
The Exaltation of Christ
The Rider of the Red Horse (Part 1)
The Rider of the Red Horse (Part 2)
The Servant & The Serpent (Part 1)
The Servant & The Serpent (Part 2)
Comments on the A. A. Hodge One-Covenant Construction of the Redemptive Order
Two Adams Two Covenants of Works
Glory In Our Midst (online book)
Kingdom Prologue (online book)
What is a Covenant?

Handouts based on Kline's Lectures
Kline's Grid (PDF 1 p.)
Kline's Covenant Theology (PDF 1 p.)
A Glossary of Klinean Terminology
Kline's Covenantal Analysis of the Law
The Use of the Treaty Format in the Mosaic Covenant (PDF)
Christ and Culture: Four Views (PDF)

JOHN MACARTHUR

Huge Collection of John MacArthur's Sermon's & Articles
The John MacArthur Bible Study Guides Collection
John MacArthur's Questions and Answers
Some Sermons and Article of Particular Interest
The Deadly Dangers of Moralism
Perseverance of the Saints (.pdf)
Chosen by God Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - (1 Peter 1:1-2)
"The Sovereignty of God in Salvation"
He Saved Us
Mortification Of Sin (.pdf)
The Christian's Responsibility In a Pagan Society--Part 1 , Part 2
The Sufficiency of the Written Word
Who Chose Whom?
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

ALBERT MOHLER

Mohler's Daily Blog
The Homepage of R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Church Discipline The Missing Mark
The Reformation of Doctrine and the Renewal of the Church:
Keeping The Faith In a Faithless Age
Does God Give Bad Advice?
To Train the Minister Whom God Has Called
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
There May be More Than One Way to God
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

IAIN MURRAY

Dr. Lloyd-Jones and Authority in Preaching
The Puritan Hope (book)
The Puritans and Revival Christianity
On Whitefield and Wesley
On ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE
Spiritual Characteristics of the First Christian Society in America
The Puritans and Revival Christianity
Thomas Hooker And The Doctrine Of Conversion .pdf
Extracts and Anecdotes on Unity Among Christians
Evangelicalism Divided
Problems of Rerfomed Eldership

JOHN MURRAY

Arminianism in the Pilgrimage of the Soul
Sermons / Lectures by J.Murray *

Arminianism and the Atonement
Irresistable Grace
Law and Grace
The Reformed Faith and Arminianism
The Sanctity of Truth
The Sovereignty of God
The Covenant of Grace

The Contradiction of God: Part I
The Contradiction of God: Part II
The Atonement
The Nature of the Atonement
The Sabbath
Why We Baptize Infants

Website Dedicated to the Theology of JM

ROGER NICOLE

God of the Possible
Review of Open Theism
Polemical Theology
How to Deal with Those Who Differ from Us
Sanctification: Growing Toward God
The Canon Of The New Testament
New Testament Use of the Old Testament
John Calvin’s View of the Extent of the Atonement
The Case For Definite Atonement
Covenant, Universal Call And Definite Atonement

J.I. PACKER

Should the average Christian care about theology?
The Fall
Inability
Higher Criticism
Predestination - God has a purpose
ON COVENANT THEOLOGY
Revelation
Creation
Evangelism & The Sovereignty Of God
Incarnation GOD SENT HIS SON
Regeneration
Justification is by Grace Through Faith
Self-existence - God has Always Been
Intro to J.Owen's The Death of Death in the Death of Christ ***
Our Need of Scripture
Marks of Revival
Packer on Ryle
Ecclesiology
Incarnation
The Lord's Supper
The Challenge of the Third Millenium
The Puritan Approach to Worship
Sola Fide: The Reformed Doctrine Of Justification
Works
Freedom And Authority
Understanding the Lordship Controversy
An Interview With Dr. J. I. Packer
“The Adequacy of Human Language”
Why We Need the Puritans
Situation Ethics
Salvation: Jesus Rescues His People From Sin
Worship
The Plan of God
Perseverance

MATT PERMAN

Are All Christians Chosen?
Calvinism, Arminianism, and Eternal Security
Delighting in Doing Good
If God is Soverign, Why Do Anything
Predestination and Human Freedom
The Sovereignty of God
Enjoying God in Work and Leisure
How Does a Christian Hedonist Live?
Enjoyment is Not Optional
Delighting in Doing Good
Christ Our Exalted Savior
Predestination and the Glory of God
The Glory of God in the Problem of Evil
Much much more...

A.W. PINK

Pink's Archive (His Entire Library)
Profiting From the Word
Studies on Saving Faith
The Doctrine of Man's Impotence
The Sovereignty of God

JOHN PIPER

• Why I Do Not Say:"God Did Not Cause the Calamity but He Can Use It For Good"
• Are There Two Wills in God? Divine Election and God's Desire for All to be Saved
• The Marks of a Spiritual Leader
• Quest for Joy Six Biblical Truths
• Sustained By Sovereign Grace--Forever
• Sovereignty of God and Prayer
• The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God
• My Anguish: My Kinsmen Are Accursed Romans 9:1-5
• Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It
• God Does Not Repent Like a Man
• A Divine And Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul
• That Which Is Born of the Spirit Is Spirit
• By What Death Will You Glorify God?
• Hall of Contemporary Reformers*MP3s
Much More...

VERN POYTHRESS

2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism
Christ the Only Savior of Interpretation
Divine Meaning of Scripture
Gender and Generic Pronouns in English Bible Translation
God's Lordship in Interpretation
How I Helped My Boys to Become Christian Men
In Iesaiam Prophetam HUPOMNEMATON, hoc est, Commentariorum, Ioannis Oecolampadii Libri VI. Basel: Andreas Cratander, 1525.
Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for Baptizing Small Children
Johannine Authorship and the Use of Intersentence Conjunctions in the Book of Revelation
Linking Small Children with Infants in the Theology of Baptizing
Modern Spiritual Gifts as Analagous to Apostolic Gifts: Affirming Extraordinary Works of the Spirit within Cessationist Theology
Political Correctness and Bible Translation: A Preliminary Response to Ellis W. Deibler
Reversing the Fall and Setting Creation Free
Review of A. Berkeley Mickelsen'sDaniel & Revelation: Riddles or Realities?
Review of C. John Collins's Science & Faith: Friends or Foes?
Review of G. K. Beale's The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John.
Review of J. P. Moreland's Christianity and the Nature of Science.
Review of Henry Vander Goot: Interpreting the Bible in Theology and the Church
Review of Sandra Wackman Perpich's A Hermeneutic Critique of Structuralist Exegesis, with Specific Reference to Lk 10.29-37
Small Changes in Meaning Can Matter: The Unacceptability of the TNIV
TNIV's Altered Meanings: An Evaluation of the TNIV
Truth and Fullness of Meaning: Fullness versus Reductionistic Semantics in Bible Interpretation
Why Scientists Must Believe in God: Divine Attributes of Scientific Law
more...

JOHN G. REISINGER

An Exposition of 1 Corinthians 2:14–3:15
Arminian Election
Doctrine of the Atonement
The Carnal Christian Doctrine
The Effect of Election on Paul's Life and Ministry
Election is Sanctification
The Ekklesia
The Ekklesia - Part Two
The Ekklesia of Christ - Part Three
Election is Sanctification
God's Part and Man's Part in Salvation
The New Birth
The New Birth Part 2
Our Sovereign God
Sanctification - By Grace!
The Doctrine of Total Depravity
The Sovereignty of God in Providence
The Sovereignty of God in Prayer
There Are Only Two Religions in the Whole World
The Tablets of Stone
Three Ways of Assurance
The Perseverance of the Saints Part 2
Objections to God's Sovereign Election
What is the Gospel?

ROBERT REYMOND

Islam?
Reasons I Could Never Be a Muslim
Five Arguments for the Unity of the Covenant of Grace
Highly Questionable Methods
Baptism
The "Very Pernicious and Detestable" Doctrine of Inclusivism
The Relevance of Christ's Cause

KIM RIDDLEBARGER

Reformed Confessionalism & The New Perspective on Paul
Grace Alone: An Evangelical Problem?
The Biblical Case for Infant Baptism Part I, Part II
Keeping Watch
Baptist Objections to Infant Baptism
The Lord's Supper - Confessional and Biblical Concerns ; Part II
The Reign of Christ (Acts 1) Demythologizing The Five Gospels of The Jesus Seminar
The Church of the Highest Common Denominator
Sermon Series'
The Marks of Christ's Church (Acts 2:42-47)
Everyone Who Believes is Justified
Riddleblog (Blog)
A Present or Future Millinnium

O PALMER ROBERTSON

Old Testament Biblical Theology
Do You Need to Be Born Again?
Eschatology: The End of the World
Eschatology: The Future of the Jews
Eschatology: The Millenium
The Current Justification Controversy
Tongues Today?

BRIAN SCHWERTLEY

Man's Need of Salvation: Total Depravity and Man's Inability
Chosen by God
The Good News of the Salvation of Jesus Christ
Dealing with Marital Problems
Biblical Principles for Problem Solving in the Home
Auburn Avenue Theology's Rejection of Justification by Faith Alone
The Sacraments, Introduction
The Sacraments, Chapter 2: Baptism--The Covenant of Grace and Covenant Continuity
The Sacraments, Chapter 3: Additional Arguments for Paedobaptism
The Sacraments, Chapter 4: An Excursus on the Baptist Use of Jeremiah
The Sacraments, Chapter 5: Reformed Baptist Arguments Refuted
The New Birth 
Is the Pretribulation Rapture Biblical? 
Much Much More... ***

R.C. SPROUL

Adam's Fall and Mine
Augustine & Pelagius
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith (pdf)
Can a sinning Christian lose their salvation?
What was the role of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?
Captive Hearts, Captive Church
Does God still speak audibly to humans?
"Double" Predestination
How is it that Jesus was both human and divine?
Imputed Righteousness: The Evangelical Doctrine
Our Strong Father
The Pelagian Captivity of the Church
Regeneration Precedes Faith
The Importance of Justification
The New Genesis
The Proto Gospel
What is predestination?
Why did God save me?
After Interpretations -- Is the Bible Still the Word of God?
How to Respond to "That's Your Interpretation"
Calvinism: The Once and Future Queen
Do you believe that God has audibly spoken to anyone since the apostolic age?
How Would You Define The Sovereignty of God?
How do we reconcile the fact that God is sovereign with the fact that he has given us free will as persons?
In reference to John 6:44, does God compel people to come to him?
Why does God Let Random Shooting, Fatal Accidents, and other Horrible Things Occur?
In the Old Testament, God brought judgment against Israel and other nations through catastrophic events.  Does this still happen?
The prophecy concerning the birth of Christ comes from Isaiah 7:14: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel." Why was he then called Jesus?
"When Paul wrote that Jesus emptied himself and became a servant and yet he was God, in what ways did he retain or not retain his powers of being God?"
Why Does God Love Us So Much & What Are the Attributes of God
Hall of Contemporary Reformers*

SAMUEL STORMS

D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church Part I , Part II , Part III ,