Jesus on the Inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture

June 10, 2013 by Nicholas Batzig

In his chapter, "The Attestation of Scripture," in the The Infallible Word, the late professor John Murray made one of the most profound and significant observations about the inerrancy and infallibility of the Old Testament from Jesus' use of one single word out of Psalm 82. In his disputation with the Jews, Jesus proved and defended the truth of His own Deity (which was under attack) by an appeal to the word 'gods' in Psalm 82:6. In doing so, He also affirmed the inspiration, infallibility, inerrancy and authority of every "jot and title" of Scripture. Our Lord taught that the truth of His Divine nature was grounded on the unbreakability of the Scripture's witness. Murray explained it so well when he wrote:

We have had occasion to quote and discuss the passage in Matthew 5:17-19 in another context. It is relevant to our present purpose in that it provides us with one of the most striking testimonies to the estimate of the Old Testament entertained by Jesus. It is highly probable that, when Jesus says "the law or the prophets," he denotes by these two designations the whole of the Old Testament, the law denoting what we know as the Pentateuch and the prophets the rest of the Old Testament. It is possible that by the prophets he means the specifically prophetic books of the Old Testament, and by the law he may have had in mind the law of Moses in the more specific sense of the legislative economy embodied in the Pentateuch. If he is using these terms in the more specific sense it would be wholly arbitrary, indeed casuistic and contrary to all of the evidence, to suppose that there is the least hint in such a specific use of the terms "law" and "prophets" that other parts of the Old Testament are in a different category in respect of authority. In this passage, then, Jesus gives us his estimate of at least a very large part of the Old Testament and his conception of the relation that it sustained to his messianic work. He came not to destroy the law or the prophets; he came to fulfill.

The word "destroy" (καταλύω) is peculiarly significant. It means to abrogate, to demolish, to disintegrate, to annul or, as J. A. Alexander points out, "the destruction of a whole by the complete separation of its parts, as when a house is taken down by being taken to pieces." His emphatic denial of any such purpose in reference to either the law or the prophets means that the discharge of his messianic mission leaves the law and the prophets intact. He utters, however, not only this emphatic denial but also adds the positive purpose of his coming - he came to fulfill, to complete. And so his work with reference to both law and prophets is completory, not destructive. He who can speak in the immediately succeeding context with such solemn asseveration and imperious authority brings all that is involved in such asseveration and authority to bear upon the confirmation of the abiding validity, stability and authority of both law and prophets. And not only so, but he also grounds his own mission and task upon such permanent validity, and defines his work in terms of fulfillment of all that the law and the prophets provided.

In verse 18 Jesus proceeds to apply the general statement of verse 17 to the very minutiae of the law. It is this application of the general assertion to the minutest details that is particularly pertinent to our present topic. General statements may sometimes not cover, or provide for, certain exceptions in detail. But here Jesus precludes any possibility of discrepancy between the general and the particular. He is saying in effect, "This proposition that I came not to destroy but to fulfill applies not simply in general terms but also to the minutest particulars." And not simply is this the case; the connection expressed by the conjunction is also that the general statement of verse 17 is grounded in the fact that not one jot or tittle, not the minutest detail, will pass from the law till all be fulfilled. To enforce and seal the veracity of this, Jesus uses the formula that combines asseveration and authority, "Verily I say unto you."

The "jot" is the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet and the "tittle" is the minute horn or projection that distinguishes consonants of similar form from one another. It would be impossible to think of any expression that would bespeak the thought of the meticulous more adequately than precisely this one used here by our Lord. In respect of the meticulous, our English expression "one letter or syllable" is scarcely equivalent. Could anything establish more conclusively the meticulous accuracy, validity and truth of the law than the language to which Jesus here attaches his own unique formula of asseveration? Many professing Christians recoil from the doctrine of verbal inspiration, the doctrine which means simply that the inspiration of Scripture extends to the very words as well as to the thoughts. It is difficult to understand why those who assent to inspiration should stumble at verbal inspiration. For words are the media of thought and, so far as Scripture is concerned, the written words are the only media of communication. If the thoughts are inspired, the words must be also. But whatever the case may be in the sphere of logic, the antipathy to verbal inspiration has little in common with the very obvious import of Jesus' representation in this passage. The indissolubility of the law extends to its every jot and tittle. Such indissolubility could not be predicated of it if it were in any detail fallible, for if fallible it would some day come to nought. And this is just saying that in every detail the law was in his esteem infallible and therefore indissoluble. It is indeed strange prejudice that professes adherence to the infallibility of Christ and yet rejects the clear implications of his teaching. Nothing could be plainer than this, that in the smallest details he regards the law as incapable of being made void and that in the smallest details it is taken up by him and finds, in his fulfillment of it, its permanent embodiment and validity. By the most stringent necessity there is but one conclusion, namely, that the law is infallible and inerrant.

In our discussion of Matthew 5: 17-19, we left open the possibility that Jesus was using the terms "law" and "prophets" in a more restricted and specific sense. It is far from being certain that this interpretation of the scope of his words is justifiable. It is far more reasonable to believe that he had the whole Old Testament in mind. But we must not prejudice the argument by insisting upon this, for the argument we are now pursuing does not rest upon it. The witness of our Lord to the character of the Old Testament is so copious that what is not supplied by one passage is supplied by another. If the books other than those of Moses and the prophets are not expressly alluded to in Matthew 5:17-19 they certainly are in other 11 places. One of the most striking of these is John 10:33-36, and to this part of his witness we may now turn.

The occasion for his speaking these words was that created by the reaction of the Jews to his claim, "I and the Father are one." The Jews rightly interpreted this claim as meaning that Jesus placed himself on an equality with God. This they regarded as blasphemy and they took up stones to stone him. Jesus' claim was, of course, a stupendous one and there are only two alternatives. Either his claim was true or he did utter blasphemy. Here Jesus did not simply claim to be the Messiah; he claimed to be equal with the Father. The charge brought by the Jews was not a whit too severe if their conception of Jesus were correct. Quite logically on their own presuppositions their charge struck at the centre of Jesus' claim and therefore at the basis of his mission and work. The charge denied his deity and his veracity. If validated, it would have exposed Jesus' claim as the most iniquitous imposture.

It was a charge with such implications that Jesus had to answer. If ever the resources of effective rebuttal needed to be drawn upon, it was at such a juncture. How did he meet the charge? "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye are gods? If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken, say ye of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said I am the Son of God." As we read this reply, we are amazed at what appears to be the facility and composure with which it is given as well as at what appears to be its restraint. Indeed, on superficial reading it might appear to be weak and ineffective. But the facility, composure and restraint, which we believe are real, as well as the apparent weakness, which is not real, all converge to demonstrate the significance for our present purpose of his appeal to Scripture. He staked his argument for the rebuttal of the most serious allegation that could be brought against him upon a brief statement drawn from Psalm 82:6. It is this appeal to Scripture that is the pivot of his whole defense. This cannot be explained on any other basis than that he considered the Scriptures as the unassailable instrument of defence. For "the scripture cannot be broken."

Just as eloquent of Jesus' use of Scripture is, what appears to us, the obscurity of the passage to which he appeals. It would seem to have no direct bearing upon the question at issue. Yet Jesus uses this apparently obscure and less important passage as his argument to answer an attack that was aimed at the very centre of his person and teaching and work. And furthermore, this passage is drawn from that part of the Old Testament that possibly, so far as our argument is concerned, did not come within his purview in Matthew 5:17. Does this not show that his attitude to every jot and tittle of the Psalms was identical with that to every jot and tittle of the law? Upon any other supposition his appeal to a brief and relatively obscure statement of the book of Psalms would be quite forceless and inconclusive.

Finally, the force of the brief parenthetical clause, "the scripture cannot be broken," has to be noted. It might be plausibly argued that Jesus in his reply to the Jews was simply taking advantage of an ad hominem argument. In the question, "Is it not written in your law?", Jesus is meeting his adversaries on their own assumptions. And so, it might be said, no argument bearing upon Jesus' own view of Scripture could be based on this passage. But Jesus' remark, "the scripture cannot be broken," silences any such contention. In this remark Jesus expresses not simply the attitude of the Jews to Scripture but his own view of the inviolability of Scripture. He appeals to Scripture because it is really and intrinsically a finality. And when he says the Scripture cannot be broken, he is surely using the word "Scripture" in its most comprehensive denotation as including all that the Jews of the day recognised as Scripture, to wit, all the canonical books of the Old Testament. It is of the Old Testament without any reservation or exception that he says, it "cannot be broken." Here then there can be no question as to how much of the Old Testament came within the purview or scope of his assertion. He affirms the unbreakableness of the Scripture in its entirety and leaves no room for any such supposition as that of degrees of inspiration and fallibility. Scripture is inviolable. Nothing less than this is the testimony of our Lord. And the crucial nature of such witness is driven home by the fact that it is in answer to the most serious of charges and in the defence of his most stupendous claim that he bears this testimony.

In passages such as those with which we have just dealt, our Lord's view of Scripture comes to explicit expression and exposition. It is not, however, in a few passages that his viewpoint is attested. There is a mass of evidence that corroborates the express teaching of the more explicit passages. Indeed, corroboration is too weak a word to do justice to the import of the mass of evidence bearing upon the question. Rather should we say that the teaching of our Lord is so steeped in the appeal to Scripture, so steeped in the use of the formula, "it is written," so pervaded by the recognition that what Scripture says God says, so characterized by the acceptance of the finality of the word of Scripture, that the doctrine of Scripture clearly enunciated in some passages is the necessary presupposition of the correlative evidence. The inescapable fact is that the mass of direct and indirect statement leads to one conclusion that, for our Lord, the Scripture, just because it was Scripture, just because it fell within the denotation of the formula, "it is written," was a finality. His attitude is one of meticulous acceptance and reverence. The only explanation of such an attitude is that what Scripture said, God said, that the Scripture was God's Word, that it was God's Word because it was Scripture and that it was or became Scripture because it was God's Word. That he distinguished between the Word of God borne to us by Scripture and the written Word itself would be an imposition upon Jesus' own teaching wholly alien to the identifications Jesus makes and to the reverence for the letter of Scripture so pervasive in all of his witness.

Someone might attempt to pervert this glorious truth by suggesting that we cannot know what books were canonical in the days of Christ and the apostles. However, as William Henry Green has so aptly observed, among all the charges that Jesus brought against the scribes and Pharisees for their misinterpretation of Scripture, He never once corrected them for adding to or removing from the canon of the Old Testament. There was a clear accepted canon (i.e. one and the same with that which we have today). Green explained:

What books were recognized as belonging to the Old Testament by the Lord Jesus Christ and the inspired writers of the New Testament ? They have not left us a list of these books, but they have clearly indicated their mind in this matter, so that we need be under no mistake as to their meaning. They give their infallible and authoritative sanction to the canon as it existed among the Jews. This is done both negatively and positively. They sanction the integrity of the Scriptures of the Jews negatively, in that they never charge them with mutilating or corrupting the word of God. Our Lord repeatedly rebukes them for making void the word of God by their traditions. At various times he corrects their false glosses and erroneous interpretations of Scripture. But while censuring them for this, he could not have passed it over in silence, if they had been guilty of excluding whole books from the canon which properly belonged there, or inserting that which was not really inspired of God.2

1. John Murray "The Attestation of Scripture" in The Infallible Word (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, Originally pulished in 1946, this is the second edition published in 1967). 2. William Henry Green General Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon (New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1898) p. 141

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November 5, 2015

Grace is a Gift

November 4, 2015

...And Everything Else Will Follow

November 3, 2015

Christ, the Tree of Life

October 31, 2015

The Heart of the Reformation

October 30, 2015

Particle Board Preaching

October 28, 2015

Jesus: The Measure of a Man

October 24, 2015

Grown-Up Churches in an Age of Adolescence

October 19, 2015

Overcoming Discouragement in Ministry

October 16, 2015

Grace is a Person

October 12, 2015

The First Great Request

October 7, 2015

Vos on Old Testament Theophanies

October 6, 2015

Preaching the Proverbs

October 5, 2015

Handling Contentions in the Church

October 2, 2015

Four Gospels?

October 1, 2015

Dividends and Drawbacks of Small Groups

September 28, 2015

The Fourth Person of the Trinity?

September 24, 2015

Social Sin, Social Media and Social Interaction

September 22, 2015

6 Principles for Small Group Facilitating

September 15, 2015

A Tribute to R.C. Sproul

September 14, 2015

Ecumenical Fences

September 10, 2015

Extemporaneous Preaching

September 1, 2015

Redeeming our Reading

August 29, 2015

A Sense of the Love of Christ

August 27, 2015

4 Kinds of Pastors

August 21, 2015

The Church in the Community

August 19, 2015

Guardian Angels?

August 14, 2015

Sophisticated Temples of Modern Idolatry

August 12, 2015

Baptized with the Transgressors

August 7, 2015

How Martyn Lloyd-Jones Helped Start the PCA

August 5, 2015

Learning to Think for Yourself

July 31, 2015

What Should We Do When They Stray?

July 13, 2015

7 Areas of Unbiblical Conscience Binding

July 12, 2015

On Fencing the Lord's Table

July 1, 2015

Trusting Christ to Provide

June 28, 2015

The Symbolism of the Rainbow

June 17, 2015

Nothing Should Surprise Us

June 15, 2015

A Multiplicity of Mentors

June 6, 2015

Marks of Orthodoxy?

May 28, 2015

The Complexity of Pastoral Care

May 16, 2015

The Pastor and Social Media

May 16, 2015

Pastoral Ministry and Spiritual Warfare

May 15, 2015

The God of Typological Recapitulation

May 14, 2015

Jonathan Edwards' Preferred Method of Delivery In Preaching

May 6, 2015

The Real Miracle

April 27, 2015

Ministering to the Mobile

April 13, 2015

Echoes of the Glory of Christ

April 10, 2015

The Insatiable Quest for Greatness

April 3, 2015

The Crown of Thorns

March 28, 2015

The Spiritual Stages of a Believer's Life

March 25, 2015

Sing Your Heart Out

March 13, 2015

Jesus and the Flaming Sword at the East Gate

March 8, 2015

The Curse Reversed

February 19, 2015

A Biblical Theology of the Trees of the Garden

February 14, 2015

A Match Made in Heaven

February 8, 2015

6 Thoughts on Sacred Space

January 24, 2015

7 Thoughts on Sacred Time

January 18, 2015

Imagining the Image of God

January 9, 2015

A Divine Division

December 30, 2014

Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?

December 23, 2014

Rick Phillips on Jesus in the Old Testament

December 23, 2014

A Law-Keeping Redeemer is Born

December 11, 2014

Losing Loved Ones and Having Regrets

November 18, 2014

The Internet: The Great Evangelical Op-Ed Tabloid

November 14, 2014

A Romantic View of Ministry

November 12, 2014

The Great, Redemptive Multi-Tasker

November 10, 2014

The Sorrow and Joy of Imputation

November 6, 2014

The Race is Not to the Swift

November 3, 2014

7 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Pastoral Ideologue

October 25, 2014

7 Wrong Reasons to Join a Church

October 24, 2014

Jonathan Edwards on Adam and the Tree of Life

October 22, 2014

Working on Learning to Rest

October 18, 2014

A Biblical Theology of the Wilderness

October 7, 2014

The Importance of Being a Pastor/Theologian

October 3, 2014

A Church's Coming of Age

October 1, 2014

Loving the Place to Which You're Called?

September 27, 2014

The 6 Ingredients of Jesus' Bitter Cup

September 24, 2014

The Christology of Genesis 3:15

September 16, 2014

The Theological Significance of the Eighth Day

September 11, 2014

The Righteous One of Psalm One

September 5, 2014

The Covenant of Works, the Law and the Mosaic Covenant

September 4, 2014

10 Must-Read Pre-Reformation Works

September 3, 2014

Mansions in Glory?

September 1, 2014

7 Characteristics of Spiritually Beneficial Friendships

August 29, 2014

The Sin-Bearing, Curse-Removing True Israel

August 12, 2014

Preach the Gospel to Yourself?

August 7, 2014

Time for a Spirit Check

August 5, 2014

The Sin-Bearing, Curse-Removing Second Adam (Part 1)

August 4, 2014

Mini Sermons For the Soul to Sing

July 26, 2014

Spurgeon on Expositional Reading and Teaching in the Worship Service?

July 21, 2014

The Dangers and Duty of Confessing Sin to One Another

July 8, 2014

It All Leads Straight to the Cross

July 5, 2014

Geerhardus Vos on Supra- and Infra- Lapsarianism

July 4, 2014

Jesus: The Breath of Life

July 4, 2014

A Biblical Theology of Burial

July 3, 2014

A Biblical Theology of Burial

June 28, 2014

In Plenty and/or Want...

June 26, 2014

Are Some Parts of Scripture Greater Than Others?

June 17, 2014

Geerhardus Vos on the Mosaic Covenant and the Covenant of Grace

June 14, 2014

Geerhardus Vos on Sides, Administrations and Conditionality in the Covenant of Grace

June 13, 2014

Lord, Should I Forgive My Brother This One Time?

June 3, 2014

Ezra and Nehemiah: Types of Christ

May 30, 2014

What Was Jesus Praying in the Garden?

May 24, 2014

How God Even Works Sin Together for the Believer's Good

May 24, 2014

The Justification of the Good Works of the Justified

May 21, 2014

Dangers of Theological Controversy

May 14, 2014

The End in the Beginning: A Biblical-Theological Catechism (Genesis)

May 13, 2014

A Tale of Two Trees

May 9, 2014

The True and Greater Sweet-Psalmist of Israel

May 8, 2014

Jesus: The Wisdom of God

April 30, 2014

The Death of Jesus, An Act of Worship

April 27, 2014

Dr. John H. Skilton's Funeral Sermon For Rena VanTil--Wife of Cornelius VanTil

April 21, 2014

The Person, Work and Reward of the Redeemer

April 6, 2014

John Piper’s 10 Reasons Why Romans 7:14-25 Is About The Christian’s Experience

March 29, 2014

How Jesus Read the Old Testament (Part 2)

March 26, 2014

The Third Use of the Law and the Finished Work of Christ

March 21, 2014

The Greatest Explanation Of What Happens In Conversion

March 18, 2014

How Did Jesus Read the Old Testament (Part 1)

March 18, 2014

How Did Jesus Read the Old Testament?

March 18, 2014

The Christward Collective

March 12, 2014

Jonathan Edwards Christology of the Song of Songs

February 20, 2014

The Most Important Overlooked Doctrine (Part 2)

February 20, 2014

The Most Important Overlooked Doctrine (Part 2)

February 18, 2014

Jonathan Edwards on David as a Type of Christ

February 11, 2014

The Most Important Overlooked Doctrine?

February 10, 2014

The Most Important Overlooked Doctrine (Part 1)

February 5, 2014

Pitfalls of Parachurch

January 29, 2014

Geerhardus Vos on the Covenant of Works

January 22, 2014

Reading and Preaching the Text in Context

January 14, 2014

Death and Resurrection: The Key to the Old Testament

January 8, 2014

A Biblical Theology of the Good Shepherd

December 30, 2013

The Silence of Jesus in Judgment

December 27, 2013

Lloyd-Jones on The Gospel and the Charge of Antinomianism

December 26, 2013

A God-Determined Progress to a God-Determined End

December 25, 2013

Ray Ortlund's Isaiah Sermon Series

December 21, 2013

Learning to be a Grateful Critic

December 16, 2013

Vos on the Historicity and Interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2

December 4, 2013

John Calvin on the Great Exchange

November 22, 2013

The Theological Greatness of Jonathan Edwards

November 18, 2013

6 Subtle Ways to Hold on to Self-Righteousness

November 16, 2013

Paul, the Law and Eschatological Justification: Three Views of Romans 2:13

November 7, 2013

Does God the Father Love You Because of Jesus?

November 3, 2013

The Anatomy of Saving Faith

November 2, 2013

A Crisis In the Divine Government

October 31, 2013

Individual Personalities and the Gospel

October 23, 2013

The Strongest Evidence for the Deity of the Son

October 18, 2013

Make It Your Own!

October 15, 2013

The Parable of the Three Sons

October 15, 2013

9 Traces of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Old Testament

October 13, 2013

20 Things Jesus Does As The Great Shepherd

October 9, 2013

Four Things To Keep In Mind For Your "Last Sermon"

October 1, 2013

What Would Jesus Drink?

September 28, 2013

The Grace of Remembering

September 16, 2013

Stuart Robinson's 8 Point Interpretation of Genesis 3:15

August 31, 2013

Suffering, Chastisement and the Fatherly Love of God

August 21, 2013

Baptism in the Reformed Tradition (Resources)

August 20, 2013

A Biblical Theology of Darkness and Light

August 16, 2013

A Faith That Triumphs And Suffers

August 14, 2013

We See Jesus: New Testament Use of the Old in Hebrews 1:4

August 13, 2013

The Apostolic "We" Passages

August 6, 2013

A Biblical Theology of Exile/Restoration in the OT Prophets

August 5, 2013

C.S. Lewis on the Right of Private Judgment

August 5, 2013

No Greeting From the Holy Spirit?

July 26, 2013

Because There Was No Sun...

July 24, 2013

Old Testament Personal Types and Shadows of Christ

July 16, 2013

A Bad Court In Which To Be Tried

July 9, 2013

The Wisdom of the Son (Law and Gospel in the Proverbs)

July 8, 2013

The Emmaus Sessions: Christ and Redemptive History

July 2, 2013

Tolerance that Parodies Love

July 2, 2013

C.S. Lewis on Beauty and Idolatry

July 1, 2013

John's Use of the Song of Songs in the Book of Revelation

June 29, 2013

Book of Hebrews Resources

June 28, 2013

Jonathan Edwards on Christ and the Song of Songs

June 16, 2013

Sinclair Ferguson, William Still and Eric Alexander Crieff Fellowship Lectures (1979-2007)

June 10, 2013

Jesus on the Inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture

June 7, 2013

5 Reasons to Join (or Not Join) a Church Plant

May 22, 2013

The Songs of the Son (Seeing Christ in the Psalms)

May 16, 2013

No More Consciousness of Sin?

May 12, 2013

A Pastor's Love for Christ

May 8, 2013

Why We Fear Grace

May 4, 2013

Why Was Christ Veiled in the Law?

May 1, 2013

Proud vs. Broken People

April 26, 2013

When God Swears to God

April 8, 2013

Taking Up the Hammer and the Nails (A Theology of Apostasy)

April 2, 2013

On Getting As Little Truth As Possible

March 22, 2013

Jesus' Compassion for Sinners

March 7, 2013

The Difference Between a Prophet and a Priest

February 17, 2013

The Holy Spirit Says...

February 16, 2013

John Newton's Olney Hymn of Gospel Types

February 12, 2013

The Importance of Time Management

February 9, 2013

Jesus and the General and Special Revelation of God

February 9, 2013

Sinclair Ferguson Sermon Series Collective

February 8, 2013

Warfield, Biblical Doctrines and Confessionalism

February 1, 2013

"Textual, Expository, Redemptive-Historical, Applicatory" Preaching?

January 31, 2013

The God Who Loves Finished Work

January 28, 2013

Jesus and the World to Come

January 22, 2013

East of Eden (Episode 12): Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever

January 19, 2013

Top 10 (or 11) Volumes on the Suffering and Glory of Christ

January 16, 2013

Eric Alexander Sermons

January 15, 2013

Edwards on Intellectual vs. Spiritual Understanding

January 12, 2013

John Owen on the Apostles' Christological Interpretation of Psalm 2

January 6, 2013

"We See Jesus" Sermon Series

January 3, 2013

Symbols of Christ in the Wilderness

December 29, 2012

The Parable of Three Lost Sons

December 16, 2012

The Glory of Man at Creation and in Redemption

December 15, 2012

Jesus: The Omega of the Old Testament

December 6, 2012

7 Years of the 9Marks Journal

November 16, 2012

The Aroma of Christ

November 14, 2012

East of Eden: The Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards

October 27, 2012

The "Signs" of Tongues and Prophecy in 1 Cor. 14:20-25

October 26, 2012

A Divinely Inspired Anachronism of Eschatological Hope (or 'How God Enabled Abraham to Long for Heav

October 25, 2012

Death and Resurrection: The Typlogical Structure of Old Testament Redemptive History

October 25, 2012

When Christ Orchestrates a Prison Break

October 23, 2012

Jesus Runs the Church

October 23, 2012

Christ and the Tent in the Wilderness

October 20, 2012

Jonathan Edwards on Righteous and Sinful Anger

October 18, 2012

The Man Behind Monergism

October 17, 2012

The Clean for the Unclean

October 15, 2012

The Christology of Deut. 30:11-14

October 10, 2012

East of Eden (Episode 7) - Christian Knowledge

October 10, 2012

Christ's Gifts of the Spirit

October 8, 2012

"Precious" New Puritan Press

September 25, 2012

On Headship, Hats, Hair and Historical Context

September 22, 2012

Sinclair Ferguson on the New Perspective

September 22, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: The Mosaic Covenant and Christ (Part 2)

September 18, 2012

East of Eden (Episode 4): Dr. Ken Minkema & the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale

September 18, 2012

Sinclair Ferguson on Preaching Poetry

September 12, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: The Mosaic Covenant and Christ (Part 1)

September 11, 2012

Jonathan Edwards on the Typology of the Showbread and Lampstand in the Temple

September 11, 2012

Samuel Miller Publications Online

September 11, 2012

East of Eden (Episode 3): The Most High, A Prayer Hearing God

September 5, 2012

How Redemptive History and Example Meet in the Book of Hebrews

September 4, 2012

East of Eden: God Glorified in Man's Dependence (Episode 2)

August 28, 2012

East of Eden: The Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Episode 1)

August 11, 2012

The Theological Driver's Seat and a M16

August 11, 2012

Sinclair Ferguson Sermons from His Scotland Days

August 8, 2012

Archibald Alexander Publications Online

August 7, 2012

Vos on the Typical Role of Moses and the Exodus (Part 1)

July 31, 2012

John Gerstner Lectures

July 28, 2012

On the Sabbath, Ceremonial Sabbaths, the Lord's Day and the Day of the LORD

July 21, 2012

Christ: The End of the Law for Justification and Sanctification

July 13, 2012

Jonathan Edwards' Seven Steps for Growth in Divine Knowledge

July 10, 2012

Christological Principles of Typology

July 9, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: Christ and Redemptive History

June 28, 2012

Adolphe Monod on Jesus, the Mystery of Godliness

June 28, 2012

The "Not I, but the Lord...I say, Not the Lord" Sayings of Paul

June 26, 2012

Jonathan Edwards on Self-Righteousness in Believers

June 16, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: The Abrahamic Covenant and Christ

June 1, 2012

Christ Crucified: the Center of Gravity in Preaching

May 29, 2012

William Still Sermons

May 28, 2012

Noah, Jesus and Preaching to Spirits

May 28, 2012

Teaching One Another In...

May 25, 2012

Jesus Christ: Savior or Example?

May 24, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: Adam, Covenant and Christ

May 20, 2012

Three Ways the New Testament Writers Quote the Old Testament

May 18, 2012

Four Points about the Noahic Covenant and Redemptive History

May 9, 2012

"Confessing Our Faith in a Non-Confessing World" Conference (AK)

April 30, 2012

Vern Poythress on the Different Approaches to Scripture

April 26, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: A Tale of Two Seeds

April 17, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions: The Church as the True Israel

April 14, 2012

Spurgeon on the Amusement-Driven Church

April 9, 2012

The Sermon on the Mount and the Savior on the Mount

April 3, 2012

The Emmaus Sessions - Jesus: True Israel

April 2, 2012

The Justification of Imputation

March 17, 2012

The Gracious Judgment of Charity

March 3, 2012

A Dialogue to Die For

February 27, 2012

Feeding on Christ - 2012 Giveaway

February 15, 2012

A Biblical Theology of Food and Drink

February 11, 2012

Gospel Justice

February 11, 2012

"Filling the Shepherd's Fold" Seminar

February 9, 2012

A Picture Worth 66 Books

February 4, 2012

A Cheap and Easy Way to Support a Church Plant

January 31, 2012

How Jesus Confronted and Corrected Others

January 9, 2012

Free Martyn Lloyd-Jones Ephesians Sermon Series

January 7, 2012

Paradise Restored Series

December 29, 2011

"For Unto Us" Sermon Series

December 29, 2011

M.I.C. iPhone/iPad Accessories

December 24, 2011

The Magi and the Scriptures

December 23, 2011

Seeing the Savior in a Poor, Beggar Baby

December 15, 2011

Isaiah an OT Paul and Paul a NT Isaiah

December 10, 2011

Sinclair Ferguson Christmas Sermons 2005-2012

December 4, 2011

Take Heed (December 2011 Tabletalk Article)

December 1, 2011

Identifying the Colossian Heresy

November 21, 2011

Reading the Gospels in Light of the Gospel

November 19, 2011

Sermon Preparation Resources

November 19, 2011

Sermon Preparation Resources

November 18, 2011

How to Handle Criticism

November 18, 2011

Sinclair Ferguson Lectures on Marriage and Parenting

November 17, 2011

The Marrow of Modern of Divinity

November 7, 2011

The Most Jesus-centered Devotional in Church History!

November 5, 2011

The Peril of Wandering (November 2011 Tabletalk Article)

October 29, 2011

Preaching Christ in the Proverbs (Video and Audio)

October 28, 2011

Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University Resources

October 27, 2011

New Keith and Kristyn Getty Christmas Album

October 19, 2011

Preaching Christ from the Proverbs (Lecture)

October 16, 2011

The Obedience of the Second Adam and True Israel

October 15, 2011

A Biblical Theology of Locusts

October 8, 2011

The Inner Ring (October 2011 Tabletalk Devotional)

October 6, 2011

The Double Crucifixion

September 30, 2011

The Dangers of Seeking to Restore

September 28, 2011

Sinclair Ferguson 2004-2011 Tabletalk Articles

September 26, 2011

Don't Waste Your Grill or Boat

September 26, 2011

The Astonishment of Jesus

September 16, 2011

Luther and Calvin on Galatians 5:6

September 8, 2011

One Thing Leads to Another

September 8, 2011

Free Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermons

September 5, 2011

The Secret of Sanctification

August 31, 2011

New James M. Boice Daily Devotional

August 31, 2011

Second Annual Reformation Worship Conference (Oct. 20-23)

August 26, 2011

The World Redeemed From Within

August 20, 2011

The Spiritual Decline of Once-Healthy Churches

August 19, 2011

The Hardships of Christian Ministry

August 17, 2011

Purposes and Preaching of Parables

August 15, 2011

Let Him Who Thinks He Stands...

August 13, 2011

Holy War: Jesus Style

August 12, 2011

PrCRT 2011 Conference - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

August 11, 2011

The Elemental Principles of World

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