I have had people ask why it is so important to think from a kingdom world and life view perspective. Why is it important to have a right kingdom paradigm?

If our goal is to see the lives of those entrusted to us changed, then we must understand the process by which this is done. Memorizing the books of the Bible will not get anyone growing spiritually. They need to be taught to dig into the Bible at a higher level.

God has given us a promise in Isaiah and in Habakkuk that the knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth as the water covers the sea. The hymn writer picks up that thought. He changes the venue a bit. He says, “Jesus shall reign where’er the sun does his successive journeys run.” We believe that. We sing that. God has called upon us to maintain a faithful and energetic Committee on Christian Education

This Little Church Had None is a call for the church to return to God’s agenda and assignment in preaching and teaching the truth in a life transforming way. What makes that so difficult today is we are living at a time when the concept of truth is not very clear because the emphasis is not on God but man.

In this book you will hear the plea for repentance for sin manifesting itself in changing the way you think which in turn determines the way you live or behave.  Yes, our lifestyle does make a difference and seeing Christ as Lord in all of life, living with a kingdom world and life view perspective is the proper aim for Christian living.

This book is really a book about Christian living as well as one that helps define and clarify the church's mission. The primary mission of the church is through proclamation and teaching of the Word to make disciples.  The church’s role is not changing culture but to preach and teach the Word of God to the end of making people to be more and more like Jesus.  

It will be a magnificent book to own, read, study, and use in one’s personal spiritual growth, as well as in preaching and teaching the Word. I feel much freer to recommend this one volume in hopes that it will encourage our pastors and teachers to read, use, and refer to Bavinck regularly.  The first chapter of the book,”Dogmatic Theology as a Science” is worth the entire book.  It should be required reading for every seminary student and or at least by the Presbytery’s examining committee of its candidates for ordination.  John Bolt and those who assisted him in this project are to be commended. 

With the confusion abroad about “grace” the conference sought to present a program that would encourage and enable the participants to understand the “it is all about God” who is a God of grace and mercy.  That theme was carried throughout the conference with Nancy Guthrie leading the plenary sessions unfolding the whole story of: creation, the fall, redemption, and consummation (covered by Brian Habig mentioned below).

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This year's Reformation Insert addresses the topic of salvation from a reformational perspective. Special attentions is given to justification and sanctification, their meanings and their importance.