First Principles: Week 1

Week 1 – Theology: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: B. B. Warfield, “A Brief and Untechnical Statement of the Reformed Faith”

Reading:

A Brief and Untechnical Statement of the Reformed Faith

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First Principles: Week 2

Week 2 – The Heart and the Mind: What God Has Joined Together, Let No Man Separate

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: B. B. Warfield, “The Religious Life of the Theological Student”

Reading:

The Religious Life of Theological Students

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First Principles: Week 3

Week 3 – The God Who Is

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: Cornelius Van Til, “Why I Believe In God”

Reading:

Why I Believe In God

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First Principles: Week 4

Week 3 – What Is True Ministry, Biblically Defined?

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: Geerhardus Vos, “The More Excellent Ministry”

Reading:

The More Excellent Ministry

The More Excellent Ministry (Abridged)

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First Principles: Week 5

Week 5 – Family, Church, and State: Three Institutions UNDER God

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: John Murray, “The Christian World Order”

Reading:

The Christian World Order

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First Principles: Week 6

Week 6 – Building AND Defending: Controversy in the Church

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: Cornelius Van Til, “Calvin as a Controversialist”; J. Gresham Machen, “The Good Fight of Faith”

Reading:

Calvin as a Controversialist

The Good Fight of Faith

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First Principles: Week 7

Week 7 – What Does the Church Exist to Do?

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: J. Gresham Machen, “The Mission of the Church” & J. Gresham Machen, “The Christian View of Missions” & John Piper podcast, “Church Growth God’s Way”

Listen: Lecture

Listen: The Mission of the Church

Listen: The Christian View of Missions

Reading:

The Mission of the Church

The Christian View of Missions

Church Growth God’s Way

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First Principles: Week 8

Week 8 – What Happens When Human Reason Seeks to Usurp God’s Word?

This resource features the readings, lectures, and other related material used during an important eight-week class in the life of our church focusing on the foundational principles as individual Christians and as a body of believers.

Assigned Reading: Richard Gaffin, “Total Depravity and Business Ethics”

Reading:

Total Depravity and Business Ethics

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