Institute Minutes

St. Paul's praise and prayer in his opening words to the Ephesian church is an attempt to summarize the glory of the Gospel, in spite of the limitations of human language.

True worship is not self-centered but Christ-centered, drawn out of us naturally as a result of what Christ has done in and through us.

The apostle Paul tells us that love is the fulfillment of the law, but on what basis do we decide how that love is to be expressed?

The Platonic idea of dualism has been widely discredited, except among some Christians. The ideology that abandons the created world is one that also abandons the Christian cultural task.

Many churches and governments in our age have abandoned true justice in favour of whatever the state decrees. However, if we will not have a transcendent standard for justice, there can be no true definition of it.

If we will not look to God's infallible Word to learn about justice, how will we define it?

What did James mean when he said that faith without works is dead? What is the relationship between Christian belief and action?

What is the church's role in God's purposes in the world? How does that role influence the church's attitude to justice in society?

Matthew and Luke give differing accounts of some of the details of Jesus' birth. Is this a reason to cast doubt on the truth of Scripture?

Implicit in the command to love our neighbour is the understanding that the gospel has social and cultural implications. Loving our neighbour precludes the possibility of a strictly personal, private religion.

As Creator and Redeemer, God shows Himself to be a God of order and principle – in short, of law. The law of God is not in conflict with the gospel, rather they are both gifts to mankind.

To say that Christ is King requires that He have a kingdom where He rules as sovereign. Just what is Christ the king of, according to Scripture?