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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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 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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