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Why Is There Beauty in the World?

The beauty of the world, the tabernacle, and its priests point us to the God of beauty, who governs and sustains all.

Markus Penhart
Article

Why Is There Beauty in the World?

The beauty of the world, the tabernacle, and its priests point us to the God of beauty, who governs and sustains all.

Vern Poythress
June 7, 2023
John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral
Article

Introducing IG Pride Month

Introducing IG Pride Month: When we celebrate the image of God, which is literally the only thing uniting humanity. It's time to reclaim the rainbow and listen to the Lord.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
June 1, 2023
Edwaert Colyer, Still Life
Article

Satan on the First Amendment

A recently launched After School Satan Club reminds us that Satan’s been the most passionate supporter of free speech since the dawn of time.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
May 19, 2023
Harry Reeder
Article

In Memory of Harry Reeder

Harry Reeder: A Champion and Servant of the Gospel

Peter Lillback
May 19, 2023
Tim Keller
Article

In Memory of Tim Keller

Tim Keller: Pastor, Apologist, and Lifelong Advocate for Revival

Peter Lillback
May 19, 2023
Pompeo Batoni, Peter
Article

Praise God We're Porous

Charles Taylor wrote that we aren't receptive to spiritual realities as much as we used to be. Thankfully, that's not entirely true.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
May 17, 2023
Edwaert Collier
Article

Machen before the House and Senate Committees on Standardized Education (1926)

J. Gresham Machen, in a historic moment, opposes the passing of a bill meant to uniform public education under the centralized control of the government.

J. Gresham Machen
May 4, 2023
Hubert Sattler, Heiligenblut
Article

What Does It Mean to Be Secular?

"A secular age is an age of options. And the proliferation of options isn’t just tolerated; it’s encouraged. That’s why secularism and pluralism go hand in hand."

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
May 3, 2023
Carlo Labruzzo, The Colosseum
Article

No Country for Old Men

When the ministry disappoints, set your heart on the things above.

Steven J. Carter
April 28, 2023
John Martin, Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
Article

The Great Hope of Amillennialism

Amillennials aren't the doleful type. We know Christ rules, our suffering matters, and the world needs our witness.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
April 19, 2023
Tapestry in the style of William Morris, Narcissus
Article

Defining Humanity in Our Own Image

"...our dignity comes from the very Author of the universe."

Micah Freer
April 17, 2023
Article

Unmasking Suspicion: An Apologetic against Critical Theory

Critical theory shares assumptions with the snake talk of Genesis 3.

David A. Covington
April 14, 2023
Robert Duncanson
Article

Can Beauty Lead Us to God?

"Beauty is everywhere, even in its conspicuous absence."

David A. Covington
April 3, 2023
Reinhart
Article

True Courage and Sexual Identity Politics

True courage requires something many people lack: the long quiet labor of understanding, sympathizing, and loving as we speak the truth.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
March 31, 2023
Article

20 Quotes from The Church Between Temple and Mosque

Here are 20 quotes from the J.H. Bavinck classic that cut to the core of his genius.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
March 30, 2023
Vue de la marche de l'armée du roi sur Courtray
Article

Engaging with Culture

Here are three things you need to know before talking to people who differ from you.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
March 22, 2023
Emile Friant
Article

Will AI Do My Job Better Than Me?

"True creation is more complicated than what AI does."

Paul Quiram
March 20, 2023
God, as a triangle representing the Trinity, pours light upon the Garden of Eden
Article

C.S. Lewis on Gender: A Perelandrian Account

"The image of God manifests in the harmony of the masculine Adam and the feminine Eve precisely because of the eternal harmony of the persons of Trinity."

Samuel Nesbitt
March 11, 2023
Cornelius Van Til Portrait
Article

The Day a Dutchman Broke My Brain

Cornelius Van Til could say things that make you re-envision your approach to knowledge and theology. This is one of them, and it brings out our wonder, humility, and worship.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
March 6, 2023
Pierre Pequignot, Golden City
Article

The Relevance of God

The relevance of belief in God may just be the thing that draws a drifting culture back to Christianity. Apart from relevance, faith is dead in the water.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
February 28, 2023
The Bog Trotters
Article

A Country Music Devotional

Iain Duguid has written a unique country music devotional, drawing on popular music from the genre to reinforce and deepen biblical faith. We asked him a few questions about why he did this.

Iain M. Duguid
February 24, 2023
Emanuel Baschny, Ein Sommertag
Article

Don't Despise the Little Things: An Interview with Amy DiMarcangelo

"Out of this discovery grew her desire to see readers find the same satisfaction in the Lord."

Ashley Anthony
February 22, 2023
Article

Apologetics and Daily Experience

Apologetics often makes us think of argumentation, but what about the relation of those arguments to daily life? And how do argument and persuasion relate to each other?

K. Scott Oliphint
February 20, 2023
Article

The Deathwork of Devilish Dance: What a Grammy Performance Reveals about Secular Thought

A "Satanic" song performance at the 2023 Grammys has drawn much attention. What does it teach us about secular thought, and how should we respond?

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
February 7, 2023
Albrecht Altdorfer
Article

Why Read the Books of Daniel and Revelation If the End Is Not Yet Nigh?

Apocolyptic literature has a message most people miss.

Iain M. Duguid
January 20, 2023
Cornelius Van Til
Article

The Future of Reformed Apologetics

"Insofar as these sub-reformed apologetic methods proliferate, the church will struggle to meet the challenge of unbelief."

Brandon McLean Smith
January 18, 2023
WSP Publication

A Christian Theory of Knowledge

In this follow-up to his seminal work, The Defense of the Faith, Cornelius Van Til continues to explore “in greater detail the nature and implications of our commitment to Scriptural authority,” articulating a Reformed apologetic harmonious with the Christian faith.

Cornelius Van Til
January 9, 2023
Star of Bethlehem
Article

What Your Nativity Really Means

Our nativity scenes communicate something we all overlook: a weak and suffering savior who came to the world as an outcast.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
December 20, 2022
WSP Publication

The Church Between Temple and Mosque

In this influential posthumous masterpiece, Dutch missiologist J. H. Bavinck guides readers in a candid, eloquent, and eye-opening exploration of religion, revelation, and the distinctness of the Christian faith in the context of global religions.

Westminster Seminary Press
December 19, 2022
Article

Canceling Worship for Christmas: Who Decides?

Should churches cancel Lord's Day services to celebrate Christmas?

Mark Garcia
December 17, 2022
Article

Truth beyond the Facts

Pierce Taylor Hibbs reflects on the way in which truth changes us, based on Vern Poythress's book, Truth, Theology, and Perspective.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
December 1, 2022
William Merritt Chase, Self Portrait (1915)
Magazine

The Gospel and Identity in Christ

"Many grace-filled brothers and sisters speak openly against the SSA identity paradigm. These humble servants are no ivory-tower theologians, hurling theological darts from afar."

David B. Garner
December 1, 2022
Ruins of Holyrood Chapel
Magazine

Critical Theory and the Bible

Critical theory needs to be open to its own criticism.

Brian Mattson
December 1, 2022
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood
Magazine

Living Pro-Life in a Post-Roe World

"This is yet another example of a not-so-subtle maneuver pro-abortion advocates have employed in recent years, involving word games that would have made Wittgenstein proud."

David Owen Filson
December 1, 2022
Schinkel, Cathedral
Magazine

Why Public Theology?

"Additionally, the matter of public theology at Westminster was greatly clarified by our concern to maintain our position on the sanctity of life in the face of the pro-abortion demands of the Affordable Care Act."

Peter Lillback
December 1, 2022
Magazine

Defense and Reconciliation | A Faculty Interview with Alfred Poirier

Jeff Hart interviews Alfred Poirier on the ministry of reconciliation.

Alfred Poirier
December 1, 2022
Knud Baade, Cloud Study
Magazine

Yesterday, Today, and Forever

"Christianity is not just a deed complete with a title search to a plot of ground and a house in heaven. It is also a set of directions, a series of indications, for living today."

Paul Woolley
December 1, 2022
Magazine

Thoughts on Cultural Analysis

Vern Poythress shows how Westminster is uniquely situated to do cultural analysis.

Vern Poythress
December 1, 2022
Magazine

Thinking Biblically about Race

A biblical perspective on race celebrates both our God-given unity and our uniqueness

Timothy Brindle
December 1, 2022
Abraham Solomon, Not Guilty
Article

Standing for the Sanctity of Life

"The fight for life has been fought for almost half a century, most of it out of the spotlight, in a committed and arduous battle involving the sacrifice of time, resources, and long-term education..."

Timon Cline
December 1, 2022
Article

Christ the Cosmic King

An interview with Doctor of Ministry student Rob Pacienza

David Owen Filson
December 1, 2022
Frank Barker
Article

A Lifetime of Faithful Ministry: Remembering Frank Barker

"He held fast to that blessed hope, sustained by the seed of faith, which will blossom most beautifully in the light of glory."

Nathan Nocchi
December 1, 2022
Anton Melbye, Marine Solitude
Article

Heaven's Choir

"The opacity of heaven’s glory is ever so slightly made more translucent as the faces of its residents are revealed to me through the window that death provides."

Joy Woo
November 30, 2022
Article

Christianity & Progressivism: A Pastor's Perspective

"In other words, Progressive Christianity, at its core, is Liberal Christianity 2.0."

Harry Reeder
November 15, 2022
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek - Een panoramische zomer landschap met reizigers en een kasteelruïne in de verte
Article

A Voice Is Something to Follow

"The trouble for God’s people has always been the same: God’s voice isn’t the only one receiving attention."

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
November 4, 2022
WSP Publication

The Epistle to the Romans

Careful exegetical attention, a robust knowledge of Reformed systematic theology, and an acute awareness of our spiritual needs all mark this staggering work of profound scholarship.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 31, 2022
Article

A Theology of Stranger Things

Stranger Things expresses a lot about God, people, and the world we live in. How do those expressions align with biblical truth and God's common grace?

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
October 25, 2022
Article

What Blood Teaches

The blood of Christ still speaks. It asks us to draw nearer, to the owner of the blood.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
October 20, 2022
WSP Publication

No Adam, No Gospel

Doubts and denials swarm the biblical teaching that humans descend from an historical pair, Adam and Eve. Christians who entertain these doubts also claim they are compatible with Christian commitment. But is that possible?

Westminster Seminary Press
October 20, 2022
WSP Publication

Thy Word Is Still Truth

One of the hallmarks of Westminster Theological Seminary since its beginning in 1929 has been a high view of Scripture that reflects the historic Reformed theological and confessional tradition. Thy Word Is Still Truth confirms that Westminster still holds this high view.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

Christian Interpretations of Genesis 1

Scholar of science and theology, Vern Poythress, examines which of the contemporary interpretations of Genesis are most consistent with scientific evidence and careful biblical interpretation.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

Christianity and the Role of Philosophy

A philosophy, as a worldview, must have an anchor if it is to be meaningfully discussed and assessed. If God exists, then philosophy must find its anchor by being subservient to theology.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

What are creationism, evolution, and intelligent design really about? Do they have similar levels of credibility, or has materialism displaced God as the best explanation for our existence?

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

How Did Evil Come into the World?

In our world things are not the way they are supposed to be. If God is perfect, loving, and powerful, why does he allow this world to be so painful and imperfect? Scripture provides satisfying answers to these questions.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

The Morality of God in the Old Testament

How can God be morally good if he commands apparently evil actions—for example, the extermination of the Canaanites? This booklet explores this important Old Testament topic.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

Should You Believe in God?

As society increasingly demonstrates a disbelief in God, what happens when that viewpoint is questioned? In a conversational style, Oliphint discusses why belief is a more coherent position than unbelief and answers objections to common questions about Christianity.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

The Pagan Heart of Today's Culture

Although postmodernism, polytheism, and the ancient heresy of Gnosticism seem unrelated, Peter Jones shows that they are part of an ancient religious worldview that seeks to impose significant elements of a pagan civilization on our once “Christian” Western culture.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin?

Why do Christians hold so strongly to Christ’s virgin birth as a significant doctrine? Can it be discarded from its key position in our faith? Crowe looks at seven objections to the virgin birth and investigates the relevant biblical texts.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 19, 2022
WSP Publication

The Wonderful Works of God

110 years after its original publication, The Wonderful Works of God remains one of the finest single-volume systematic theologies ever written.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 18, 2022
WSP Publication

Busy for Self, Lazy for God

This modern classic by Nam Joon Kim shaped a generation's understanding of what it means to live diligently and deliberately for God. Applying the practical wisdom of Proverbs, Busy for Self, Lazy for God helps to reorient and invigorate our priorities.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 17, 2022
WSP Publication

O Death Where Is Thy Sting?

Filled with wonder at the majesty and mystery of the Creator, Murray’s sermons are characterized by precise theological thought, and a passion for the application of the gospel to all of life.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 17, 2022
WSP Publication

The Person of Jesus

In his renowned book Christianity and Liberalism, Machen took a stand for the truth. In these radio talks, Machen exposits the truth for us once more—this time about the supernatural person of Jesus.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 17, 2022
Open Field
Article

If God Has Spoken

If God has spoken, that changes everything. It means you know who you are, why you're here, and where you're going.

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
October 14, 2022
WSP Publication

Christianity and Liberalism

Long heralded as a “classic defense of orthodox Christianity,” Christianity and Liberalism has had a profound influence in the church since its publication in 1923.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 14, 2022
WSP Publication

Things Unseen

In the vein of C.S. Lewis’s landmark “Mere Christianity” talks, Machen’s addresses are a crystal-clear articulation of the basics of the Christian faith, unfolding into an exceptional and persuasive explanation of Reformed theology.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 12, 2022
WSP Publication

Faith in the Time of Plague

The wisdom of the past collected in this book offers much needed and trustworthy illumination for pastors, leaders, and laypeople in times of crisis and uncertainty.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 12, 2022
WSP Publication

I Will Build My Church

Collecting Witherow’s most important works on the topic—The Apostolic Church, Scriptural Baptism, and The Sabbath—this volume includes a new and illuminating biography of Witherow by volume editor Jonathan Gibson.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 12, 2022
WSP Publication

Justification and Regeneration

Providing a careful summary of Witherspoon's life and thought, Kevin DeYoung's introduction and notes are an invaluable guide to these classic works.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 12, 2022
WSP Publication

The Pastor and the Modern World

Three seasoned pastor-scholars―William Edgar, R. Kent Hughes, and Alfred Poirier―come to the aid of today’s pastor, bringing their experience to bear on cultural engagement, the craft of preaching, and the care of souls.

Westminster Seminary Press
October 11, 2022
Article

Extemporaneous Preaching: An Interview with Larry Trotter

Joel Richards interviews Larry Trotter

various
October 4, 2022
Isaac Sailmaker, Whaling
Article

Melvillian Meditations on Manhood

"Melville not only opened a window to a different time, but to a different man, a man who quite literally sailed stormy seas in hunt of Leviathan and other sea monsters."

Samuel Nesbitt
September 27, 2022
Harald Slott-Møller, Midsummer Eve
Article

The Presence: What You Want Most

"The entire created world is a type of speech from God."

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
September 3, 2022
Reimer, Librarian
Article

Bibliophiles to Lectiophiles: 5 Practical Tips to Read More and Read Well

"Such lessons can help the reader become more refined and mentally fit for his literary task."

Samuel Nesbitt
August 11, 2022
Portrait of a Young Man
Article

Truth Asks for Trust

"Everything bears a message from the estate owner."

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
July 25, 2022
Article

Hope is Something in the Way

"Indeed, this is a movie about loneliness and betrayal, about shattered facades and having to salvage what remains in the midst of a reality that tempts one to cynical thinking."

Myers McKinney
July 12, 2022
Elliott Daingerfield - Landscape (c.1918)
Article

Can Justice Grieve the Spirit?: Disentangling Idolatry from Justice

"The pendulum has swung—and today, the “otherworldly” focus has changed to the present."

Micah Freer
June 10, 2022
William Young
Article

The Life of William Young

"To overcome the world ought to be the height of every man’s and woman’s ambition. Then there can be no misery but only joy in the truth of Christ."

Robert McInnes
May 23, 2022
William Powell Frith (1819–1909), Othello and Desdemona
Article

A Reflection on Shakespeare's Othello

"The West, despite owing much of its very existence to Christian faith, is anything but hospitable to Christian faith in the 21st Century. How did this happen? Who has bewitched us?"

Myers McKinney
May 13, 2022
Sand Dunes, Envato
Article

Our Dune Seen in the Dune Far, Far Away

"It sounds beautiful—a shoot of color breaking forth up out of the dry ground of a monotone world. It even looks like hope."

Handa Chun
May 2, 2022
Bedriegertje met prenten, landkaarten en publicaties
Article

New Books Coming from Westminster Seminary Press in 2022

New releases due out in 2022

Josh Currie
April 18, 2022
Jan Wynants, Good Samaritan
Article

The Savior Wants Simple Service

"Serving people by considering God first is an incomparable comfort to those in ministry."

Rob Golding
April 1, 2022
Adolf Pirsch
Magazine

Honor Everyone

Honoring others has everything to do with seeing ourselves as servants before the face of the Servant King.

William Edgar
April 1, 2022
Hip, hip, Horrah!
Magazine

Love the Brotherhood

"Many also read imperatives or commands, such as “love the brotherhood,” and immediately “get to work” on fulfilling this divine obligation. But is that what we, as Christians, are called to do?"

David Briones
April 1, 2022
Jonny Gibson
Magazine

I Will Build My Church | Faculty Interview

A faculty interview with Jonny Gibson

Jonny Gibson
April 1, 2022
The Siege of Jerusalem 70 AD
Article

Christian Families Amongst the Druid Prophets of Doom

"...children are seen primarily as snow-shoes which make one’s carbon footprint three times as large."

Samuel Nesbitt
March 14, 2022
Article

Faithful Determination

A faculty interview with Dr. Mark Garcia

various
February 28, 2022
Ribera, Philosopher with a Mirror
Article

Those Who Make Them Become Like Them

"...the chaos helped drown out the echoes of his own voice proclaiming, “I don’t know who I am.”

Alden Groves
February 15, 2022
Christian Adolf Eltzner: Leipzig Vogelschaubild (1850)
Magazine

A Far Greater Song: Imagining a Global Network at Westminster

"Christ’s words to his disciples at the end of Matthew stand firmly upon an ancient and deep revelational bedrock."

David B. Garner
February 10, 2022
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), Creation of Man and Beast (State 2).
Magazine

You Are They: Human Identity and the Trinity

"But the king of questions always steps ahead of the others, strong and silent: Who are you?"

Pierce Taylor Hibbs
January 24, 2022
Johann Jakob Strütt (1773-1807): Panoramic view of Heidelberg with the castle
Article

The Easy Path to Contentment

"Contentment is a fickle mistress. She is usually gone and when she is near, she always threatens to leave."

Rob Golding
January 17, 2022
Envato, Light Shining
Article

Remembering Frank Barker

A statement on the passing of a dear friend of Westminster Theological Seminary

various
January 7, 2022
Gustave Dore, Paradisio
Article

Holy Inhabitance

“Holy Inhabitance” is the winner of the Edgar Creative Writing Prize, awarded annually at Westminster.

Whitney Rivera
December 28, 2021
Claude Lorrain, A Repentant Magdalene
Article

Sin, An Unwelcome Guest

"You are in the middle of a battle..."

Joy Woo
December 10, 2021
Sorolla, The Photographer
Article

Have You Not Found Your Identity?

"There is no arrival; the journey itself is the end."

Justin Poythress
December 7, 2021
Ivan Aivazovsky, Stormy Sea at Night (1849)
Article

The Bird About Our Necks

The Mariner hath his will, and he cannot choose but hear.

Shelby F. Myers
November 23, 2021
Gustave Caillebo, Jeune homme à la fenêtre
Article

The Apostle Paul's Evangelism Problem

"Are you as bold as you ought to be in sharing the gospel?"

Rob Golding
November 16, 2021
Frederic Edwin Church, The Aegean Sea
Article

Hidden in the Rock

A reflection on the assurance of salvation

Joy Woo
October 25, 2021
Ivan K. Aivazovsky, From Mleta to Gudauri (1868)
Magazine

A Far Greater Imagination

"Christians have a far greater imagination—one that is founded on the very word of God, that centers on the finished work of Christ, and that depends on the Spirit to live, move, and have our being in this world.”

David Briones
October 15, 2021
Magazine

Imagining a Far Greater Campus

"This far greater vision enables us not just to imagine Westminster’s campus of the future, but to begin building it, brick by brick."

Peter Lillback
October 15, 2021
Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692), Interior of a Church (c. 1680)
Article

A Far Greater Pastorate

"It was...Christ’s plan...generating generations of his laborers that animated Westminster’s forefathers at Old Princeton."

John Currie
October 15, 2021

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