Joseph Gilbert

A Beatific Vision for Protestants It was a privilege to write this article for @AmReformer on what the Reformed saw as their highest and greatest good; seeing God face-to-face. americanreformer.org/2025/07/a-beat…

Due for release in 2026, Lord-willing: Francis Turretin's sermons from 1676 and 1686, newly translated from the French. 1676: Sermon 1: The happiness of God's people (Ps. 33.12) Sermon 2: The tears of Christ over Jerusalem (Luke 19.42) Sermon 3: The awakening & resurrection…

Boys are sick this morning. Grateful for the technology that allows us to participate in worship from afar. It truly is a blessing from the Lord. Yet, it is nothing like being in the presence of the saints.

Dort is for sure the Seventh Ecumenical Council.

Your daily reminder that Islam is slowly conquering Europe. The #1 name in the UK right now is Muhammad. If something is not done, the US will end up the same way.

The goal of education in each century. 753 BC - The cultivation of virtue 33 AD - The cultivation of virtue 313 AD - The cultivation of virtue 800 AD - The cultivation of virtue 1517 - The cultivation of virtue 1865 - The cultivation of virtue 2025 - College and career readiness

"the Scotists and many others say that merit arises only ex pacto, from God's promise; and to be meritorious is no more than to be a work which God has promised a reward to: and do any of us deny this?" Richard Baxter, An End of Doctrinal Controversies, p. 296-297

‘Christ is the way to life, because he purchased us a right to it. The practice of Christian piety is the way to life, because thereby we go to the possession of the right obtained by Christ.’ (Herman Witsius, on the Utility of Holiness and Good Works)

If you have a lawful vocation, you are already serving God. Peter Martyr Vermigli:

Grateful for my time at @RefBibleCollege. ⛪️ @jwtweed , @KMathison1967 , and @mattdudreck , — thank you for sharpening my mind and shepherding my heart. Your teaching left a mark deeper than words.

1st semester of Seminary classes @MidAmericaSem ⛪️ • Basic Hebrew • Introduction to New Testament • Ancient Church History • Introduction to Apologetics • Theological Foundations • Homiletics and Catechetics

‘For the condition of justification, properly speaking, is nothing but perfect obedience. This the law demands. Neither does the gospel substitute another. But it teaches that the law is satisfied by Christ the surety;’ Herman Witsius

It is a wonder that God saves men who are evidently poor and sinners to our eyes, but it is yet a greater wonder that God saves men who possess all earthly treasures and virtue and yet they renounce it all to gain Christ as the more delectable treasure. What a God.

Assurance is… 🧐

‘..Paul taught that works contribute nothing to justification, or to procure a man’s title to salvation; yet he always taught, that they were not only useful, but also necessary to salvation, and that it is impossible that sanctification should be separated from justification.’

Passions are not sinful in themselves, but become sin when disordered and contrary to reason. In scholastic lingo, natural concupiscence is not sin, but disordered concupiscence is.

The Song of Songs assumes Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Proverbs teaches the self control and denial of self love needed for communion with your Husband. Ecclesiastes teaches the denial of earthly vanity to seek all in your Husband. Song of Songs presents your Husband to you.

Wednesday, 7pm, in Oceanside Food, worship, & study DM for directions @OceansideURC #orthodoxy

T or F: Before the fall Adam possessed the Holy Spirit

With all that intelligence, he has not wisdom. He needs a Priscilla and Aquila to come and teach him a better way.