Belgic Confession Class, Vol. I: Introduction and Articles 1-7

13 classes on 12 CDs with 8 class handouts

The Belgic Confession is one of the most important and oldest doctrinal statements of the Reformed churches. Written in 1561, it became a confession of Protestant believers in the Netherlands in the face of persecution from the Roman Catholic church and government. “Hold fast the form of sound words” (II Tim. 1:13).

 Introduction: Why Study the Belgic Confession? (1 class)
Article 1: There Is One Only God (2 classes)
Article 2: By What Means God Is Made Known Unto Us (2 classes)
Article 3: The Written Word of God (2 classes)
Article 4: Canonical Books of the Holy Scriptures (1 class)
Article 5: From Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive Their Dignity and Authority (1 class)
Article 6: The Difference Between the Canonical and Apocryphal Books (1 class)
Article 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith (3 classes)

“Thanks for the notice the volume 2 of the Belgic Confession Class is now available. Listening to volume 1 has been a great blessing and a challenge. I didn’t realize the implications and extent of the true nature of the Anabaptist constituency, its history and present manifestations … Now I am beginning to understand the insidious nature of all that comes under the umbrella of so much evangelical/fundamentalist/charismatic/social gospel/liberalism; and how diametrically opposed all this is to the Reformed faith, the Holy Scriptures, and the Confessions; and just how key the Confessions are in the fight against the falsehood of man-centred religion.” – Wolverhampton, England

“Greetings in the name of the Lord and a big thank you for the great CDs I ordered of the Belgic Confession classes on Scripture. I have learned so much by listening to them.” – Co. Antrim

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. VI: Articles 13-14

10 classes on 10 CDs

Article 13: Divine Providence
(1) The Meaning and Scope of Providence (Ps. 104:10-35)
(2) God Is Not the Author of Sin (Job 1:6-22)
(3) The Unspeakable Consolation of Providence (Acts 17:22-34)

Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man, and His
Incapacity to Perform What Is Truly Good
(4) The Creation of Man and the Animals (Gen. 1:20-2:3)
(5) Man, a Unified Being With Two Aspects (Gen. 2:1-10)
(6) Man: Two or Three “Parts”? (Ecc. 12)
(7) The Image of God in Man (II Cor. 3:17-4:11)
(8) Man’s Fall and the Image of God (Gen. 1:26-31)
(9) The Fall of Man (Rom. 3:9-20)
(10) Man’s Inability to Do Good (John 6:63-71)

6 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XXXV) on CD in an attractive box set plus handouts.

What did the prophets of the Southern and Northern Kingdoms predict regarding the latter or last days (the period between Christ’s first and second comings)? What about Messianic prophecy and the calling of the Gentiles, true and false teachers, blessing and judgment? How do the last days predictions help us to grasp biblical eschatology and understand our own times?

(1) The Last Days in Isaiah 2: Millennialism
(2) The Last Days in Isaiah 2 and Acts 2
(3) Messianic Prophecy and the Last Days in Isaiah
(4) The Last Days in Micah and Isaiah
(5) Hosea on the Last Days
(6) The Last Days in Jeremiah

“Thank you for the Belgic Confession classes on ‘Isaiah, Micah, Hosea and Jeremiah on the Last Days’. I have listened to three and have found them such very good and clear teaching. The handouts with them are such a great help and I have made notes on them.” – England

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. XIII: Article 23b

11 classes plus a bonus disk on 12 CDs

Rich doctrinal teaching on a central gospel truth much needed
by God’s people, though under intense attack today!

(1) The Two Components of Justification (Rom. 4:1-8)
(2) The Theological Framework of Justification (Rom. 3:19-31)
(3) The Blessings of Justification (1) (Rom. 5:1-11)
(4) The Blessings of Justification (2) (Gal. 3:6-29)
(5) The Righteousness of God (Rom. 9:25-10:13)
(6) The Meaning of Imputation (Rom. 4:1-12, 22-25)
(7) The Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness (Zech. 3:1-5)
(8) The Imputation of Christ’s Obedience (II Cor. 5:10-21)
(9) Justification Not by Works (Rom. 3:9-28)
(10) Justification by Faith Alone (Rom. 4)
(11) Texts Alleged Against Justification by Faith Alone (Jam. 2:14-26)
Bonus Disk: “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector”

8 classes on Belgic Confession 34 (Vol. XXVIII) on CD in an attractive box set

Many wrongly think that the New Testament says very little about the children of believers. Yet they are treated in all four gospel accounts, Acts and most of Paul’s epistles. This NT teaching, like that of the OT, is Reformed!

(1) Children of Believers in I Corinthians (I Cor. 10:1-7)
(2) Children of Believers in the Gospel Accounts (Matt. 18:1-14)
(3) Children of Believers in Acts (Acts 11:1-14)
(4) Children of Believers in Romans and Galatians (Rom. 9:1-13)
(5) Children of Believers in Ephesians-Titus (Eph. 6)
(6) Circumcision and Baptism (1) (Gen. 17:1-14)
(7) Circumcision and Baptism (2) (I Cor. 10:1-14)
(8) Covenant Children: Reformed View and Practical Calling (Mal. 2:11-3:1)

Belgic Confession 31 (Vol. XXIII)

6 classes on 6 CDs

These doctrine classes discuss the qualifications, election, ordination and equality of office-bearers. Some seek church office with motives and in ways that are sinful. Some who are not appointed are jealous of those who are and so grumble at them and their work! Scriptural and Reformed teaching on an important, oft-neglected and very practical subject!

(1) The Election of Church Office-Bearers (Acts 6)
(2) Seeking Church Office: Sinful Motives and Ways (Acts 8:5-25)
(3) The Qualifications for Church Office-Bearers (I Tim. 3)
(4) Ordination and the Laying on of Hands (I Tim. 4)
(5) Equality Among Office-Bearers (I Cor. 1:10-17)
(6) Murmuring, Strife and Contention Against Office-Bearers (Num. 16:1-15)

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. VII: Articles 15-16

11 classes on 11 CDs

Article 15: Original Sin
(1) Theological Terminology and Heretical Views
(2) “Birth Sin” and Adam’s Headship
(3) Original Sin in Its Theological Relationships

Article 16: Eternal Election
(4) Introducing Double Predestination
(5) Defining and Proving Election
(6) Eternal, Unchangeable, Unconditional Election
(7) Defining and Proving Reprobation
(8) Reprobation, Hatred and Hardening
(9) The Purposes of Election and Reprobation
(10) The Righteousness of Election and Reprobation
(11) Infralapsarianism and Supralapsarianism

“Have just finished listening to volume 7 of the Belgic Confession class on ‘Original Sin and Double Predestination.’ Hugely helpful and very encouraging. I will be listening to it again as I do with many of these CD box sets. There are always new insights to be had … please send me volume 8, as well as a copy of the book For Thy Truth’s Sake.” – England

6 classes on Belgic Confession 34 (Vol. XXVII)
on CD in an attractive box set

In the debates regarding paedobaptism, many pay little attention to Scripture’s rich teaching on the children of believers. So what do the OT prophets say about our seed in the NT age? A lot more than you might think!

(1) Children of Believers in the NT Age (1): Isaiah 40-60
(2) Children of Believers in the NT Age (2): Isaiah 61
(3) Children of Believers in the NT Age (3): Jeremiah
(4) Children of Believers in the NT Age (4): Ezekiel 37
(5) Children of Believers in the NT Age (5): Ezekiel 34-37
(6) Children of Believers in 4 NT Texts on OT Texts

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. XV, Art. 24

10 classes on 10 CDs

Does every believer grow in grace? What is the standard and goal of our progressive sanctification? What does Scripture mean by “putting on” graces and “putting off” sins? How do we grow in holiness? Is it difficult?

(1) The Standard of Sanctification (James 5:10-20)
(2) The Goal of Sanctification (Rom. 8:16-30)
(3) The Progress of Sanctification (1): Language (I Thess. 3:9-4:12)
(4) The Progress of Sanctification (2): Examples (Gal. 4:8-20)
(5) The Progress of Sanctification (3): Fact (Prov. 4:1-19)
(6) The “Putting On” of Sanctification (Eph. 6:1-20)
(7) The “Putting Off” of Sanctification (Col. 3)
(8) The Means of Sanctification (Eph. 4:11-32)
(9) The Effort of Sanctification (I Thess. 5:5-28)
(10) The Fruit of Sanctification (Titus 1)

11 classes on Belgic Confession 35 (Vol. XXX) on CD in an attractive box set

Eye-opening doctrine classes explaining the false doctrine of the mass, especially as taught at Rome’s Council of Trent (1545-1563), as opposed to God’s grace in Christ and His cross alone!

(1) Introducing the Mass (Heb. 9:13-10:4)
(2) The “Sacrifice” of the Mass (Heb. 7:11-28)
(3) The “Beneficiaries” of the Mass (I Pet. 1:17-25)
(4) The Offering and Offerers of the Mass (Heb. 9:11-14)
(5) “Christ Alone” Versus the Mass (John 19:19-30)
(6) Christ’s “Once and for All” Sacrifice (Heb. 9:24-10:4)
(7) The Mass and the 5 Solas (Eph. 2:1-10)
(8) Trent on the Institution of the Mass (1) (Heb. 7:11-28)
(9) Trent on the Institution of the Mass (2) (Mal. 1)
(10) Trent’s Second Chapter on the Mass (Heb. 1)
(11) Trent’s Remaining Chapters on the Mass (Ps. 26:6-12)

7 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XL) on CD

Daniel 9:24-27 predicts people and events within a framework of 70 weeks, broken down into 7 weeks, 62 weeks and 1 week. Dispensationalism claims that this passage is the key to the end times and brings in its peculiar views: the great parenthesis, the great tribulation and a literal Jewish millennium. But what are Daniel 9’s 70 weeks really about? Far greater things than dispensationalism’s novelties!

(1) Presenting the Dispensationalist View of Daniel 9
(2) Critiquing Dispensationalism’s Literalist View of Daniel 9
(3) The 7 Weeks and the 62 Weeks
(4) Refuting Dispensationalism’s Interpretation of the 70th Week
(5) Christ and His Cross in Daniel 9
(6) Covenant and Chronology in Daniel 9
(7) The Coming, Counsel and Comfort of Daniel 9

Belgic Confession Class, Vol XVI, Art. 25

8 classes plus 3 sermons on Hebrews 13 on 11 CDs

What is the ceremonial law of the Old Testament? How did this law increase and decrease through the Scriptures? How would you prove its abolition from the New Testament and even the prophecies of the Old Testament? How does this enrich our understanding of Jesus Christ, Christian liberty and the unity of the Scriptures?

(1) An Introduction to the Ceremonial Law (Acts 15)
(2) A History of OT Ceremonies (Matt. 24:1-16)
(3) OT Prophecies of the Abolition of the Ceremonial Law (1) (Isa. 19:16-25)
(4) OT Prophecies of the Abolition of the Ceremonial Law (2) (Jer. 33:15-26)
(5) OT Prophecies of the Abolition of the Ceremonial Law (3) (Eze. 43:18-27)
(6) The Ceremonial Law in the Four Gospels (Mark 7:1-23)
(7) Hebrews on the Abolition of the Ceremonial Law (Heb. 7:11-28)
(8) The Rest of the New Testament on the Ceremonial Law (Eph. 2:11-22)
Bonus Sermons (dealing with the ceremonial law):
(9) A Heart Established With Grace (Heb. 13:9-10)
(10) The Sacrifice Outside the Camp (Heb. 13:11-12)
(11) Our Sacrificial Calling (Heb. 13:13-16)

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. XIX: Articles 27b

12 classes on 12 CDs

Blessedly rich biblical, theological and confessional teaching on the glory of the church of Christ!

(1) The Meaning of the Holiness of the Church (Eph. 5:25-33)
(2) Holiness: The Church’s Beauty (I Tim. 2)
(3) Holiness: The Church’s Glory (Rev. 21:1-13)
(4) Three False Views Regarding the Holiness of the Church (Num. 16:1-11)
(5) Five Attacks on the Holiness of the Church (Matt. 15:1-20)
(6) The Meaning of the Church’s Apostolicity (Eph. 2:11-12)
(7) The Significance of the Church’s Apostolicity (I Tim. 3:1-4:8)
(8) The Attacks on the Church’s Apostolicity (Rev. 2:1-7)
(9) The Four Attributes of the Church Collectively Considered (Rev. 21:10-27)
(10) The Election of the Church (Deut. 7:1-11)
(11) The Gathering of the Church (Isa. 43:1-7)
(12) The Preservation of the Church (Jer. 31:31-37)

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. XVIII: Articles 27a

9 classes on 9 CDs

The biblical truth about the church is often thought to be less interesting and important than the other areas of God’s revelation. How wrong! Listen to these audios and grow in your understanding of, and love for, Christ’s body. Lots of Scripture is involved in ecclesiology and it is of immense practical significance for every child of God!

(1) Why Is Ecclesiology Under Appreciated? (Ps. 87)
(2) Crucial Ecclesiology and the Invisible Church (Eph. 2:11-22)
(3) The Church Militant (Eph. 6:10-20)
(4) The Unity of the Church Invisible (I Pet. 2:1-12)
(5) The Unity of the Church Visible (Eph. 4:1-16)
(6) The Catholicity of the Church Invisible (Rev. 7:9-17)
(7) The Catholicity of the Church Visible (Eph. 3:1-12)
(8) Catholicity and the Local Church (Acts 16:12-34)
(9) Catholicity: The Local Church and Missions (James 2:1-13)

8 classes on Belgic Confession 36 (Vol. XXXII) on CD in an attractive box set

What is civil government? Where does it come from? Is it based on an alleged common grace? May the Christian rebel against it? What do the Gospel accounts and epistles teach?

(1) Introducing Civil Government (Eph. 6:1-9)
(2) The Origin of Civil Government and Capital Punishment (Gen. 9:1-7)
(3) Civil Government and Common Grace? (Jer. 29:1-9)
(4) Civil Resistance?—Paul (Rom. 13:1-10)
(5) Civil Resistance?—Peter and John (I Peter 2:9-3:7)
(6)Civil Resistance?—Christ in the Gospels (John 18:28-40)
(7) Grounds for Civil Rebellion? (Dan. 4:19-37)
(8) Civil Rebellion?—Texts, Lesser Magistrates and Occupying Powers (Gen. 14:1-16)

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. V: Article 12 (II)
on 10 CDs (9 classes plus a bonus sermon CD)

How did the devil and the demons, originally created good, fall into sin? What does Satan most oppose? What are his methods and tactics? How do we resist satanic temptations? This attractive box set of 10 CDs deals with intriguing passages of Scripture that shed light upon the fall of the devil and the demons, and explain Satan’s influence on the world and his attack upon Christ, the church and the believer. It includes a bonus CD of a fine sermon on resisting the devil: “The Man-Eating Lion Survival Guide” (I Pet. 5:8-9).

(1) The Fall of the Devil (1) (Eze. 28:11-19)
(2) The Fall of the Devil (2) (Isa. 14:12-19)
(3) The Fall of the Devil (3) (John 8:36-59)
(4) The Fall of the Demons (1) (Gen. 6:1-14)
(5) The Fall of the Demons (2) (Jude 1-10)
(6) The Total Depravity of the Devil and His Influence Upon the World (Eph. 2:1-10)
(7) The Devil’s Attack Upon the Church (I Tim. 3:6-4:6)
(8) The Devil’s Attack Upon the Church and Christ (Rev. 2:8-17)
(9) The Devil’s Attack Upon the Believer (Eph. 6:10-20)
Bonus Disk: “The Man-Eating Lion Survival Guide” by Rev. W. Langerak

10 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. LI) on CD in an attractive box set

(1) The General Resurrection: Importance, Denials, Number and Timing  (John 6:37-54)
(2) The General Resurrection in Its Theological Relationships  (II Cor. 4)
(3) The Old Testament and the General Resurrection  (Matt. 22:23-37)
(4) The General Resurrection and (General) Revelation  (Rom. 1:18-32)
(5) Introducing I Corinthians 15 on the General Resurrection  (I Cor. 15:11-35)
(6) Material or Immaterial Resurrection Bodies?  (I Cor. 15:42-58)
(7) Our Resurrected Bodies: Continuity and Discontinuity  (I Cor. 15:35-49)
(8) Our Resurrected Bodies: Four Adjectives, Regeneration and Significance  (I Cor. 15:42-58)
(9) The Resurrection and Biblical Anthropology  (I Cor. 15:42-53)
(10) Practical Issues Regarding our Resurrected Bodies  (Luke 20:27-40)

What is the abomination of desolation? What biblical books and chapters speak of it? How many abominations of desolation does Scripture speak of? What forms did/will they take? And how are Christians to respond to it?
What is the great tribulation? And what role is the abomination of desolation to play in it? Will the great tribulation be the worst ever period of suffering for the church? Is it the same thing as the last battle or the Deuteronomic curses? What is the role of the 2 witnesses of Revelation 11 in the great tribulation? What is the church’s comfort regarding and during the great tribulation?

9 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XLV) on CD in an attractive box set

(1) Introducing the Great Tribulation  (Matt. 24:15-31)
(2) The Abomination of Desolation in Daniel 11-12  (Dan. 11:21-35)
(3) The Number of Abominations of Desolation and Our Calling  (Mark 13:14-37)
(4) The Abomination of Desolation–the Big Picture (Dan. 8:3-25)
(5) The Great Tribulation: Biblical Teaching and Our Response  (Zech. 14:1-15)
(6) Joel 3, Daniel 7 and the Worst Ever Tribulation  (Dan. 7)
(7) The Great Tribulation: Worst Ever? Last Battle? Deuteronomic Cursings?  (Deut. 28:15-33)
(8) The Great Tribulation and the Two Witnesses  (Rev. 11:3-18)
(9) The Two Witnesses’ Victory Over Their Enemies  (Rev. 11:3-18)

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. II: Article 8

8 classes on 8 CDs

Beautiful biblical and Reformed teaching on a much ignored
and misunderstood truth about our covenant God!

Article 8: God Is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons
(1) The Vital Importance of the Trinity
(2) The Key Terminology of the Trinity
(3) The Personal Distinctions in the Trinity
(4) The Trinity and Salvation
(5) The Trinity and Creation
(6) The Trinity and Fellowship
(7) The Trinity and Communication
(8) The Trinity and Dwelling

Belgic Confession Class, Vol. III: Articles 9-11

10 classes on 10 CDs

Can you defend the truth of the Holy Trinity from the Scriptures,
say, against a Jehovah’s Witness? What are the eternal
generation of the Son and the eternal procession of the Spirit?

Article 9: The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity of Persons in One God
(1) Knowing the Trinity From the Old Testament
(2) Knowing the Trinity From the New Testament
(3) Knowing the Trinity From Their Operations
(4) Knowing the Trinity From Church Teaching

Article 10: Jesus Christ Is True and Eternal God
(5) The Only Begotten Son of God
(6) The Eternal Generation of the Son
(7) The Son’s Generation and Human Generation
(8) Eternal Sonship Versus Incarnational Sonship

Article 11: The Holy Ghost Is True and Eternal God  
(9) The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit
(10) The Procession of the Holy Spirit From the Father and the Son