Belgic Confession Class, Vol. VIII: Article 17-18

8 classes on 8 CDs

In what respects was Christ’s humanity like ours? What about His blood?
What really is His virgin birth? Listen to these classes and marvel
at the Son of God who became a man for our salvation!

(1) The Recovery of Fallen Man
(2) The Fulfilment of God’s Covenant Promise
(3) Christ’s Real and Complete Human Nature
(4) Christ’s Weakened Human Nature
(5) Christ’s Sinless Human Nature
(6) Christ’s Temptations
(7) Christ’s Individual Human Nature
(8) Christ’s Virgin Birth

Belgic Confession 29 (Vol. XXI)

9 classes on 9 CDs

How is one to evaluate churches according to the mind of Jesus Christ? How do I know if what I am looking for in a church merely reflects my personal biases and sinful inclinations? What is the objective, scriptural standard? Listen to these 9 classes to learn the Reformed and confessional teaching regarding the marks of a true church. These audios also prove that this is indeed the biblical way of evaluation professing congregations!

(1) The Unavoidability of a Test for Churches (II Tim. 2:14-26)
(2) The Calling to Test Churches (I John 4:1-6)
(3) The Characteristics of the Three Marks (Acts 20:7-12)
(4) The First Mark: Faithful Preaching (John 10:1-5, 14-30)
(5) The First and Second Marks (Neh. 8:1-12)
(6) The Third Mark: Church Discipline (Rev. 2:12-29)
(7) The Three Marks Collectively Considered (Deut. 18:15-19)
(8) The Marks of True Christians (Gal. 5:14-26)
(9) The Marks of the False Church (Matt. 24:3-24)

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

The New Testament repeatedly speaks of the nearness of Christ’s coming. Some 2,000 years have passed so are the scoffers right? What is
Scripture’s full teaching on this subject—a subject that is vital for the right interpretation of the Word and our hope for Christ’s return?

(1) The Nearness of Christ’s Coming in the Epistles (Rom. 13)
(2) The Nearness of Christ’s Coming in Revelation and the Gospels (Rev. 1)
(3) Christ’s Soon Comings in Matthew and John (Matt. 10:1-23)
(4) The Ways in Which Christ Comes (Eph. 2:11-22)
(5) Did Paul Predict That He Would Be Alive at Christ’s Return? (I Thess. 4)
(6) The Nearness of Christ’s Return and Time (II Peter 3)
(7) Christ’s Soon Coming: Preaching and Filling (I Thess. 2)
(8) Three More Arguments and the Unknown Day of Christ’s Return (Rev. 14:14-20)
(9) The Nearness AND the Delay of the Lord’s Return (Luke 18:1-8)

Belgic Confession 33 (Vol. XXV)
6 Classes on 6 CDs

Most people know what the two Christian sacraments are but how do we prove this? Why did Christ give us only two sacraments? What is the point of them? How do we benefit from them? How are Word and sacrament related? Listen and learn!

(1) Introduction and Rome’s Sacramentology (Eph. 5:22-33)
(2) The Criteria for Determining the Sacraments (I Cor. 11:17-34)
(3) Exsurge Domine and the Rationale of Two Sacraments (I Cor. 10:1-22)
(4) Similarities and Differences Between the Word and the Sacraments (Gen. 17:1-14)
(5) The Component Parts of the Sacraments (Gen. 17:1-14)
(6) The Perspective and Purpose of the Sacraments (John 6:27-51)

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

What is apostasy? Does the Bible have much to say about it? What is our calling regarding apostasy? How does it operate in professing believers and in churches? How is it related to the end times?

(1) Apostasy: An Introduction (Hos. 2:1-13)
(2) Apostasy: New Testament Survey and Two Images (Matt. 16:1-12)
(3) Apostasy and Gangrene (II Tim. 2:10-26)
(4) Apostasy and Various Parties: Apostates, Believers and God (I Tim. 6:6-21)
(5) Three Personal Reasons Why Some Apostatise (I Tim. 6:6-21)
(6) Two Additional Reasons Why Some Apostatise (John 6:53-71)
(7) False Teachers and Apostasy (II Cor. 11:1-15)
(8) Four Historical Apostasies (II Tim. 3:10-4:4)
(9) Three Massive Modern Apostate Movements (I Cor. 6:1-11)
(10) Why Is There Apostasy? (II Tim. 3)

8 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XLIII) on CD in an attractive box set

Global preaching, the only sign of Christ’s return which is wholly positive, testifies to, and hastens, the end of this world! But what does Scripture teach regarding it?

How has the gospel spread in the last 2,000 years? In what directions? With what speed? Any “retrogression(s)”? And what remains to be done?

(1) Gospel Preaching—The First Horseman (Rev. 6)
(2) Global Gospel Preaching in Apostolic History (Rom. 15:15-33)
(3) The Spread of the Gospel After the Apostles (Micah 4:1-4; 5:1-4)
(4) Gospel Preaching in the Pre-Reformers and the Reformation (Eph. 4:1-16)
(5) The Age of Discovery: Portugal and Spain (John 4:7-30)
(6) The Spread of the Gospel: Apostles – French Empire (Matt. 24:1-14)
(7) The Dutch and British Empires, and the Scramble for Africa (Rom. 9:30-10:15)
(8) Modern Missions and the Unfinished Task (Rev. 7:9-17)

6 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XLI) on CD

These doctrinal audios consider “The Signs of Christ’s Return” collectively or as a group. They introduce, identify and classify the eschatological signs spoken of in God’s Word, before turning to their idea and characteristics, as well as people’s responses to them. How are the Old Testament Scriptures related to the signs of Christ’s second coming, and how are they to be compared and contrasted with the signs of the end of the world in Judaism and Islam?

(1) Introducing the Signs of Christ’s Return (Matt. 24:1-18)
(2) The Idea of Signs (Luke 21:5-28)
(3) The Characteristics of the Eschatological Signs (Mark 13:1-27)
(4) The Old Testament and the Signs of Christ’s Return (Dan. 12)
(5) Responses to the Biblical and Eschatological Signs (John 12:23-43)
(6) Judaism and Islam on Signs of the End of the World (II Thess. 2:1-12)

11 classes on Belgic Confession 37 (Vol. XXXIV) on CD in an attractive box set

The Bible has its own terminology for crucial theological periods of time, including “this age” and “the age to come” (separated by
“the end of this age”), and “the last days” or “the latter times” ending with “the last day.” This is a massive help in understanding
eschatology and the millennialist errors!

(1) Introducing Eschatology and Time (Mark 13:1-27)
(2) The Two Ages—Introduction (I Cor. 1:20-2:8)
(3) Two Qualitatively Different Ages (Luke 20:27-40)
(4) The Ethical Nature of This Age (Matt. 13:18-52)
(5) This Age and This Cosmos (I Cor. 1:18-31)
(6) When Do the Last Days Begin and End? (Acts 2:1-21)
(7) Three NT Texts on Grace in the Last Days (I Peter 1:1-21)
(8) James 5 on the Last Days (James 5:1-13)
(9) The Last Days in II Peter 3 (II Peter 3:1-18)
(10) Jude and Paul on the Last Days (Jude 1-25)
(11) Paul and John on the Last Days (II Tim. 3:1-4:10)

6 classes on Belgic Confession 35 (Vol. XXXI) on CD in an attractive box set

Who is to partake of the Lord’s Supper? Children? A man in a bed in hospital? A stranger who turns up at communion service, unknown to anybody? Will Ribena do instead of wine? Ought the bread of the Lord’s Supper be unleavened? These 6 classes deal with practical issues arising in connection with the second sacrament that Christ gave His beloved church.

(1) Open, Close or Closed Communion? (II Cor. 3:1-8)
(2) Paedocommunion? (I Cor. 11:17-34)
(3) Private Communion? (I Cor. 11:17-34)
(4) Five Issues Regarding the Wine (Matt. 26:26-29)
(5) Leavened or Unleavened Bread? (John 6:5-13, 35-41)
(6) The Partaking of Unbelievers and Believers (John 6:53-71)