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The Christological Foundation of Theology
Sound theology must be centered on Jesus Christ and the biblical gospel. Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain how Christ’s saving work, identity, promises, and demands reveal God’s kingdom already present, advancing by the Spirit through the church, and awaiting its fullness when Jesus returns to restore all things.
What in the World Is God Doing —and How Can I Join Him?
Drs. Steve Childers traces the Bible’s grand story of God’s mission from creation to restoration, showing how the triune God is redeeming humanity and the world. Seeing Scripture as one unfolding mission gives followers of Jesus a clearer purpose: finding their place in God’s work today.
The Restorative Foundation of Theology
The ultimate goal of salvation is not merely forgiveness or going to heaven, but the restoration of fallen humanity and creation according to God’s original design. Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explore how Christ restores our broken relationships with God, ourselves, others, and creation—and gives us hope that God is making all things new.
A Timely and Hopeful Call to Recover America’s Moral Foundations
James Cunningham’s One Nation Divided by God argues that America’s deepest crisis is spiritual, not merely political. This review explores his recovery of the Declaration as America’s creed and his hopeful call to truth, humility, love of neighbor, repentance, and national renewal.
The Covenantal Foundation of Theology
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain the Eternal Covenant of Redemption and trace its historical outworking through God’s covenants with humanity. These oath-bound promises do more than connect biblical events; they provide a framework for understanding Scripture’s unified story, God’s relationship with his people, and redemption’s fulfillment in Christ.
The Redemptive Foundations of Theology
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain how Scripture’s story moves from creation and fall to redemption and restoration. They show that God’s saving work in Christ restores fallen humanity and creation, and that sound theology must understand every doctrine within this unfolding redemptive history revealed throughout the whole Bible.
The Trinitarian Foundations of Theology
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain why the Trinity is not only one doctrine among others, but the biblical perspective that orders all doctrine. The Father creates, the Son redeems, and the Spirit restores, revealing the Triune Lord whose work gives theology its historic shape, unity, and eternal goal.
The Lordship Foundations of Theology
The heart of theology is knowing God as Lord. From creation and the fall to Christ’s victory and promised return, Scripture reveals Jesus as the sovereign Redeemer and Restorer of all things. Sound theology calls us to love, serve, and honor him as LORD in every area of life for his glory.
The Missional Foundations of Theology
God didn't give us a book of religious bits. He gave us one story — the story of his mission — running unbroken from Genesis to Revelation. Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers show how that narrative reshapes everything: how we read Scripture, how we do theology, how we lead.
The Biblical Foundations of Theology
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers explain how Christians can affirm God’s truth revealed in creation while holding firmly to sola Scriptura. Scripture alone gives us all we need for salvation, faith, and life, while the Holy Spirit also works through pastors, and teachers to help believers understand God’s Word and mature in Christ.
What is Sound Theology?
Sound theology isn't just correct belief — it is doctrine that is both true and spiritually life-giving. The principle of sola Scriptura, which the Protestant Reformation recovered from Scripture itself, means every follower of Jesus has direct access to sound doctrine through the Bible alone, illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
Why We All Must Be Theologians
Everyone who opens Scripture to face a hard question is already doing theology, it was never reserved for scholars. The New Testament writers, a fisherman, a tax collector, a physician, were task theologians, applying God's Word to real life. So are we. The question is whether we're becoming better ones.
Paying It Forward
God created work before the Fall and will redeem it in the new creation. This article explores how Jesus is restoring God's original purpose for work and why every believer's vocation matters in God's mission. Discover how faithful work today participates in Christ's work of making all things new.
Join God’s Cosmic Restoration Project
God never abandoned His mission for humanity. From Adam through Abraham, David, and Jesus to you today, one mandate stands: multiply disciples, rule wisely over creation, and build His kingdom on earth. Your work is not preparation for eternity—it is participation in eternity.
Indonesia to Orlando: Celebrating Dr. Yohanes Halim’s RTS Graduation
Dr. Yohanes Halim graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary with his Doctor of Ministry degree after years of study and travel from Indonesia to Orlando. A pastor, presbytery moderator, and university chaplain, Yohanes now partners with Pathway Learning to help equip future church leaders across Indonesia.
Amazing News from Oxford: Ravi Jain’s Doctor of Philosophy and the Trinity in Mathematics
What does an Oxford PhD in mathematics have to do with your ministry? Everything. Ravi Jain’s work shows that reality itself reflects the Trinity—unity in diversity—and that how we think shapes how we lead. Discover why this breakthrough matters for equipping church leaders to see all of life, ministry, and mission through a truly biblical lens.
Conflict Series Lesson Six: Overcoming Conflict
Forgiveness is never easy, and it’s never cheap. But it’s the final and most freeing step in resolving conflict. This week’s teaching walks through what true forgiveness looks like, why it’s so hard, and how God empowers us to do it anyway. If you’ve been holding on to pain or struggling to let go of the past, don’t miss this.
Conflict Series Lesson Five: Owning Conflict
True spiritual leadership begins with humility and repentance. This article unpacks seven powerful marks of genuine confession that every church leader should know—drawn from Scripture and Ken Sande’s Peacemaker. Learn how to lead through repentance, restore unity, and reflect the gospel in all your relationships.
Conflict Series Lesson Four: Engaging Conflict
How do you know when to let something go and when God is calling you to speak up? See how confrontation can actually be an act of love when done with humility and grace.
Conflict Series Lesson Three: Managing Conflict
Every church experiences conflict—but not every church handles it well. In this article, Steve Childers shares biblical wisdom for navigating conflict in a way that strengthens your leadership and reflects the love of Christ. Learn how to respond to criticism, recognize unhealthy antagonism, and let the gospel reshape your heart and your relationships.