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The Biblical Perspective of Worship: Worship Series Part 3
How should you respond to church leaders who accuse you of displeasing God if you don’t worship according to their practices, when you can’t see these practices condemned or required in the Bible? Learn how in this new episode on Biblical Worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.
Vertical and Horizontal Worship: Worship Series Part 2
In our last episode, we learned about the broad and narrow focus in biblical worship. In this episode we learn about the vertical and horizontal focus in biblical worship. Our vertical focus is on God and our horizontal focus is on others. Learn more.
Broad and Narrow Worship: Worship Series Part 1
Learn how to deepen your understanding and experience of true worship in the new Worship Series by Drs John Frame and Steve Childers. In this episode, learn what the Bible teaches about a broad and narrow sense of worship.
Christological Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6B
The Bible gives us a news report that something big has happened that should shape your entire life. Do you know the headline? Your theology must be grounded in a biblical understanding of the gospel. Learn more from Drs. Frame and Childers.
Restorative Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6A
Did you know that the afterlife will be even better than Eden? Learn from Drs. Frame and Childers that the goal of your salvation is not only to forgive you and allow you into heaven when you die. God also promises to restore all your broken relationships in a New Earth forever.
Covenantal Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5B
God carries out his plan for the world through Covenants. An essential key to understanding the Bible is understanding God’s Covenants. Learn about all the Bible’s covenants and how they find their fulfillment in the Christ of the Covenants from Drs. Frame and Childers.
The Redemptive-Historical Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5A
Warning: Do not study theology only as a list of disconnected topics. Learn the ancient Trinitarian method used by Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bavinck, et. al. that sees the essence of salvation as re-creation by the Triune God in this series by Drs. Frame and Childers.
The Trinitarian Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 4B
Learn how to see Scripture and all of life using this ancient Trinitarian method used by prominent theologians throughout history. The Trinity is both a doctrine and a perspective – a way of seeing all doctrine and life. Learn how from Drs. Frame and Childers.
Pray for Dr. John Frame’s wife, Mary
Dr. John Frame is asking us to join him in prayer for his dear wife, Mary, who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer called glioblastoma (GBM). After her surgery on Dec. 3rd and an extended hospital recovery, she returned home December 18 and is scheduled to begin chemotherapy and radiation soon.
Happy 82nd Birthday to Author, Theologian, and Philosopher, Dr. John M. Frame
Dr. John M. Frame has distinguished himself as a prolific author and one of America’s foremost theologians and philosophers—significantly shaping the thought of Evangelicalism today. Many of today’s most influential Christian leaders and authors, like Tim Keller and John Piper, readily acknowledge the significant impact John Frame has had on them.
John Frame on RC Sproul: “The Wretched Boundaries of our Clubs"
The evening immediately after RC Sproul died, John Frame writes about his earliest memories of RC, starting back when they were young men from Pittsburgh. Frame expresses his great admiration for RC and his ministry, and grieves over the "wretched boundaries" that kept them apart, as he prays for RC's family and loved ones.
Old Reliable Triangle: How to Apply God's Word by John Frame
John Frame and Steve Childers draw from their more than 70 combined years as seminary professors to help you learn how to apply God’s Word to all areas of life.
Why Study Theology? Excerpt from Childers & Frame Book & Course
We saw earlier how theology can be understood as a “study of God,” based on the meaning of the word theology. But the word logos, from which we get the word, theo-logy, conveys not only the idea of the study of God, but also the knowledge of God that is the result of that study.
A Gentleman and a Scholar (Framing John Frame, Part 4)
“You are a gentleman and a scholar.” It’s a phrase used in the Catcher in the Rye. But it’s been used for centuries throughout the British Isles to describe a rare person worthy of being considered not only a scholar but also a gentleman. Not all scholars are gentlemen. Not all gentlemen are scholars. John Frame is both.
100 Books That Have Most Influenced The Thought Of Dr. John Frame
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers compiled the top 100 books that have influenced the thought of Frame. This list is published in John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 1, by P&R Publishing.
Why It's Hard to Frame Frame (Framing John Frame, Part 3)
Frame is often difficult to categorize because he is marked by both genuine humility and great courage in his approach to a vast array of today's theological and ecclesiastical categories.
Influencers on His Thought (Framing John Frame, Part 2)
Frame believes those with Reformed and evangelical convictions are at risk of being marginalized in our generation because of some Reformed leaders, both inside and outside the academy, espousing unbiblical views of such critical areas as worship, evangelism, Christian spirituality, church planting, missions, and the relationship of the church and culture.
Drs John Frame & Steve Childers Develop New Seminary Courses
Dr Steve Childers, Practical Theologian, and Dr. John Frame, Systematic Theologian, collaborate on four Applied Theology seminary courses with Pathway Learning.
Introducing the Man and His Message (Framing John Frame, Part 1)
Yesterday, after 49 years of service as a seminary professor at three seminaries, Dr. John Frame taught his last class at RTS Orlando. He has been a mentor, faculty colleague, and dear friend–as our seminary offices have been next to each other for the last 16 years.
John Frame Remembers John Murray (& Imitates His Scottish Accent!)
Watch this brief video of one of today's top theologians, Professor John Frame, reminiscing with me about his theological mentor, Professor John Murray.