Tabletalk Magazine, December 2001: The Agony & the Ecstasy: The Acts of Christ in the First Century

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 2001

Overview

For more than thirty years, Tabletalk has existed as a magazine for laymen. Generally speaking, laymen receive either very little instruction in the weightier matters of the faith, or the instruction is too academic, thereby making the material largely inaccessible to average laymen. This is the reason Tabletalk exists — to bridge the gap between these two poles, to explain to the people of God important, biblical doctrines and events while admonishing them toward holy living.

Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with Chris Schlect, Ken Gentry, Dennis Johnson, John Piper, Robert Barnes, Brent Badley, Burk Parsons, Palmer Robertson, Greg Bailey, Douglas Wilson, and Keith Mathison. Tabletalk features articles about topics central to the Christian faith and daily, in-depth Bible studies.

Contents

• "In the Beginning A.D." by R. C. Sproul Jr.
• "Principalities and Powers" by Chris Schlect
• "As Lightning Comes from the East" by Ken Gentry
• "Go Forth!" by Dennis Johnson
• "Life's Blood" by John Piper
• "Welcome to New Sodom" by Robert Barnes
• "The Blessing of the Discipline" by Brent Bradley
• "Blessed Breath" by Burk Parsons
• "Days of Chaos" by O. Palmer Robertson
• "Scratch Art" by Greg Bailey
• "A Church of the First Century?" by Douglas Wilson
• "New Testament History" by Keith Mathison
• "The Fulness of Time" by R. C. Sproul

Praise for the Print Edition

Tabletalk has been a key ingredient in the diet of Christians conscious of their spiritual vitality.

—Michael S. Horton

Month by month, Tabletalk represents an oasis in a desert of false spirituality, mindless Christianity, and vapid conviction. Tabletalk represents theological rigor, biblical Christianity, and authentic Christian devotion. It is an antidote to the world of superficial Christianity. Read it and grow.

—R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Tabletalk has been a wonderful resource in my own daily walk with the Lord.

—Ravi Zacharias

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, December 2001: The Agony & the Ecstasy: The Acts of Christ in the First Century
• Executive Editor: R. C. Sproul
• Editor: Burk Parsons
• Series: Tabletalk
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Publication Date: December 2001
• Pages: 62

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.