Orthodoxy + Orthopraxy
Articles from Covenant Seminary faculty, alumni, and friends about biblical doctrine and the Christian life.

Jones Theology Lectures: A Heritage of Theological Reflection for Building Up Christ’s Church
The 2025 edition of Covenant Seminary’s David C. Jones Theology Lectures will take place March 6 and 7 on campus. We offer here some helpful thoughts on the need for a series of academic lectures on theology and why such theological reflection is important for the training of future pastors and other ministry leaders for the church.

Westminster, Race, and justice
As followers of Jesus, particularly within the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition, we have an extraordinarily helpful perspective for a robust engagement of race and justice in the Scriptures, helpfully summarized in our Standards. In other words, the Scriptures and our Standards are sufficient to orient our conversations on these topics.

Glorifying God In The Midst Of A Pandemic
How are Christians to respond to a world in the midst of a pandemic? We are not the first generation of believers to face that question.

Offering Grace and Growth Through Safe Counseling Relationships
Counseling graduates from Covenant use the blessing of counseling relationship to help hurting people experience the world, themselves, others, and our Creator with renewed joy and lasting hope.

“How Then Shall We Preach?”: Proclamation in a digital Age – Part 2
In part 2 of this two-part series, we continue exploring how preachers can proclaim the gospel in a rapidly changing digital media ecology that has profoundly transformed how people receive and understand communication.

“How Then Shall We Preach?”: Proclamation in a digital Age – Part 1
The average twenty-first-century person possesses an attention span of just 8 seconds. How can we preach the gospel effectively in such a distracted age?

Truly Happy: Rudolph, Augustine, and Our Misfit Hearts
Rudolph has been a favorite of mine since childhood. The central theme that misfits matter and can serve unique and important roles in society is beautiful and even gospel-esque.