Theological term
Divine Attributes
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CTF 2025 - Conference details
A brief logistics announcement for a two-day Reformed theology conference (CTF 2025) focused on the divine attributes and perfections of God, featuring lectures by Dr. Dolezal and others. The announcement covers schedule, location, dinner, worship elements, and a live Q&A panel. No Scripture passage is expounded; this is a conference preview, not a sermon.
The Renewal of God's Covenant, Part 1
Exodus 34:1–9 records the renewal of the Mosaic covenant following Israel's catastrophic idolatry with the golden calf, and the chapter's theological heart is God's self-proclamation of His own glory to Moses on Sinai. The sermon works through three movements in verses 1–9: the command to cut new tablets as a covenant-renewal symbol, the descent of God in the cloud, and God's proclamation of His own name — a compendium of divine perfections stretching from mercy and grace through long-suffering, goodness, truth, and covenant faithfulness to justice and righteousness. These attributes are traced across the canon from the Psalms and the prophets to their fulfillment in the high-priestly work of Christ, who makes definite propitiation for the sins of His people. Moses' response — immediate worship followed by intercessory prayer grounded in the very perfections God had just declared — is held out as the model for the believer's own approach to God.
The Majestic Name
Psalm 8 frames the majestic name of God as the beginning and end of all true praise, confronting the reader with the infinite distance between Creator and creature while simultaneously revealing the astonishing condescension of God in both creation and redemption. The sermon works through three movements: God's majestic name proclaimed in creation and defended through weakness (vv. 1–2), God's mindfulness of an infinitesimal humanity (vv. 3–5), and God's appointment of man to vice-regential dominion (vv. 6–9). Each movement is shown to find its ultimate fulfilment in the Lord Jesus Christ — the one who, as the last Adam, was made a little lower than the angels to purchase new creation for his people. The sermon closes with a call to study the attributes of God as the antidote to idolatry, and with a direct appeal to unbelievers to look to Christ, in whom Psalm 8 is fully realised.