Worship location:
3251 Greendale Rd
Birmingham, AL 35243

Church office:
2245 Vanessa Dr. Birmingham, AL 35242

Telephone:
205-980-5739

It is certainly the duty of a Christian man to ascend higher than merely to seek and secure the salvation of his own soul . . . If we wish to belong to Christ, let no man be anything for himself. But let us all be whatever we are for each other.

- John Calvin

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Norman Shepherd Project

Special thanks to Ruth Walker and Phil Hodson for helping to make these resources available.

1978 Thirty-Four Theses on Justification

1980 Doctrine of God Lectures

1980 Holy Spirit Lectures

1982 Baptism Lectures

  1. The Baptism of Noah and His Household
  2. The Baptism of Moses and the Children of Israel
  3. The Circumcision of Abraham and His Descendants
  4. The Circumcision and Baptism of Jesus
  5. The Efficacy of Christian Baptism

2002 Reformation Conference at Messiah's in Brooklyn, NY

  1. What's All the Fuss? (Part 1): The Biblical Doctrine of Justification
  2. What's All the Fuss? (Part 2): The Church Doctrine of Justification by Faith
  3. What's All the Fuss? (Part 3): Job Justified by Faith
  4. What's All the Fuss? (Part 4): A Parable About Three Men

Various Sermons

  1. Guidelines for Giving (1 Cor 15.53-16.4)
  2. Our Lord's Design for Marriage (Matt 19.1-24)
  3. Speaking Truthfully (Eph 4.17-32)
  4. Partnership in the Labor of the Gospel (Acts 26.12-23)
  5. They Will Listen (Acts 28.11-34)
  6. Partnership in the Gospel (Phi 1.1-4)
  7. In Service of the Kingdom (Eph 6.1-9)
  8. Labor - for What? (Jn 6.22-40)
  9. God's Good Work (1 Thess 5.12-28)
  10. Glory in Our Land (Psalm 85)
  11. A Lesson in Reformed Economics (Lev 25.1-7, 18, 23)
  12. This is Your Hour (Lk 22.47-53)
  13. Paul & Divorce (1 Cor 7.1-16)
  14. Churches in Competition (Phi 1.15-18; 2 Cor 10.1-11)
  15. How the Kingdom Comes (Psalm 72)
  16. How Do We Pray? (Psalm 86)
  17. An Irrepressible Gospel (Phi 1.12-18)
  18. Searching Our Hearts (Ps 139.23-24)
  19. A Prayer for Holiness (Jam 1.12-21)
  20. Day of Prayer Sermon (1980)

Sundry Shepherd Audio

Christ and His Call: The Twofold Mandate (1985)

The Joy of What We Believe (1976)

Every Promise Fulfilled

Standing Firm to the End

Covenant Perspective on Election

Cultivating Covenant Consciousness

 

Other Shepherd Materials (Written Works By and About Shepherd)

An Overture Concerning Heidelberg Catechism Q and A 80 (pdf)

Answers to Some Questions

2006 Response to the OPC Justification Report (4 parts; scroll down)

2002 The Call of Grace reviewed by Mark Horne

2001 "My Understanding of Covenant," from the Christian Renewal forum, May 2001.

Open Letter from Richard Gaffin (1981)

Cornelius Van Til on the Shepherd controversy

1978 The 34 Theses on Justification

1979 The Grace of Justification

"The Covenant Context of Evangelism" from The New Testament Student and Theology, Volume 3, edited by John Skilton (1976)

Historic Letters, Remarks etc

Articles About Shepherd

The "Covenant of Works" (J. Faber)

Shepherd's Concept of the Covenant (J. Faber)

Shepherd's Dismissal (J. Faber)

Shepherd and His Critics (R. Boersema)

 


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