Digital Logos Edition
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 Kenneth Gentry, David King, Anthony Carter, Chris Donato, Sinclair Ferguson, Douglas Kelly, David Seng, George Grant, and R. C. Sproul Jr. Tabletalk features articles about topics central to the Christian faith and daily, in-depth Bible studies.
“Here Paul expresses apostolic ambivalence. He sees the good of his present life, yet yearns for his departure because of his assurance that it will mean gain. He uses the comparative form of the good by choosing the term ‘better’ to describe what follows this life. Indeed the comparative is further modified by the word ‘far.’ Thus Paul avers that the state that follows death is ‘far better’ than that which we presently enjoy.” (Page 7)
“At the last day we will be raised bodily from the dead (John 5:28–29; 1 Cor. 15:12–25). In our eternal estate we will inhabit a purified, refashioned earth—something of a new Eden (Rev. 2:7; 22:2), but with no prospect of failure (as was inherent in Eden, Gen. 2:17).” (Page 11)
“Secondly, the believer’s resurrection will be marked by the end of sin into endless holiness.” (Page 17)
“The creation was originally good, and the futility was imposed only later, at the time of the Fall. Hence, there is a genuine basis for believing that God will extirpate futility without thereby destroying the good creation as well. And that is what Romans 8:21 promises: ‘the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.’” (Page 14)
“In the same way, God unfolds the new creation in stages. The new creation is now with us, for ‘if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come’ (2 Cor. 5:17). Yet we are awaiting its final, corporeal establishment: ‘But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells’ (2 Peter 3:13).” (Page 9)
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