Unless you are a member of a congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America (RPCNA, “the Covenanters”) or another similar denomination, in all probability the way your congregation worships today is not much like the way Reformed and Presbyterian congregations . . . Continue reading →
In part one of this piece, we defined the terms of Dispensationalism and Reformed. Today, we will look at what Scripture has to say on Dispensationalism, and answer the question “Can Dispensationalists be Reformed?” What Does Scripture Say? The persuasive power of Dispensationalism . . . Continue reading →
But it must be also said that WSF’s thesis that saving faith is essentially affectional, and the arguments advanced in support of that thesis, are unable to sustain the weight of Piper’s Reformational convictions. We may see this dynamic by pursuing two . . . Continue reading →
This is part 68 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
This is part 67 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Linguists have provided significant help to biblical scholars, not the least in the area of lexical semantics. Lexical here means words and phrases and semantics deals with meanings, so that lexical semantics is the study of how words mean. One area of . . . Continue reading →
Similarly, the Davidic lament of Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” belonged on Jesus’ lips (Matt. 27:46) not because the sufferings portrayed in the psalm had no referent in David’s own experience but because David himself—in his . . . Continue reading →
And all the prophets saw this, that Christ was to become the greatest thief, murderer, adulterer, robber, desecrator, blasphemer, etc., there has ever been anywhere in the world. He is not acting in His own Person now. Now He is not the . . . Continue reading →
The Heidelberg Catechism (1563) is one of the treasures of the Reformation. Synthesized from several pre-existing catechisms including Luther’s Small Catechism (1529), Theodore Beza’s Confession (1558), Calvin’s Institutes (1559), catechisms by Johannes Brenz (1499–1570), Johannes a Lasco (Jan Łaski, 1499–1560), and chiefly . . . Continue reading →
This question arose again this week on social media. Let us start by defining our terms. The adjective Dispensational and the noun Dispensationalism have become somewhat slippery in recent decades. Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week beginning October 1–8, 2023. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark turns to Romans 10:14–21 as Paul turns to explain how the Holy Spirit works through the preaching of the gospel to bring his elect, Jew and Gentile alike, to new life and true faith. He takes a . . . Continue reading →
A text like Psalm 100 reminds us of what we were meant to do as a people—what we were created for. Continue reading →
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Old Testament texts may both refer (even retrospectively) to an Old Testament event (type) and find fulfillment (prospectively) in a New Testament event (antitype). Matthew’s application of Hosea 11:1, “Out of Egypt I called my son,” to the sojourn of Joseph and . . . Continue reading →
Pondré las cartas sobre la mesa: estoy un poco preocupado por la tendencia que se está desarrollando entre evangélicos. Hay gente que está saliendo del biblicismo y se está dando cuenta de que había una amplia tradición cristiana antes del evangelicalismo de . . . Continue reading →
What the New Testament ordinarily does is to state parts of the doctrine, so that when we put those parts together, and when we summarize them, we have the great doctrine of the three persons and one God. For example, all passages . . . Continue reading →
One of our readers named K wrote me to ask, “If God’s Word forbids women from teaching and exercising authority, why shouldn’t the state follow the same principle?” This is a good and interesting question. It is made even more complicated by . . . Continue reading →
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should . . . Continue reading →
This is part 66 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →