The next thing in order is the soldier’s spear. This ought to be one only, but perhaps, from having felt the fire of some alchymist, it has increased and multiplied. For four have come to light, besides those which exist in different . . . Continue reading →
2023 Archive
Eugene Reformed: A New Confessional Reformed Congregation Forming In Oregon
Eugene Reformed is a Reformed Bible study in Eugene, Oregon gathering with the intention of planting a confessional Presbyterian or Reformed church. They meet each Thursday evening from 6:30–8:30pm at the Gainsborough Community Clubhouse, 2555 Lansdown Rd. Eugene, OR 97404 (Gainsborough is a gated . . . Continue reading →
Keep Yourselves in God’s Love––An Exposition of Jude’s Epistle (9): Lean Not On Your Own Wisdom
Nevertheless in like manner also these false teachers by being dreamers, on the one hand defile the flesh, but also rebel against authority, but further blaspheme the glorious angels. 9Now, Michael the archangel, while deliberating with the devil, disputed about Moses’ body, . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (5)
We come now to the principal relics of our Lord, viz., those connected with his sufferings and death. And, first, let us consider the case of the cross on which he was suspended. I know it is regarded as a certain fact, . . . Continue reading →
The Gospel According To John (MacArthur)—Part 5
As we engage the book proper, it is useful to remember that GAJ is organized in five parts: 1) Today’s Gospel: Good News or Bad?; 2) Jesus Heralds His Gospel; 3) Jesus Illustrates His Gospel; 4) Jesus Explains His Gospel; 5) Jesus . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of May 1–7, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 1–7, 2023. Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (19)
In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 5:12–21 on Paul’s federal (i.e., covenant) theology and answers a question asking for recommendations of some good commentaries on Romans for laymen and a question whether the regulative principle of worship is a Westminster . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (4)
Then they have the waterpots in which our Saviour turned the water into wine, when he was present at the marriage in Cana of Galilee. I would fain know who was their custodier all the time, and afterwards made presents of them. . . . Continue reading →
Saturday Psalm Series: The Blessed Man, The Blessed Life, The Blessed Word—Psalm 1 (Part 3)
As noted in our previous installments, Psalm 1 is a psalm appropriate for any season of life because we, as Christians, live in a world where sin seems normal and holiness seems weird, where wickedness is celebrated and wisdom is mocked. We . . . Continue reading →
The Canons Of Dork #16 For May 6, 2023
Sometimes a doughnut is just a doughnut. Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (3)
Let us begin then with Christ. As his natural body could not be possessed, (though some have found an easy way of fabricating miraculous bodies for him, in whatever numbers, and with whatever frequency they please,) instead of it they have collected . . . Continue reading →
On Comity And Mission
Comity between churches is a topic that few in NAPARC dare raise. Darryl Hart, however, wrote this piece doing just that. Many are reluctant to talk about the comity agreement because it is not always observed—likely few church planters or pastors even . . . Continue reading →
Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT): A Post Mortem
Since the 1994 publication of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT), the evangelical body has been convulsed periodically over the doctrine of justification. The patient, to strain a metaphor, sustained a second attack in 1998 with the publication of ECT II or The . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (19)
This is part 19 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Calvin: Time for An Inventory (2)
The duty of Christians was, to leave the bodies of saints in their tombs in obedience to the universal sentence by which it is declared, that man is dust, and to dust will return; not to raise them up in sumptuousness and . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (18)
This is part 18 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Was Machen Gay?—Or, How Not To Do History
When I read Steelman’s essay, I tried to do so with an open mind. After all, until I saw Machen’s letter to his mother, I did not know concretely about his segregationist convictions. Honesty requires that we incorporate that fact (without exaggerating it or any single fact) into the story about Machen and into my understanding of who he was and what he did. Continue reading →
UN Report Calls for Legalizing Sex Between Adults and Children
A disturbing new report from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) adds to growing concerns about global leaders pushing to normalize pedophilia. The report “The 8 March Principles for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law Proscribing Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, . . . Continue reading →
Latest Ministry News From South Africa
Editor’s Note: The following is an update from Rev. Antonio Coppola on his work and ministry in South Africa. Earlier this year, he wrote an article discussing his church-planting efforts at Covenant Waterfall Presbyterian Church, as well as his work at Mukhanyo Theological . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (17)
This is part 17 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. He shows the impossibility of remaking Jesus into a modern liberal preacher. Continue reading →