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Confessions Give Us Roots

Not only are Christian confessions consistent with Scripture and church history, they are practically conducive to positive societal engagement. Historic confessions help ground our evangelistic method in the larger scope of church history, essentially protecting us against inventing some new doctrine, or . . . Continue reading →

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Don’t Leave It In The Vault

As is especially evident in today’s context, it’s one thing to adopt a confession and quite another to be confessional’ to think, witness, live, and worship consistently with our profession. A confession can be a historical document that we leave in the . . . Continue reading →

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What Is An Evangelical?

In this episode, Adam Kaloostian, Chris Gordon, and Dan Borvan explore the challenges and rewards of building a Reformed church culture that engages evangelicals without losing its theological distinctiveness. Continue reading →

Book Review

Review: Beholding the Triune God: The Inseparable Work of Father, Son, and Spirit By Matthew Y. Emerson and Brandon D. Smith

The recent resurgence of classical Trinitarianism has borne tremendous fruit in bringing the reality of who God is to bear in the church’s ministry and proclamation. Even in confessionally Reformed circles where subscription vows have at least maintained a background fidelity to . . . Continue reading →

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Luther On God Pleasing Despair

I remember that Staupitz used to say: “More than a thousand times I have vowed to God that I would improve, but I have never performed what I have vowed. Hereafter I shall not make such vows, because I know perfectly well . . . Continue reading →

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The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 8)—Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary

One of the flavors of the day in movies and television seems to be the reboot. You take an old story and retell it in a new way. Or you take an old character and reset the storyline, setting aside the previous . . . Continue reading →