In recent years it has become increasingly popular for churches of differing sizes, locations, and denominational traditions to make use of consultant services to find new ministers and staff for Christian institutions. If you browse the denominational job boards of the PCA, . . . Continue reading →
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Video: Apologetics in a Woke Culture (Part 2)
Dr Peter Sanlon shows how Wokeism’s fusion of Christian compassion with Marxist ideology has produced a compelling worldview that leverages our instinct for justice. Continue reading →
Vos On The Sabbath
The universal Sabbath law received a modified significance under the Covenant of Grace. The work which issues into the rest can now no longer be man’s own work. It becomes the work of Christ. This the Old Testament and the New Testament . . . Continue reading →
Ryle: They See The Bait But Not The Hook
It is truly lamentable to observe how many young men and women, of whom better things might have been expected, fall away into semi-Romanism in the present day, under the attraction of a highly ornamental and sensuous ceremonial. Flowers, crucifixes, processions, banners, . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of August 11–17, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of August 11–17. Continue reading →
Video: Apologetics in a Woke Culture (Part 1)
Dr Peter Sanlon shows how Wokeism’s fusion of Christian compassion with Marxist ideology has produced a compelling worldview that leverages our instinct for justice. Continue reading →
Vos: The Law Given To Israel Was A Reflection Of The Covenant Of Works
There is still another area in which the Reformed view of the law is influenced by the idea of the covenant. Even after the fall, the law retains something of its covenantal form. The law was not included in the federal relationship . . . Continue reading →
Flavel To Cary: Abraham Is Not Moses
Secondly, You affirm with like confidence, That the covenant of circumcision is also the same; viz. the covenant of works made with Adam in paradise. This I utterly deny; and will try whether you have any better success in the proof of your second, . . . Continue reading →
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Hodge On Romans 3:25 Against The Limbus Patrum
The word πάρεσις, remission, more strictly means pretermission, a passing by, or overlooking. Paul repeatedly uses the proper term for remission (ἄφεσις,) as in Eph. 1:7, Heb. 9:22, &c.; but the word here used occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Many, therefore, consider the selection of this . . . Continue reading →
Five Reasons To Be Amillennial
Why should Christians—especially those in the Reformed camp—embrace amillennialism over premillennialism or dispensationalism? In this post, I’ll share five compelling reasons that won me over, and I believe they can convince you too. First off, the Old Testament doesn’t breathe a word . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of August 4–10, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of August 4–10. Continue reading →
Brakel Vs. The Limbus Patrum
Objection #6: “And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance” . . . Continue reading →
Jesus And The Kiss Cam
It’s all over every social media platform. I saw it on the late news last night and on the early news this morning. Everyone laughing. Everyone mocking. Many glad that ‘those cheaters’ are getting their comeuppance. Not only are they cheating, but . . . Continue reading →
Video: Has Politics Become A Religion?
Jarret LeMaster and Dan Coats from the Babylon Bee appear on Abounding Grace Radio to talk all things Christian Satire. Continue reading →
Anglicanism True And False
Significant numbers of American evangelicals have come to find ancient liturgical forms meaningful, a welcome alternative to the folksy informality typical of many Protestant churches today, especially ‘big-box’ nondenominational congregations. In liturgical churches, these seekers find a stronger historical consciousness and a . . . Continue reading →
Ninth Circuit Shields World Vision In Discrimination Case
The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment for Aubry McMahon and remanded for entry of summary judgment in favor of World Vision, Inc., in McMahon’s lawsuit against World Vision alleging discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and marital status under Title . . . Continue reading →
PCA Christian Nationalism Study Committee Announced
Kevin DeYoung, moderator of the 52nd General Assembly, has selected the elders to serve on the Ad Interim Study Committee on Christian Nationalism. The committee will consist of three teaching elders, four ruling elders, and two advisory members. The committee members are . . . Continue reading →
Owen Versus Tombes On Infant Baptism
The passages are these:— He was thirty years old when he came up to be baptized. Then, when he had the mature age of a teacher, he came to Jerusalem, so that all would reasonably accept him as a teacher. For he . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of July 28–August 3, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of July 28–August 3. Continue reading →