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Video: Regeneration Precedes Faith

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on August 1, 2025 | Comment

In this insightful discussion, Rev. Chris Gordon and Rev. Dan Borvan delve into the biblical account of Nicodemus in John Chapter 3, unpacking profound theological truths about salvation, regeneration, and evangelism. Continue reading →

Hippolytus On Infant Baptism

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on August 1, 2025 | 6 Comments

Now at the time when the cock crows they are at the water. The water should be flowing, or at least running. It should be so if there is no necessity, but if there is continuous and sudden necessity use any water you . . . Continue reading →

Cyprian On Infant Baptism

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on July 31, 2025 | Comment

2.1 As far as concerns the case of infants, you expressed your view that they ought not to be baptised within the second or third day of their birth; rather, the ancient law on circumcision ought to be respected and you therefore . . . Continue reading →

Sixth Circuit Denies That A Roman Catholic College’s Vaccine Mandate Imposed An Undue Burden On His Religious Liberty

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on July 30, 2025 | Comment

COLE, Circuit Judge. Matthew Warman, a former graduate student at Mount St. Joseph University (MSJU), objected to taking the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. When MSJU announced that it would require all students and employees to be vaccinated, Warman applied for a . . . Continue reading →

Calvin: Do Not Make An Idol Of Me Or A Jerusalem Of Geneva

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on July 28, 2025 | 2 Comments

Now, as they did us injustice in that, it appears to me that you ought to have been too reasonable and humane to suffer us to be mixed up and implicated in their follies. One of them, of whom I had heard . . . Continue reading →

Ninth Circuit Panel: Oregon’s Requirement That Adoptive Parents Affirm Trans Ideology Violates The First Amendment

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on July 26, 2025 | Comment

The panel reversed the district court’s denial of plaintiff Jessica Bates’s motion for preliminary injunctive relief and remanded with instructions to enter a preliminary injunction enjoining the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) from applying Oregon Administrative Rule § 413- 200-0308(2 (k)—a . . . Continue reading →

Video: Mortimer Adler And Charles Van Doren On How to Read a Book

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on July 25, 2025 | 1 Comment

In this video from 1975, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren discuss how to read a book, the art of reading, and more. Continue reading →

Re-Thinking Thomas On The Effects Of Sin

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on July 25, 2025 | 1 Comment

One of the most common critiques of Thomas Aquinas to be found in contemporary Protestant theology and apologetics is that Aquinas either outright denies the noetic effects of sin (that is, the effect of original sin on the human intellect) or at least minimizes . . . Continue reading →

Warfield On Calvin’s Doctrine Of The Natural Knowledge Of God

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on July 24, 2025 | Comment

The first chapters of Calvin’s “Institutes” are taken up with a comprehensive exposition of the sources and guarantee of the knowledge of God and divine things (Book I. chs. i.-ix.). A systematic treatise on the knowledge of God must needs begin with . . . Continue reading →

The Incredible Shrinking Mainline

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on July 22, 2025 | 1 Comment

In 2008, I commented on a post by the Aquila Report: “The PCUSA continues its statistical decline. As a firm believer in Scottish revivals I might be tempted to take this as a sign of health but, in this case, it doesn’t . . . Continue reading →

New Online: Covenant, Justification, And Pastoral Ministry As A PDF

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on July 22, 2025 | 4 Comments

Thanks to the support of donors like you, the Heidelberg Reformation Association is pleased to be able to publish online Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry. For about the last year, we have been publishing online the chapters of the CJPM serially. Now we . . . Continue reading →

The American Presbyterians Were Correcting The Tradition

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on July 18, 2025 | Comment

I’ve written before about how Presbyterians changed their views on the civil magistrate and how this shift is reflected in the American revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). When the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America adopted the . . . Continue reading →

Video: Is Reformed Christianity Dying In America? (Part 2)

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on July 18, 2025 | Comment

In this episode, Rev. Chris Gordon, Rev. Dr. Dan Borvan, and Dr. Jim Cassidy tackle the pressing question: Is Reformed Christianity dying in America? They dive into the challenges of maintaining a confessional Reformed identity in today’s American context, where Calvinism is . . . Continue reading →

The Ark Means More Than You Think It Does

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on July 17, 2025 | Comment

At first glance, the flood narrative may seem like a simple tale of an ancient deluge or even God’s love for animal life. That was what I was taught growing up in the church. However, it’s so much more than that. When . . . Continue reading →

Yes, It Is Really Happening

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on July 16, 2025 | 13 Comments

“I hope everyone is enjoying the podcast that no one is allowed to admit they listen to.” When temptation arrives, it rarely announces itself. Instead, it speaks like a familiar friend. It preys on our vanity, arrogance, and curiosity—buttons it knows how . . . Continue reading →

Truth Without Love Is Brutality, Love Without Truth Is Hypocrisy

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on July 15, 2025 | Comment

“Jesus, why are you being so insensitive? Why don’t you care more about the people? Don’t you realize that the people you just chased out of the Temple are good guys?” In our day, we wouldn’t be surprised if this was in . . . Continue reading →

The Literacy Crisis In America: English Majors Can’t Read

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on July 12, 2025 | 4 Comments

English professors often assume that students can read the novels and poetry assigned for their courses. However, like many of our colleagues, we have come to question that assumption. To gain some insight, we conducted a reading test from January to April . . . Continue reading →

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