Calls for amnesty among those who defended and implemented the protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic are hardly news. Emily Oster was the first to call for clemency of advocates for governments’ restrictive measures. She argued that many officials simply did not have sufficient knowledge . . . Continue reading →
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The Hodges On Why The Reformed Churches Receive Roman Catholic Baptisms As Valid
All the Reformed Churches, as well as the Lutherans, practically and confessedly recognized the Validity of Romanish Baptism. Gallic Conf., Art. 28. “Because, nevertheless, that in the papacy some scant vestiges of the true Church remain, and especially the substance of Baptism, . . . Continue reading →
Augustine Gives Us A Clue As To The Meaning Of “Hymns” In The Ancient Church
Meanwhile, a certain Hilary, a Catholic layman of tribunitial rank, incited to anger, for some reason or other, against the ministers of God, as often happens, in abusive, censorious language, wherever it was possible, was violently attacking the custom which, at the . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of June 24–30, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning June 24–30, 2024. Continue reading →
Where We Are: Justification Under Fire In The Contemporary Scene
Editor’s Note: The following is the complete chapter as it appeared in R. Scott Clark, ed., Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry: Essays by the Faculty of Westminster Seminary California (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2007), 25–57. In 2021, the publisher returned the publication rights . . . Continue reading →
Turretin: “Participation In The Divine Nature” Refers To Sanctification
IV. First, this image (negatively, kat’ arsin) does not consist in a participation of the divine essence (as if the nature of man was a shadow [aposkiasmation] of the divine and a certain particle of the divine breath, as the Gentiles hold). For . . . Continue reading →
Video: Moses-Centered Legalism (Part 1)
Chris Gordon and Dan Borvan discuss the importance of preaching from the perspective that as the Bible progresses, it reveals more and more about the salvation of Christ. Continue reading →
Why Are Baptistic Evangelicals Attracted To Anglicanism?
By now, the pattern is familiar. A young evangelical becomes disenchanted with her religious upbringing, discovers the liturgical church, and “walks the Canterbury Trail,” joining an Anglican or Episcopal church. She may even conclude the Anglican tradition is insufficiently Catholic and turn . . . Continue reading →
Evangelical Repentance, The Marrow, And The Auchterarder Creed
How did the theological examination of a man in a presbytery (body of regional church elders) in a small town in Scotland in 1717 fuel a deep-seated theological schism among ministers in the Church of Scotland and result in a movement that . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of June 17–23, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning June 17–23, 2024. Continue reading →
Is There Distinctively Reformed Medicine?
After a visit to my father at his local hospital, I had a worldview moment. What should have alerted me from the outset was the name of the place – St. Mary’s. But then I noticed that the spiritual services wing of . . . Continue reading →
How Representative Of Reformed Orthodoxy Was Davenant?
However, does Lynch fully make his case that hypothetical universalists taught that Christ died for all human beings in one sense and for the elect alone in another sense? He appears persistently to blur the lines between the impetration and application of . . . Continue reading →
Video: Eschatology And Hope (Part 2)
Chris Gordon is joined by Pastor Jon Moffitt and Pastor Justin Perdue of Theocast to discuss the promise of the return of Christ and how Christians can stay optimistic and heavenly-minded during these trying times. Continue reading →
A Wonderful Sound From Synod Escondido (URCNA) 2024
The sounds of Synod 2024 Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of June 10–16, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning June 10–16, 2024. Continue reading →
Marusich: People Won’t Say Publicly When It Matters What They Say Privately
A former teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), who was critical of the way the Central Indiana Presbytery handled allegations brought against Dan Herron, is now facing seven charges and possible excommunication. “The charges are a clear retaliation by [Teaching . . . Continue reading →
Video: Eschatology And Hope (Part 1)
Chris Gordon is joined by Pastor Jon Moffitt and Pastor Justin Perdue of Theocast to discuss how eschatology has shaped the American church and the ways their different church upbringings affected their views on the end of all things. Continue reading →
Trueman On STD’s And Stupidity
According to a recent CDC report, cases of syphilis are rising in the United States. The report offers an interesting window on contemporary American culture. First, it features the usual exceptionalism for health issues that are a part of the progressive remaking . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of June 3–9, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning June 3–9, 2024. Continue reading →
Video: Planting A Church
Chris Gordon and Brian Lee discuss the successes of church planting and take a closer look at the areas where the process could be improved. Continue reading →