On-ramps are really important for merging safely and easily into fast-moving traffic. Where I live near Detroit, the merging lanes at the end of on-ramps are shockingly short, often leaving a sense of dangerous urgency to find a place to fit comfortably . . . Continue reading →
The covenant theology roundup continues with part 3. Continue reading →
It may be because I grew up reading Greco-Roman classics, but this book touched me deeply. At first, I thought it was one of the many books underlining the importance of reading the classics— and this book certainly does this. But it . . . Continue reading →
At the heart of Baird’s conception is the language of the public good. He finds it in the twenty-third chapter of the Westminster Confession, and it informs a logical syllogism that is the backbone of his argument. The confession affirms that God . . . Continue reading →
How do we understand the Bible? And should Christians not all agree about how to do so? Given Scripture’s clarity, we might think the answer is an obvious yes! The church’s history, however, tells a different story. The transition from the medieval . . . Continue reading →
I have perused this ensuing Dialogue, and find it tending to peace and holiness; the author endeavouring to reconcile and heal those unhappy differences, which have lately broken out afresh amongst us, about the points therein handled and cleared: for which cause . . . Continue reading →
In the seventeenth century, the first question of the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechism asked the perennial question of humanity: What is our purpose? What is the goal of life? The answer has been important for Christians in the centuries since: Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. This answer contains much wisdom and points us to the true meaning of our lives. Continue reading →
In 2019 atheist historian Tom Holland published Dominion, an ambitious work detailing the revolutionary impact Jesus Christ and Christianity have had on Western civilization. Holland set out to explain why “in a West that is often doubtful of religion’s claims, so many . . . Continue reading →
Christ is the heart of the Christian faith. God the Son became incarnate. In assuming a true human nature, God the Son is the man Jesus Christ. His work for our salvation is all-encompassing of every moment of his incarnation. Reformed churches . . . Continue reading →
In 1883 newspapers across the United States ran front-page stories describing the discovery of hundreds of unborn children buried in the cellar of a Philadelphia abortionist. Headlines did not employ euphemisms like medical waste or health code violations but spoke candidly instead . . . Continue reading →
Just a few minutes away from my place is one of the largest Sikh worship centers in the country. It was built in 2003 on a multimillion-dollar budget, and today it is a beautiful piece of architecture that houses a school, priest . . . Continue reading →
In the days before screens told our culture its stories, the spoken word was the teller’s tool. Radio stations featured hour-long programs; families gathered in the living room to listen to an old familiar voice and be lulled to sleep by their . . . Continue reading →
Biblicism is a tough drug to kick, as recent years in evangelical circles have demonstrated. Arguments have proliferated about traditional understandings of God, his attributes, how to formulate the Trinity, how the unchanging God—as at least classical theists assert—relates to the changing . . . Continue reading →
Sex is a recurring issue of interest. I imagine readers are already engaged more fully in this article just because of the topic it flags. We understand why the world retains interest: As the axiom goes, “sex sells.” This axiom’s lamentable counterpart . . . Continue reading →
Do you remember the first time you had to speak in public? Maybe your heart raced, your hands became shaky and sweaty, and the urge to bolt for the nearest door almost overwhelmed you. For some people, public speaking is one of . . . Continue reading →
He wanted above all . . . to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind . . . Continue reading →
One challenging aspect in parenting is how to get important matters of faith in front of our kids. In our house, we pray together, we talk about church, and we try to answer questions about the Bible together. Our son is three . . . Continue reading →
As 2025 draws to a close, you may know by now that this is the 1,700th anniversary of the promulgation of the creed of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. This was a monumental event, first because the Council of Nicaea . . . Continue reading →
Listen as Brad Isbell from the Presbycast and some Reformed Poli-Sci Guys talk about the Young (and New?) Right Continue reading →
There is a strange tension pulsing through American Christianity right now. At the very moment when many believers are shouting louder to “take back the culture,” Jesus whispers a counterintuitive paradox: “Blessed are the meek.” It is precisely this upside-down ethic—the quiet . . . Continue reading →