These Are Not Illinois Nazis

At Synod Calgary, held June 8–11 by the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA),1 as delegates debated whether or how to adopt a statement that had been adopted by several other sister churches, one pastor rose to say that three families . . . Continue reading →

Revisionist Confessional History

1280px assertion of liberty of conscience by the independents of the westminster assembly of divines, 1644

There is an idea floating around that all the teachings of the original version of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646/1647) are basically included in or assumed by the revised American version of 1788/1789 and that agreeing with/preferring the original is more or . . . Continue reading →

Contra Webbon et al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 2)

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Before the Apostles’ Creed was fully formed, the ancient postapostolic church confessed the “rule of faith” (regula fidei). One of the first places we see the rule is in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies, which dates to about AD 180. Book 1 included this . . . Continue reading →

Contra Webbon et al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 1)

webbon shields mar 2026

You may have likely heard or read something about Christian nationalism. Regular readers of this space will be familiar with this movement.1 As it exists in the USA, among those who identify as Reformed—whether they are actually Reformed is quite another question . . . Continue reading →