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This fine primer in what could be an unwieldy volume with disparate threads is divided into three parts, roughly theorizing on the political, the familial, and the social. It is an important topic and one that deserves the growing attention it is . . . Continue reading →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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In this episode Pastor Mike Abendroth looks at Luke chapter 7 and what it teaches us about the assurance of faith. Continue reading →
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Bob Godfrey, Chris Gordon, And Chris Larson discuss the 2025 State Of Theology Report Continue reading →
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In this episode, Rev. Chris Gordon and Rev. Dr. Dan Borvan tackle the pervasive issue of controversy within Christian circles. They discuss the rise of ‘hot take theology’ mentalities, exemplified by figures like Joel Webbon, and the dangers of mistaking attention-seeking for . . . Continue reading →
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Join Rev. Chris Gordon, Rev. Dan Borvan, and Rev. Adam Kaloostian as they discuss the future of Reformed Christianity in America. This insightful conversation delves into how the Reformed church can navigate rapidly changing cultural trends, the importance of evangelism and building . . . Continue reading →
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The teenage version of me would be very shocked to find me in the Reformed faith. To be fair, my teenage self didn’t really understand what it meant to be a Reformed Christian. I grew up in a Christian home with two . . . Continue reading →
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Half a millennium ago, as Europeans entered the year 1524, they were gazing at the heavens in trepidation, fearful of a Grand Conjunction that was set to occur. Johann Stöffler, a professor . . . Continue reading →
And this is the firm tradition of the universal Church, in respect of the baptism of infants, who certainly are as yet unable “with the heart to believe unto righteousness, and with the mouth to make confession unto salvation,” as the thief could do; nay, who even, by crying and moaning when the mystery is performed upon them, raise their voices in opposition to the mysterious words, and yet no Christian will say that they are baptized to no purpose.—Augustine. Continue reading →
As described in R. Scott Clark’s Recovering the Reformed Confession, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) has been a borderline denomination that appears to have been moving in the direction of the mainline.1 A large concentration of CRC churches, institutions . . . Continue reading →
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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 →
The actual account of the meeting between Featley and the Baptists is quite interesting. The substance of it begins when Featley was challenged by an anonymous “Scotch-man” who challenged him thus: Master Doctor, we come to dispute with you at this time, . . . Continue reading →
As noted previously, Featley’s volume, Καταβαπτιστοι καταπυστοι, which he politely translated as Dippers Dipt, was subtitled, The Anabaptists Duck’d and Plung’d over Head and Ears, at a Disputation at Southwark.1 This record of the event went through two editions in 1645 and I . . . Continue reading →
Today, under the influence of the Marxists, we would call William Kiffen a working-class guy who became successful. His opponent in the 1642 debate featured in Dippers Dipt, Daniel Featley (1582–1645), was also a working-class fellow.1 He was born in Oxford, but we . . . Continue reading →
In this installment, we focus on the major Baptist figure present at the debate, William Kiffin (1616–1701). He is worthy of attention, first because he was a central figure in the debate between Featley and the Baptists, but also because he was, as a nineteenth-century Baptist historian wrote, “FATHER OF THE PARTICULAR BAPTISTS. He played a “significant role” in the drafting of the London Confession of Faith (1644) and was the second signatory to the Second London Baptist Confession (1677) in 1689. A nineteenth-century historian called Kiffin an “extraordinary” person in the Particular Baptist tradition. One anonymous writer called him the “ordained Mufti of all heretics and sectaries. Continue reading →
In this series I intend to consider what was perhaps the earliest Reformed response to the Particular Baptist movement, a treatise by the Anglican theologian and Westminster Divine, Daniel Featley (1582–1645), which recounts a disputation (think of a debate) between Featley, an . . . Continue reading →
What do you do on a Sunday when you arrive at confessing the descent into hell in the creed? Maybe you say it loudly, or maybe you squirm. Or maybe your church omits it entirely.1 For those new to Reformed churches, confessing . . . Continue reading →
For Christians like me who grew up outside of liturgical and Reformed traditions, the first year of saying the Apostles’ Creed in worship can raise many questions and spur the need for study. One of those instances is the descent clause: “He . . . Continue reading →
