Video: A Critical Conversation On Christian Nationalism

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on December 6, 2024 | 1 Comment

Rev. Gordon and Stephen Wolfe discuss Christan Nationalism. Stephen is the author of the controversial and often criticized book, The Case For Christian Nationalism. He has gained a substantial following on social media for his frank and sometimes harsh statements, and has . . . Continue reading →

Trueman On Where Reformation Christians Go From Here

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on December 5, 2024 | 11 Comments

One thing remains true about twenty-first-century America, regardless of recent election results: the USA is a post-Christian culture and that is not going to change in the near future. Indeed, all the signs are that it will only become less sympathetic to . . . Continue reading →

Love Bombing Is Not Love

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on December 4, 2024

Abusers are master manipulators. They know how to manipulate people and situations in such a way that they appear innocent. In fact, they can even turn the tables on their victims and make it appear as if they’re the ones who’ve been . . . Continue reading →

Tertullian On The Trinity

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on December 3, 2024

In the course of time, then, the Father forsooth was born, and the Father suffered,—God Himself, the Lord Almighty, whom in their preaching they declare to be Jesus Christ. We, however, as we indeed always have done (and more especially since we . . . Continue reading →

A SoCal Pastor Called To The Thumb

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on November 30, 2024

Scott, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bad Axe, and his wife Vicki decided to make the Thumb their home a few years ago when it came time for Scott to choose an assignment. The church is part of the Presbyterian Church . . . Continue reading →

Study: Biden-Harris Education Office Targeted Christian Colleges

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on November 29, 2024 | 3 Comments

This month, voters chose to turn the page on the Biden-Harris Administration and re-elect Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States. This was an enormous win for the American people. It’s clear that Trump’s vision for freedom, populism, . . . Continue reading →

Video: Out of the Depths I Cry: Psalm 130 | Dr. Bradley Bitner

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on November 29, 2024

From deep waters we cry to an attentive Lord for deliverance and forgiveness. Our watchful hope looks to his word of promise and plentiful redemption. Continue reading →

Tertullian And The Athanasian Creed

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on November 26, 2024 | 5 Comments

Bear always in mind that this is the rule of faith which I profess; by it I testify that the Father, and the Son, and the Spirit are inseparable from each other, and so will you know in what sense this is . . . Continue reading →

The Church’s Original Sin

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on November 23, 2024

It is easy to say that our churches will never fall so low. It is therefore more difficult, but extremely important, to stop and reflect on how so many Christians all over the world have been able to still their consciences and . . . Continue reading →

Video: Double Trouble, Double Cure: Psalm 51 | Dr. Craig Troxel

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on November 22, 2024

David has two problems. There is David’s sin and there is David’s self. He faces his guilt as well as his guilty feelings. His repentance finds its voice, as does his faith, in the hope that God’s grace is sufficient for both his problems. Continue reading →

Tertullian On The Natural Knowledge Of God

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on November 21, 2024

For indeed, as the Creator of all things, He was from the beginning discovered equally with them, they having been themselves manifested that He might become known as God. For although Moses, some long while afterwards, seems to have been the first . . . Continue reading →

Augustine On The Hermeneutics Of Love

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on November 20, 2024 | 2 Comments

While Augustine argues that ‘there are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning and the mode of making known the meaning when it is ascertained,’ it should be evident that the first step . . . Continue reading →

New: Resources On The Doctrine Of The Church (Ecclesiology)

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on November 20, 2024

When one talks about the church what is at stake is the way in which the Christian life is organized. I believe that the Bible teaches us that believers should be united to the visible community of the redeemed meeting for worship, . . . Continue reading →

New: Resources On The Internal/External Distinction In The Covenant Of Grace

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on November 19, 2024

Baptism, Election & the Covenant of Grace

When God said to Abraham, “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your children after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your children after you” (Genesis 17:7) and “As . . . Continue reading →

New: Resource Page On Weddings And Funerals

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on November 18, 2024

How should Reformed Christians conduct weddings and funerals in an age when everything, even ancient rituals, has deconstructed? The American impulse is to start from scratch, as though no one has ever thought about these things before. Scholars describe this way of . . . Continue reading →

New: Resources On Confessional Subscription

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on November 17, 2024

The Christian church has always had a confession or a creed. There are creeds in Scripture itself, e.g., Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear O Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is one.” This was recited in the synagogue as a confession of faith and it . . . Continue reading →

Let Them Laugh Now

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on November 15, 2024

Suppose some persons laugh. You weep on the other hand for their transgression! Many also once laughed at Noah while he was preparing the ark; but when the flood came, he laughed at them; or rather, the righteous man never laughed at . . . Continue reading →

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