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Video: Is Reformed Christianity Dying In America?

by on June 13, 2025

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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Berkhof On The Limbus Patrum

by on June 12, 2025

The Limbus Patrum. The Latin word limbus (fringe) was used in the Middle Ages to denote two places on the fringe or outskirts of hell, namely, the Limbus Patrum and the Limbus Infantum. The former is the place where, according to the teachings of Rome, the souls . . . Continue reading →

Book Review

Review: Forgotten Reformer: Myles Coverdale And The First Forty Years Of The English Reformation By G. F. Main

by on June 12, 2025

Myles Coverdale (1488–1569) was a champion of the Word of God in sixteenth-century Europe, especially in England. He translated the Word, preached it, embraced new insights into its meaning vis-à-vis justification by faith alone, rejection of Christ’s physical presence in the Lord’s . . . Continue reading →

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The Irish Articles Condemn The Limbus Patrum

by on June 11, 2025

102. The doctrine of the Church of Rome, concerning limbus patrum [The limbus of the fathers], limbus puerorum [the limbus of infants], purgatory, prayer for the dead, pardons, adoration of images and relics, and also invocation of saints, is vainly invented, without all warrant of Holy Scripture, yea, and . . . Continue reading →

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Turretin Contra The Limbus Patrum (4)

by on June 10, 2025

X. What is said of “the sepulcher” and “death” (Gen. 37:35; 42:38)—that Jacob was about to go down with sadness (lsh’vl) (“into the grave”) is falsely drawn to limbo. Sh’vl or hadēs is the grave into which men descend after death. XI. “The pit wherein is . . . Continue reading →

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Turretin Contra The Limbus Patrum (3)

by on June 9, 2025

VII. Third, the thief is admitted into paradise before the ascension of Christ according to his promise, “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Lk. 23:43). Nor should it be said here that “today” must be construed with the preceding verb . . . Continue reading →

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Turretin Contra The Limbus Patrum (2)

by on June 7, 2025

The reasons are: (1) the formula of the covenant of grace under which the fathers lived does not suffer them to be hurled into a limbo, but demands that they should be admitted into heaven. For since God promised that he would . . . Continue reading →