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The Confessional Ruling Elder GRN National Conference 2025 was last modified: June 30th, 2025 by Richard Phillips

The following post is part of our ‘Principles of Reformation’ series. For the first post in the series, please click here. The terms reformation and reform have different meanings…

There is an important discussion taking place within the church regarding the relationship of justification to sanctification. This topic is crucial to us getting the gospel right today while…

Christians today tend to remember only the most well-known figures of the Reformation, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. But as the restoration of the gospel and true…

As part of the 2021 Westminster Theological Seminary Conference on Preaching & Preachers, GRN Executive Council member Dr. Richard D. Phillips preached a sermon from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, “The…

What a difference it makes when a Christian man realizes that he does not have to be a fighter pilot, a movie star, or a pro athlete to have…

Overture 37 from the 2021 PCA General Assembly (approved as amended by a substantial majority of commissioners) proposes a change to the Book of Church Order (BCO) in Chapters…

During the new members class of my church, I tell the people that there is one question I will never resent them asking.  The question is: “Are we being…

I’ve been encouraged recently by many pastors’ commitment to the expository preaching of God’s Word. By “expository preaching,” we really mean two things. First, and most important, a Bible…

Watch Dr. Richard Phillips explain the need for the PCA to continue “to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Fidelity…