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Richard Phillips

  • ConfessionalReformationTheology

    The Fundamental Principle of Reformation
    God's Word Is Our Sure Foundation of Knowing God

    by Richard Phillips November 8, 2023

    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…

  • ConfessionalReformationSanctificationTheology

    7 Assertions Regarding Justification & Sanctification
    Clarity for Our Soteriology

    by Richard Phillips October 27, 2023

    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…

  • ChurchLeadershipMinistryReformation

    For Christ & His Kingdom
    Alexander Henderson and the Scottish National Covenant

    by Richard Phillips October 25, 2023

    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…

  • ChurchLeadershipMinistryTheology

    Preaching in an Age of Controversy

    by Richard Phillips October 21, 2023

    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…

  • ChurchLeadershipMinistry

    Revealing God by What We Do

    by Richard Phillips October 17, 2023

    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…

  • ChurchConfessionalLeadership

    Five Reasons Why I’m Voting for Overture 37

    by Richard Phillips September 30, 2021

    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…

  • ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMinistryTheology

    A Response to the PCA “Moderators’ Letter”
    May We Ask a Question?

    by Richard Phillips June 17, 2021

    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…

  • ChurchMinistryWorship

    Five Reasons to Practice Expository Preaching

    by Richard Phillips May 29, 2020

    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…

  • ChurchLeadership

    Fidelity to God’s Word in the PCA

    by Richard Phillips March 23, 2020

    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…

  • MinistrySanctification

    Four Cheers for PCA Approval of the Nashville Statement

    by Richard Phillips July 1, 2019

    Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at Reformation21, you can access the original here.  There have not been many times over the last twenty years in the PCA General Assembly…

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