When you think of church discipline, what comes to mind? Those with more colorful imaginations may think of the Spanish Inquisition. Others may think of a pastor with a…
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Music as Idolatry
Regulating Worship for Weight and Majestyby Douglas Bond November 8, 2019Everyone has a regulative principle of worship. Everyone regulates what they do in worship either by the past, the pragmatic, by personal preference, or by the unprohibited. Sola Scriptura,…
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The Westminster Statement on Biblical Sexuality
by Jeff Windt July 12, 2019This article originally appeared at Reformation21.org on July 8, 2019. It appears here with permission. Ray Ortlund, one of the original signers of the Nashville Statement, in his book Marriage…
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Cultural Magisterium or Biblical Magisterium?
Time to Stand - Where Do I Stand? - Here I Stand!by Harry Reeder July 5, 2019On a cold October 31 morning in the year of our Lord 1517, a tempestuous professor of theology from the Augustinian University of Wittenberg seeking to secure a theological…
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Plain Preaching that is Full of Power
A Series on The Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 154-160by John Rakshith Prabhakar October 30, 2018Editor’s Note: This is part 8 in a 10 part series on Westminster Larger Catechism Question and Answer 154-160. I was raised in a church tradition where sermons were…
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The Revoice Conference is history. When first announced with its advertised purpose statement, sponsors, plenary sessions and speakers, my Session requested I pastorally address it for them and our…
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Preaching Sound Doctrine
A Series on The Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 154-160by Daniel Schrock September 17, 2018If you have inhabited the world of Evangelicals for any length of time, then you have likely encountered all manner of pious sounding rhetorical jukes and derogatory quips about…
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How is the Word to be Preached?
A Series on The Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 154-160by Donny Friederichsen August 28, 2018Editor’s Note: This is part 6 of a 10 part series on Westminster Larger Catechism Question and Answers 154-160. It is still technically true that the sun never sets…
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God’s Self-Sufficiency
Embracing the Reality that God Doesn’t Need Youby Brian Cosby August 4, 2018In 2009, my wife and I purchased a home in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite being a larger house in a nice neighborhood, it was what our realtor called “a handy…
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How the Word is to be Read
A Series on The Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 154-160by Nick Bullock July 23, 2018Editor’s Note: This is part 4 of a 10 part series on Westminster Larger Catechism Question and Answers 154-160. The Holy Bible holds the distinguished honor of being the…