Reformation

Admittedly, preaching doesn’t look like much on the surface. A man standing behind a pulpit talking about the Bible? Is this really God’s way of building up the church,…

A minister of the gospel engages in a wide variety of responsibilities. Chief among them is the call to preach Christ in all His fullness. When Paul arrived in…

[Editor’s Note: For Part 1 of this article, click here.] A Long Legacy I am thankful for the long tradition of mission in Reformed churches. We could journey back…

A Wonderful Motto When I think of Reformed missions, an old motto comes to mind: For the glory of God and the salvation of our fellow-men. This wonderful summary…

How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have…

It’s an oft quoted phrase in the history of the Reformation that Luther hatched the egg Erasmus laid. For while God used the humanistic scholar, Erasmus, to drive a…

One of the great debates in the nineteenth-century American Presbyterian church centered around Roman Catholic baptism.[1] As large numbers of people were emigrating to the United States from Roman…

When German Lutheran pastor, Martin Rinkart (1586–1649), penned the familiar hymn “Now Thank We All Our God” as a prayer to be offered before meals, he probably was not…

The preaching of God’s Word is the pulse-beat of our confessional heritage. It’s the Reformed church’s highest priority. Christians need faithful preaching. The Presbyterian Church in America needs faithful…

The Gospel Reformation Network’s 2019 pre-assembly day conference — “A Time To Stand: Conviction, Courage, and Compassion in an Age of Compromise” — was a tremendous blessing. We are…