One of my favorite hymns of all time is the classic, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way,” by William Cowper. Many years ago, when I first heard the lyrics…
Theology
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ChurchConfessionalReformationTheology
Don’t Lay an Egg
The Danger of Doctrinal Minimalismby David Gilbert April 10, 2020It’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…
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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…
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ChurchConfessionalTheology
Striking at the Vitals of Religion
The Courage to Discipline Theological Errorby Nick Willborn February 25, 2020One of the marks of a genuine church of Jesus Christ has, for centuries, been the proper biblical discipline of those who sin and live in that sin in…
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ConfessionalSanctificationTheology
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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ReformationSanctificationTheology
A Time to Stand – Conference Recap
by Donny Friederichsen July 10, 2019The 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…
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FamilySanctificationTheology
Dear Thomas,
A Pastoral Approach to Dealing with Same Sex Attractionby David Strain July 4, 2019The following article is written in the form of a letter to a young seminarian struggling with same sex attraction. While based on many similar conversations, both Thomas, and…
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ChurchLeadershipTheology
The Churchly Authority of the Office of Deacon
Part 3 - Deacons and Church Powerby Daniel Schrock June 7, 2019In my previous two articles (Part 1 & Part 2) I have attempted to draw out something of the churchly authority that has been invested by Christ into the…
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ChurchSanctificationTheology
Central Carolina Presbytery Study Committee Report on 2018 Revoice
by Donny Friederichsen June 3, 2019The Central Carolina Presbytery of the PCA heard the report of its ad interim study committee appointed on November 12, 2018, “to explore the 2018 Revoice Conference and to report…
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ChurchLeadershipTheology
The Churchly Authority of the Office of Deacon
Part 2 - The Representative Authority of Deaconsby Daniel Schrock May 17, 2019In my previous article, I looked at how the office of deacon is established in Acts 6 and how the details of the narrative of Acts indicate that the…