Why Marley Had No Bowels
While rereading Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol I stumbled across something I had forgotten. When Jacob Marley appeared to Scrooge his body was transparent, so that Scrooge could see not…
Jeffrey Stivason
Jeffrey A Stivason (Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary) is pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, PA. He is also Professor of New Testament Studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. Jeff is the Editorial Director of Ref21 and Place for Truth both online magazines of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
An Exercise in Being Thankful
We think of Thanksgiving as a holiday, but it is an exercise that requires some intentionality. It implies that the thanks given can be received. When growing up my mom…
The Amnon and Tamar Story
God had cursed David for his sin with Bathsheba. The curse is spelled out in 2 Samuel 12:10-15. In the next chapter we see the ugly blossom of the curse…
What David Received
Editor’s Note: Part one can be found here. David was drunk with power. He “sent” to inquire of Bathsheba and then “sent” for her. He “sent” word to Joab with…
What David Needed Most
When the reader of second Samuel arrives at chapter eleven, he can hardly believe what he is reading. The previous two stories give us no warning about what is to…
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: Article XIX
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy was not composed in order to take its place on the mantel. The drafters of this statement intended for it to be used in…
Does Romans 4:3 Teach That Our Faith Is Our Righteousness?
For those who believe that God does not accept and account a person righteous by imputing to them faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience, as…
The Lord’s Aid
Martin Luther’s Table Talk is arguably the most entertaining of his works. The Weimar Edition contains six volumes under this head alone! Thus, volume 54 in the American Edition represents…
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: Article VII
The Seventh Article of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy reads as follows: We affirm that inspiration was the work in which God by His Spirit, through human writers, gave…
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: The Introduction
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (CSBI) was issued in 1978 by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy (ICBI). In the introduction, the Committee defined the Statement as consisting of…
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
As Stephen Nichols writes in his biography, R. C. Sproul: A Life, “The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy made and makes some wince.”[1] Perhaps the main reason for that wince…
The Order of Salvation: Faith
Once the Spirit of the Lord has resurrected a dead sinner by the divine breath, life begins. This is the monergism that theologians reference in the work of regeneration. The…