
Let’s Talk about “The List”
“What are rules or expectations you have or things you look for when it comes to dating or pursuing a relationship?” The phone sat silent for a minute. “So basically, you’re asking me for my list?” Guilty as charged. I…
“What are rules or expectations you have or things you look for when it comes to dating or pursuing a relationship?” The phone sat silent for a minute. “So basically, you’re asking me for my list?” Guilty as charged. I…
by Stephen Unthank One of the more notable English delegates to the Synod of Dort, John Davenant, makes the observation that the Apostle Paul, when affixing his name to his office as Apostle, does so not only to remind his…
by Ethan McCarter The apologetics of the early church sought to answer the questions of the period in biblical, logical, and clear ways. There were many within the early church who sought to defend the orthodox faith from threats within…
“Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.” Here referencing the city of Geneva in his opening dedication to his Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Francis Turretin (1623-87) references Psalm 87:3 to describe the wonderful workings of God in the history of…
I was recently invited to an engagement party of a woman member and her fiancé. The father of the bride-to-be, the head of the home, whispered in my ears at the start of the gathering, “I was wondering if you…
by Sarah Ivill Are you experiencing a famine in your life right now? Perhaps you have been laid off from a job. Maybe after a season of achievements you now feel like no one is recognizing you. Perhaps you have…
by David P. Smith Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921), who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887-1921, is arguably the greatest American biblical and theological scholar. While growing up on a Lexington, Kentucky cattle farm, Warfield was nurtured in the categories…
Wilhelmus à Brakel: A Systematic Theologian for the Common Person Introduction Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635–1711), a name revered in Reformed theology, holds a unique place among the great theologians of the Dutch Second Reformation, also known as the Nadere Reformatie.…
Robert Lewis Dabney and the Greatness of Old Southern Presbyterianism I’m a bit of a book collector. I love getting my hands on an old volume from some obscure theologian and basking in the riches of God’s goodness and grace,…
While it is odd to begin an article with such large quotes as follows, it seems wise to allow Rome to speak for itself. “There is one Universal Church of the faithful, outside of which there is absolutely no salvation.…