All tagged Reformed
Mary And The Church
It is good and right to enjoy the image of Mary and Eve gathering around the promised Seed. It is right to see that in the power of the Holy Spirit and Incarnate son, the church—Mary—crushes the serpent.
Book Review: Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock
Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock is a tour-de-force of Reformed theology towards other religions. It is subversive to shallow evangelical thought and willing to address the critical analysis of more pluralistic theologians.
On the Need For Corporate Worship
The individual who misses corporate worship is distinctly and definitively lacking in the edification and strength necessary to pursue Christian holiness and faithfulness.
Book Review: Deliverance to the Captives
Every Christian will appreciate the thoroughness of His gospel presentation — Christ is God's good word of reconciliation for the world.
Barth, Cooper, & Prison
Barth's emphatic preaching of God's positive word of Jesus Christ to every man, woman, and child reminds me of my Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ.
Second Helvetic on Baptism
Let it here be stated the Second Helvetic Confession affirms that baptism does something.
The Outspoken Confession of the Faithful
That Christ is the God become man means He is the God who meets man. And in this meeting man can do nothing but confess.
His Body Offered and Broken
Kenzie isn't the only person who needs to hear this weekly.
Theology in Diverse Community
Calling out people's exegesis is not a kosher thing to do. Calling out the confessions are even more non-kosher.
"I'm Not a Calvinist/Baptist/Etc, I Follow Jesus"
If we want to “follow Jesus” then it makes no sense to shun His Body the church. That is why Paul says that it makes no sense for a husband to treat his wife
Appropriately Analyzing "An Introduction"
A faithful child of the Reformation would answer Ramirez with "Christ is in the word and sacraments."
In Which The Means of Grace Kick Ass
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through
Why Are Reformed Christians So Afraid of Good Works?
We have allowed people to stop acting in accordance with God's word because they are tempted toward self-righteousness when they do so. This is foolishness and unbiblical. We need to repent of our laziness and do the hard work of
For individuals who are already in confessional Presbyterian churches, Horton’s words will be preaching to the choir. Worship centered around the means of grace, catechismal instruction, and family worship have long been staples of the Reformed faith.
The Reformers did not exhaust the fullness of justification. There is indeed a robustly corporate view of justification that the Reformers–rightly preoccupied with Romish theological abuse–simply did not address explicitly in the 16th century. In this sense, Wright needs to be read and listened to attentively.