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Daniel Ragusa/March 31, 2017

Reigning with Christ Forever and Ever

The apostle Paul teaches that “the Jerusalem above,” that is the eschatological Jerusalem, “is our mother” (Gal. 4:26). Likewise the author to the Hebrews exclaims, “You have come to Mount …

Daniel Ragusa/March 24, 2017

The Obedience of Christ and the New Creation (2 Cor. 5:21)

Jesus Christ is Isaiah’s prophesied Suffering Servant who took upon himself the iniquities, transgressions and sins of his people as their substitute, so that they might be reconciled to God …

Daniel Ragusa/March 17, 2017

James Ussher: Another Irishman You Should Know

James Ussher (1581-1656) was one of the most influential Reformed theologians of the seventeenth century. He adroitly contended throughout his life against Roman Catholicism on various platforms, whether writing, preaching or …

Jeffrey C. Waddington/March 14, 2017

[Review] BibleWorks 10

We are embarrassed by a wealth of riches in this age in which we live. Books are not only available in print but in electronic form as well. We can …

Pierce Taylor Hibbs/March 10, 2017

The Heart of Trinitarian Heresy

All heresies with respect to the Trinity may be reduced to the one great heresy of mixing the eternal and the temporal. — Cornelius Van Til Cornelius Van Til cut …

Arjen Vreugdenhil/March 6, 2017

The Canons of Dort as a Standard for Teaching and Preaching (3)

In our previous article I discussed section I of the Canons of Dort, to show how it presents and prescribes the proper way to teach about election. In this final …

Austin Reed/February 27, 2017

Karl Barth’s (basically) Infralapsarian Theology: A Review Article

“ There can be no Christian truth which does not, from the very first, contain within itself as its basis the fact that from and to all eternity God is the …

Glen Clary/February 20, 2017

History of Knox Liturgy

History of Knox Liturgy [1] By Bard Thompson [2] Edited by Glen Clary Upon the death of Edward VI in 1553, Mary Tudor brought back the Roman religion …

Daniel Ragusa/February 20, 2017

12 Episodes on Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics

Herman Bavinck, reflecting on the all-important impact of Christ on history, writes in The Philosophy of Revelation, “[R]evelation gives us a division of history. There is no history without division of …

Arjen Vreugdenhil/February 15, 2017

The Canons of Dort as a Standard for Teaching and Preaching (2)

Introduction In a previous article I pointed out that the Canons of Dort not only define the content of Reformed doctrine, but also direct the way in which it is …

Glen Clary/February 13, 2017

History of the Genevan Liturgy

History of the Genevan Liturgy 1 By Bard Thompson 2 Edited by Glen Clary The first Reformer to arrive on the Genevan scene was the fiery Frenchman, William Farel, a fearless campaigner …

Arjen Vreugdenhil/February 8, 2017

The Canons of Dort as a Standard for Teaching and Preaching

Introduction The Canons of Dort are one of official standards of the Reformed churches. They were written in the early 1600s, when the young Reformed Church in the Netherlands had …

Daniel Ragusa/February 3, 2017

Going On to Perfection: A Redemptive-Historical Reading of Hebrews 6:1

The author of the letter to the Hebrews makes explicit in the prologue that there is an organic progression to God’s revelation [1] and that the content and mode of …

Daniel Ragusa/January 27, 2017

Joy-Full Fellowship (Part 6): The Incarnation

With a smirk befitting someone about to deliver the authoritative word on a subject long puzzled over, the apostle John reaches for his pen to begin inscribing his gospel account (or so I can at least imagine). …

Daniel Ragusa/January 18, 2017

Joy-Full Fellowship (Part 5): The Prophets

Following the apex of Israel’s glory with the construction of the Solomonic temple, the biblical drama enters a period of sustained decline with the occasional righteous Davidic king temporarily suspending its ultimate …