Articles
Daniel Ragusa/July 29, 2016
The garden of Eden was not just some Mesopotamian farmland, but an archetypal sanctuary or a temple-garden. [1] Though we often speak of “the Garden of Eden” as a…
Camden M. Bucey/July 28, 2016
Reformed Forum has been blessed with many opportunities to serve Christ’s church. Since 2008, we have been producing and distributing Reformed theological content freely (both free and libre!) online. Over…
Ruben Zartman/July 24, 2016
St. Gregory of Nyssa, Anti-Apollinarian Writings. The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation, vol. 131. Translated by Robin Orton. Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 2015. Pp. xxiii…
Camden M. Bucey/July 19, 2016
Occasionally, I am asked about the difference between the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and my denomination, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). I’ve had different thoughts about this during my…
Jeffrey C. Waddington/July 17, 2016
A New but Classic Text We are reading through Lewis Ayres’s Nicaea and its Legacy (Oxford University Press, 2004). Our goal is to read this relatively new but still classic…
Daniel Ragusa/July 15, 2016
At points it seems that the letter to the Hebrews reveals Platonic or Middle-Platonic influence or overtones. This is especially the case with regard to what the author distinguishes as…
Daniel Ragusa/July 10, 2016
The perplexing command from the Lord to Hosea to marry a woman of whoredom (Hos. 1:2) has caused some interpreters to doubt the historical nature of it. Because such a…
Daniel Ragusa/July 8, 2016
Tomorrow, Lord willing, I’ll be completing a four-sermon series on the armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-20. It’s been a rewarding challenge and great joy to have camped out here in God’s…
Glen Clary/July 8, 2016
Paul’s aim in 1 Cor. 11:17–34 is to correct an error in the church at Corinth. In vv. 17–22, he states the error, and in vv. 23–34, he provides the…
Daniel Ragusa/July 4, 2016
In Peter’s first letter to those of the Dispersion (1:1) he intentionally utilizes language that once characterized the nation of Israel in the Old Testament to now describe the New…
Daniel Ragusa/July 1, 2016
“The covenant is neither a hypothetical relationship, nor a conditional position; rather it is the fresh, living fellowship in which the power of grace is operative.” – Geerhardus Vos There…
Jeffrey C. Waddington/June 28, 2016
Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (played so well by Ralph Fiennes in the movie Quiz Show) argue in their very useful How to Read a Bookthat we ought…
Daniel Ragusa/June 26, 2016
In a previous episode of Christ the Center, we threw our oar in the water on the recent discussions regarding the proposed Eternal Functional Subordination (EFS) of the Son to…
Tracey Shannon/June 23, 2016
Exploring the centuries-old church in their neighborhood was proving to be an adventure that Carla and Timothy would not soon forget. Thus begins The Ology, the latest book by pastor…
Daniel Schrock/June 20, 2016
The connection between historia salutis and ordo salutis, that is, between salvation as it has been accomplished in redemptive history and salvation as it is applied in the life experience of…