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Glen Clary/March 10, 2016
Jonathan Edwards on Weekly Communion
I’ve often heard that while the classical Reformers such as Martin Bucer, John Calvin and John Knox favored weekly Communion, their spiritual heirs (particularly, the Reformed experientialists of the seventeenth …
Glen Clary/March 9, 2016
Four Reasons for Weekly Communion
In recent years, weekly Communion has become increasingly popular in Reformed worship. There are many advocates and also critics of weekly Communion within the Reformed church. I consider myself an …
Glen Clary/March 7, 2016
John Knox and Public Prayer
One of the primary goals of the Protestant Reformation was to reform the worship of the church according to Scripture, the only infallible authority. The Reformers gave careful attention …
Glen Clary/March 7, 2016
John Calvin: Servant of the Word of God
In St. Peter’s Cathedral in Geneva there is a plaque commemorating the life and ministry of John Calvin, which simply describes him as “servant of the Word of God.”[1] Truly, …
Glen Clary/March 7, 2016
The Public Reading of Scripture
In this article, we will briefly survey the history of the public reading of Scripture in worship from Moses to the apostles with a view toward developing a biblical model …
Glen Clary/March 4, 2016
Reforming the Eucharist
When Ulrich Zwingli began his ministry in Zurich on 1 January 1519, he announced from the pulpit that he intended to preach “the entire Gospel of Matthew, one passage …
Jeffrey A. Stivason/February 28, 2016
The Night At the Lodge
Recently I have been preaching through the life of Moses during the Lord’s Day evening service. Last week I ran headlong into the most difficult set of verses that the …
Camden M. Bucey/February 5, 2016
The Benefits of the Gospel Are In Christ
In his superb book The Whole Christ, Sinclair Ferguson reminds us of an absolutely critical point of salvation: The benefits of the gospel (justification, reconciliation, redemption, adoption) were being separated from …
Camden M. Bucey/February 1, 2016
Hello from the Other Side of Christian Unity
I recently received the latest issue of Marquette’s journal Philosophy & Theology. In coordination with the Karl Rahner Theological Society, every other issue features a series of Rahner papers. This …
Camden M. Bucey/January 26, 2016
John Owen: Sarcastic Socinian
In his book John Owen: Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man, Carl Trueman includes a portion of John Owen’s satirical Socinian catechism, which Owen wrote in response to John Biddle and appended …
Jeffrey C. Waddington/January 23, 2016
Is There Such a Thing as “Common Ground” Between the Believer and the Unbeliever?
“No and yes. It all depends on what you mean.” Such is the conversation I sometimes have with seminary students new to the writings of Cornelius Van Til. In this …
James J. Cassidy/January 2, 2016
The Primacy of the Trinity in Theology and Apologetics: Herman Bavinck on Trinitarian Dogma
The Primacy of the Trinity in Theology In the closing section of Herman Bavinck’s chapter on the Trinity, the Dutch theologian makes some very important and keen observations on the …
Camden M. Bucey/December 31, 2015
The Most Downloaded Episodes of 2015
2015 was a big year for Reformed Forum, but not through conventional means. Even a cursory review of the titles in our archive shows the breadth and depth of our subject …
Camden M. Bucey/December 18, 2015
Poythress on Rain Clouds vs. a Heavenly Sea in Gen 1:6–8
Since we cannot go back and interview ancient Israelites, modern interpreters can always postulate that the Israelites had strange beliefs about a heavenly sea.... The postulates have …
James J. Cassidy/December 9, 2015
Whatever Happened to Parson Brown?
This morning I was taking my daughter to school when “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” came on the radio. I was surprised to hear, however, an interesting change in the …