There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.

How we handle the intersection of the spiritual antithesis, on the one hand, and the influences of God’s common grace in the unregenerate, on the other, will therefore have profound implications not only for our relationships to non-Christians, but also for our reflection on Scripture and its application in the practice of ministry. 

In 1551 – four hundred fifty years ago – a dramatic confrontation occurred in Geneva between John Calvin and Jerome Bolsec over the doctrine of predestination. Today that controversy is largely forgotten, but it was a significant episode that provides a remarkable window on the character and meaning of the Reformation.

An examination of the controversial place the opening chapter of Genesis has played in ecclesiastical debates both inside and outside Reformed denominations.

There are parallels between the new hymnody of the present day and the state of church music in the late seventeenth century.

Should we determine what we sing in church simply on the basis of what is familiar to us, that is, what we like? Or are there biblical principles that must guide what we sing?

In the face of suffering and the apparent delay of God's coming to help, Scripture directs us to look to the future and the fulfillment of God's saving work, when Jesus will make all things new.

The assurance that comes to us from the Gospel is that no matter how pervasive or powerful the forces or sin, God is victorious in winning salvation for His people.

As Christians, we need to keep the Lord's Day holy for God still calls His people to a patterned life, now patterned after the completed saving work of Jesus.

Because we have an everlasting and unchangeable covenant, we have an everlasting inheritance.

The astounding promise of Isaiah is that those who trust the Servant of the Lord and are saved by His work will share in the glory that will be His. 

We must insist that Sunday is the Lord’s Day, a day that He has instituted for His people to spend with Him.

The coming of Jesus is the coming of comfort for God's people.

A defense of the Christian Sabbath.

Christians who believe in a God who is the righteous governor of the universe must also believe that God will uphold justice through judgment.

In these promiscuous times, we often reduce a calling to a job and thereby find little satisfaction.

While there is freedom with respect to the circumstances of worship, we can no longer design worship according to our own specifications.

Our lives are not controlled by blind and indifferent chance, but rather, our days are directed by the God who has shown His great love and care for us in the gift of His Son Jesus to be our Savior

In Jesus, Jew and Gentile find the ultimate expression of the strength of God to save and protect His people.

A brief study of the life and work of the Italian reformer Peter Martyr Vermigli.