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Beyond Style Wars – Recovering the Substance of Worship
April 1, 1999
While there is freedom with respect to the circumstances of worship, we can no longer design worship according to our own specifications.
Read MoreBy His Fatherly Hand
April 1, 1999
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
Read MoreA Bulwark Never Failing
April 1, 1999
In Jesus, Jew and Gentile find the ultimate expression of the strength of God to save and protect His people.
Read MoreStrimple-Malone Baptism Debate
March 9, 1999
Robert Strimple and Fred Malone in a debate concerning the proper subjects of Baptism.
Read MorePeter Martyr Vermigli: International Reformer
March 1, 1999
A brief study of the life and work of the Italian reformer Peter Martyr Vermigli.
Read MoreGod the Holy One
February 1, 1999
When we are forgiven and renewed in Jesus, then we can begin to understand and respond to the call of God, “Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
Read MoreA Discussion on Justification
February 1, 1999
The inadequacies of the compromise on justification presented in the documents “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” and “The Gift of Salvation.”
Read MoreThe Rules of the Road
February 1, 1999
Students of Scripture tend to ask, “What does this passage mean?”, but you can't get to the “what” without the “how.”
Read MorePutting Weight Back into Glory
January 1, 1999
While the large majority of people in North America express belief in the existence of God, He is not a weighty consideration in the lives of most people, including churchgoers.
Read MoreThe Decision to Leave: A Home in the URC’s
January 26, 1998
An interview with Dr. W. Robert Godfrey about his exodus from the Christian Reformed Church into the United Reformed Churches.
Read MoreAn Interview with W. Robert Godfrey (Originally Published in 1997)
October 7, 1997
Dr. W. Robert Godfrey discusses his own Reformed background along with the state of the Reformed church in the late 1990's.
Read MoreA Reformed Dream
September 1, 1997
Our confessional Reformed denominations should consider a bold move to express their unity and increase the credibility of their witness by joining together under one general assembly with each former denomination becoming a particular synod under that general assembly.
Read MoreA Big Tent
October 7, 1996
Reformed churches must be big tents in the sense that they welcome all persons regardless of gender, race, ethnic background, or sinful beliefs or lifestyles that they want to put behind them. But Reformed churches, especially in their worship, must not seek to satisfy unconverted desires for entertainment and self-gratification. They must teach, worship and live according to the Word of God alone.
Read MoreA New Alliance
June 1, 1996
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a strong beginning for a movement to call all evangelicals to self-examination and reflection, to repentance and renewal at the doctrinal center of our commitment to Christ.
Read MorePraise the Lord: Psalm 150
January 27, 1996
A detailed look at biblical praise as presented in Psalm 150.
Read MoreA Catechism Written in Heidelberg
April 17, 1995
A discussion of the Heidelberg Catechism in its historical context.
Read MoreA Discussion of the Necessity of Reforming the Church by John Calvin
March 1, 1995
An examination of John Calvin's statement of the doctrines of and necessity for the Reformation.
Read MorePractical Ecumenism
October 9, 1994
A biblical expression of Christian ecumenism in a pluralistic age.
Read MoreReformation in Scotland (On the Freedom of the Church under the Word)
October 6, 1993
The determination and courage of the Scots in seeking to follow the Bible should be an encouragement to all of us who believe that the church must live according to the Bible alone.
Read MoreThe Assembly at the Abbey
September 1, 1993
The best way to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Westminster Assembly is to read and ponder its work that carry with them rich insight into the Word of God.
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