A Game Day Decision
On his first missionary journey Paul said something startling to the believers in Derbe. He said, “[through] many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”[1] Nearly twenty years later,…
Jeffrey Stivason
Jeffrey A Stivason (Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary) is pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, PA. He is also Professor of New Testament Studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. Jeff is the Editorial Director of Ref21 and Place for Truth both online magazines of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
A Study in Intertextuality: Seeing Jesus in All of Scripture
One of my favorite texts is Acts 13:38-39. It’s a simple gospel text that is part of Paul’s sermon to a Jewish synagogue situated in the gentile region of Pisidia.…
The Church’s Great Need
A 2023 poll revealed that 84% of Americans are angrier than a generation ago, with 42% of those polled admitting to feeling angrier themselves. A recent Pew Research Center survey…
Martyrdom, Charlie Kirk, and Us
To name Christ as our savior is not merely to make a religious statement. It is political. In Psalm two the Father assured the mediatorial Son that if He asked…
A Word to Those Judging the Church
I enjoy the little story tucked away in Acts 12:12-17. It appears between King Herod’s tirade (Acts 12:1-11) against the church and his death for blasphemy (Acts 12:18-24). Oddly, it’s…
Erasmus and the Final Verses of Revelation
Let me begin by establishing the parameters of this little article. It is not an attack on the Textus Receptus or the Majority text from which the TR emerged. This…
Scholarship and Coram Deo
I recently finished Luke Timothy Johnson’s The Mind in Another Place: My Life as a Scholar (Eerdmans, 2022). I was eager to read it. I am always eager to read…
Proof that Males Lactate?
Male humans do not lactate. I know that this may come as a surprise to you, especially since we are now being told that males just might be able to…
Chisels and Chestfeeding
Whatever we may think about an idol, foolish as it may be, we must not be in doubt about the infatuation that these chunks of metal and blocks of wood…
Colored People or People of Color?
As of late, there was a scuffle in the House because Rep. Eli Crane from Arizona used the term “colored people” instead of “people of color.” Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH)…