Rick Phillips

One of the Book of Church Order amendments making the rounds of PCA presbyteries this year is a proposed change to forbid the practice of intinction.  For those not in…

In 1734, God used the preaching of Jonathan Edwards to launch the Great Awakening in Northampton, MA.  Edwards would go on to be one of the most influential Christians in…

I have benefited from reading the comments on the wide variety of blogs that have picked up the discussion between Tullian Tchividjian and me on the subject of total depravity,…

I was glad to see some some constructive dialogue in the comments section of Tullian Tchividjian’s reply to my critique of his article on total depravity and Christians.  Let me say at…

In following the dialogue on Ref21 between Drs. Belcher and Collins, I was struck by a complaint from Collins that Belcher should have picked up the phone and discussed his…

Some recent posts address the important discussion taking place together regarding the relationship of justification to sanctification (see here and here).  This topic is crucial to us getting the gospel right…

I am occasionally asked whether or not we should always add the words “if it is Your will” to our prayers.   This is a good question, since the apostle James’…

On July 4, our nation celebrates its independence with waving flags, picnics, and parades.  Some churches deck their sanctuary with red, white, and blue, and devote the worship service to…

By now most of our readers will have heard that our own fellow-blogger here at Ref21, Laim Goligher, has received and accepted a call to the pulpit of Tenth Presbyterian…

In my previous post on the PCRT webcast, I neglected to mention the Friday morning pre-conference, with Cornel Venema speaking on “Texts of Christ’s Triumph”.  This, too, will be available…