There are few things worse than Christians over-analysing films and seeing ”the gospel” and ”redemption” all over the place when the actual director and writers had no intention of illustrating them. With that as a caveat, I venture to say that watching The Princess…
Terry Johnson, the Senior Minister of the historic Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia, has for many years produced an annual calendar of hymns and psalms for the use of his congregation on the Lord’s Day. You will find a…
I’ve been bombarded with materials to help in learning the Shorter Catechism since my last post here It turns out there is a whole cottage industry for singing the CatechismSongs for Saplings – you can get them in the UK by going…
More books emerge than I have time to keep up with, but our friend Rob Ventura can help us here with sample chapters from forthcoming titles from Reformed Heritage Press (see his blog, ). I’ve just finished reading Peter Enns’ new…
I just finished writing my Sunday sermon on 1 Samuel 18. A few weeks ago, I began working through the life of David, beginning in 1 Samuel 16 and extending to the end of 2 Samuel. As I have it…
Recent online debates over the proper pastoral use of biblical commands in the lives of believers have left me a bit bewildered. Apparently, some would see these commands merely as descriptions of the Christian’s deficiencies, the spiritual equivalent of a…
Editor’s Note: We are excited to welcome Dr. K. Scott Oliphint to the reformation21 blog. Dr. Oliphint is the professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the author of numerous books, including his…
Stephen Prothero, world religion prof at Boston University, not an evangelical Christian, offers an interesting observation on our generation’s reluctance to engage in serious, but respectful disagreement about religion. Having said that he works hard to foster “respectful arguments” in his…
Many of you have no doubt seen the burgeoning YouTube sensation by this point. Our friend Burk Parsons of Tabletalk provides a helpful corrective at reformation21. Enjoy!
In our day, unlike in the days of generations past, we have much too simplistic a view of what it means to believe something. In the world today, many people use the word “believe” to describe their feelings about something…
