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God has so ordered his church that “there should be ministers or pastors to preach the Word of God.” [i] The church must send ministers to preach so that sinners can hear the gospel, call on Jesus, and be saved (Rom. 10:14, 15). But the duty of gospel proclamation does not belong to ministers alone...

I wish to commend Rev.’s Todd Ruddel and Adam Brink on their engagement with my article, “ Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf. ” They clearly took time to sift through my words and made a lengthy, albeit in places cumbersome, response. I appreciate their zeal for the truth even if it means...

This article is a response to Rev. Ryan Denton: “Expository Preaching, The New Golden Calf” posted on Reformation 21’s website on May 12, 2025. [1] This cannot be an exhaustive treatment of the topic but will simply engage with Rev. Denton’s article. In the title of the article, Rev. Denton...

As the Holy Spirit enables you, support an evangelistic cause. Before leaving for India, William Carey told his friends Andrew Fuller and Samuel Pearce, “I will go down into the pit, if you will hold the ropes.” [1] Carey was aware of the difficulty of moving to another country to serve as a...

How do the early church creeds and the Reformed confessions fit into the life of the local church? As someone who came to Reformed convictions but had not been raised in a Reformed context, this was a question I had needed to ponder. I slowly came to my own conviction that the faith as expressed in...

“A concise work on evangelism that is chock-full of biblical truth. It encompasses all that the Christian and the church need to know to go forth and preach the gospel. It is both instructional and motivational. It can be read and studied alone by a believer or taught in a classroom setting in a...

Paragraph one of the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith sets forth the necessity of Scripture, if Scripture is necessary then it is essential to know which ancient Judeo-Christian writings combine to make up its content . The Westminster Assembly’s confession answered this...

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Christian conferences differ in such significant ways that one would be foolish to make sweeping statements about their usefulness or lack thereof. I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at conferences, of varying sizes, in many countries. By and large, they were spiritually rewarding...

In Part 1 , I narrated a process in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), which will continue at the 52nd General Assembly in June. The Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) and Mission to the World (MTW) will report on Sarah Young’s book Jesus Calling . I thought my 2024 overture was...