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As an avid boxing fan, as soon as I knew that I was moving to Philadelphia , I emailed the Smokin' Joe Frazier website to let the former heavyweight champ know of my imminent arrival. OK, it was the sad action of a soon-to-be-middle-aged man trying to fulfill a childhood fantasy. I assumed it would...

A thought-provoking and "relevant" quotation from Horatius Bonar, quoted in "Christ is All": The Piety of Horatius Bonar , ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Darrin R. Brooker (2007), 31-3: Some well-meaning theological literateurs, or rather amateur theologians, who patronize religion in their own way,...

A quarter of a century has now passed since Jean-François Lyotard's book, La conditione postmoderne (published in French in 1979 and the English translation in 1984). Not on your bookshelf? That's not surprising since by all accounts it is a pretty dull read. Still, it was something of a bombshell...

Last night I began a Wednesday night series on 1 Timothy. My main topic last night was apostolicity, drawing from Paul's salutation. I am often struck by how significant some of these issues are and how poorly they are appreciated today. Especially, I think there are three main points about...

I've been spending some time with missionaries who have gathered in Malaga, Spain. They are all (more or less) affiliated with the PCA and some are Americans and the rest European nationals. Its been refreshing, not least to discover that issues of experiential Calvinism translate into European...

Richard Phillips is a regular reformation21 contributor, and chair of the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology. Rev. Phillips is senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, S.C.. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan, a master of business...

Carl R Trueman is Departmental Chair of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He has an MA in Classics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Church History from the University of Aberdeen. He is editor of the IFES journal, Themelios, and has taught on the...

Dr. Ryken is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Prior to this, Dr. Ryken served as senior minister of the historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, where he preached since 1995. He was educated at Wheaton College (IL), Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), and...

Dr. Thomas is Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. He joined the staff in 2011, coming from Jackson, MS, where he was Chairman of the Theology Department at Reformed Theological Seminary and Minister of Teaching at First Presbyterian Church. He is from Wales. He is a...

Reformation 21 is an online magazine (ezine) created to serve, edify, and educate Christians by presenting an authoritative reformed perspective, while embracing various denominational positions, on a variety of relevant historic matters, current issues, and thoughtful positions that inform,...