Reformation21

Reformation21

Reformation 21

Administrator
Jan 2, 2008
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,...

A Peculiar Perspective on Suffering

Tessa Thompson
Dec 18, 2019
Editor's Note: This post is adapted from Laughing at the Days to Come: Facing Present Trials and Future Uncertainties with Gospel Hope (RHB, 2019 ). My once bright future suddenly seemed dark. The onset of a rare neurological disease was causing me to gradually lose my hearing, and there was no...

How to Evaluate Your Pastor

Christopher Gordon
Dec 17, 2019
It is an open secret: Christian pastors struggle. Many are worn out and frequently fatigued. Many suffer from discouragement. Many desire more constructive feedback to help them channel their energies and properly discharge their calling. This raises some questions. Who is overseeing their time,...

The Ghost of Rudolf Past

Bruce Lowe
Dec 17, 2019
Everyone knows the story of the reindeer with the red nose, who guided Santa’s sleigh at Christmas. Everyone also knows, I think, Charles Dickens’s famous book A Christmas Carol , wherein the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future attempt to reform grumpy old Ebenezer Scrooge. Since Christmas...

How Should I Benefit from Communion?

Ian Hamilton Articles
Oct 16, 2008
At a time when Reformed churches are taking the celebration and frequency of the Lord's Supper more seriously, the question 'How Should I Benefit From Communion?' is timely. Many helpful books and articles have been written on how the believer can and should benefit from partaking the Lord's Supper...

Reformed, Young, and Motivated...But to What?

Jonathan Gloundry Articles
Nov 19, 2008
Reformed Theology has arguably had a humble revival in recent years. Who would have thought that the Reformed "mega-church' in Seattle, (I'm thinking of Mars Hill) would have reformed works found on the shelves of Wal Mart supermarkets? I'm thinking of Piper's work on the Cross. Even in Southern...

Why is the Old Testament shut out of church?

Ralph Davis Articles
Nov 19, 2008
John Reed Miller Lecture Series: Part One I don't want to begin this lecture by spiritualizing a text but...the Old Testament is good bit like Jephthah the Gileadite in Judges 11:1-3. His brothers so much as booted him out of their father's household because of his illegitimate birth. That's the...

When Jesus Comes Again

Mark Johnston Articles
Nov 20, 2008
The New Testament refers to the return of Christ on some 300 occasions, so it is not something we can easily ignore or simply sideline in our understanding of the Faith. Yet, it is an aspect of the Bible's teaching that has been largely overlooked in recent times - at least in many Reformed...

Why Every Fourth Grader Should Read Bavinck

Stephen Tipton
Dec 8, 2008
Why Every Fourth Grader Should Read Herman Bavinck God in his providence has allowed bad theology to remain in the world since the sixth day of creation. From Adam onward, each generation of believers has had to deal with error. And, as the body of Christ grows and develops, so too do the schemes...

I Believe in the Holy Spirit

Mark Johnston Articles
Dec 18, 2008
The stark brevity of the Apostles' Creed's affirmation of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is enough to give many Christians apoplexy in today's church. To their ears it sounds almost insulting to the third Person of the Trinity after having said so much by comparison about the Father and the Son...