From Covenant to Confessional
I shouted over the many voices crammed into the Twin Lakes cafeteria, “I went to Covenant!” The man was likely the same age as me and looked very confused by this answer. “How did you end up here?” I am…
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Thank You for Your Support on Giving Tuesday
Thank you for your commitment to God’s inerrant Word and for helping to make the Alliance Giving Tuesday event a success. You raised $47,760 in 24 hours! I’m sure your inbox and social media platforms were filled with messages from…
Pleading for Sodom
In the early hours of June 21st 1957, a stream of FBI agents burst into Rudolph Abel’s apartment and arrested him on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. At that time the Cold War was nearing its boiling point.…
Review of Mark Vroegop’s Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Summary of the Book In the introduction of his book, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, Mark Vroegop contends that “there is deep mercy under dark clouds when we discover the grace of lament” (p. 22).…
Ten Petitions and Praises about the Sabbath
The prayers of a Sunday morning service offer a perfect context to encourage both gratitude for the Sabbath and renewed ambitions for the Lord’s day. If you are a pastor or elder seeking to encourage thoughtfulness about the fourth commandment,…
Twelve ways to promote the Sunday evening service
Do you have an evening service at your church? Is so, and especially if you are a Reformed pastor or elder, you’ll likely be wanting to encourage better attendance at your church’s Sunday evening service. Many of the Young, Restless…
A Supreme Consensus: Thoughts on Justification
Justification by faith alone. Sounds simple enough, and in some respects it is. In the PCA we admit people into membership who acknowledge they are sinners and trust in Christ alone for salvation. In a certain sense, we are requiring…
Augustine Against Gnosticism
Most American Christians are aware that it is an ancient heresy to say that Jesus was man but not God (Arianism); less are aware that there were just as many heretics who promoted the opposite error: that Jesus was God…
Understanding the Cry of Dereliction
‘And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”’ (Mark 15:34). What exactly was happening on the cross when Jesus spoke these…
Colossians: The Glory of Christ
Where is Christ most glorified? As hard as it is for many to believe, the Son of God was never more glorified than as he hung on the cross of Calvary, absorbing the righteous wrath of a holy God as…