Should I Pray for Jerusalem?
Psalm 122 calls people to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” and to seek her good (6, 9). Is the Psalm calling us to be politically pro-Israel, as some people interpret it today? Or is it teaching something more basic to…
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A Response to Ryan Denton’s Expository Preaching: The New Golden Calf
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. This cannot be an exhaustive treatment of the topic but will simply engage with Rev. Denton’s article.…
The Content of Scripture
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…
Jesus Calling: How They Got it Wrong– Insufficient Arguments
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…
Keep Getting Up Again and AGAIN!
Paul Harvey, the beloved radio broadcaster who chronicled mysterious “rest of the stories” for America with his nationally syndicated program, shared this sad but true account of “Sparky”: WHEN HE WAS a little boy the other children called him, “Sparky,”…
Ezra and Nehemiah: An excerpt from Dale Ralph Davis’s New Commentary
A (Brief) Theology of the Sabbath By Dale Ralph Davis From ‘Is Reformation Really Possible? Or: The Ongoing Perils of the Church (Nehemiah 13:4-31) in Ezra & Nehemiah: The Quest for Restoration, Focus on the Bible (Fearn: Christian Focus, 2025), pp…
My Jesus Poster
In college, I lived with seven of my best friends in apartment Nu 8, “The Ocho.” Our living room was placarded with posters displaying our various passions: a Pulp Fiction scene with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson pointing pistols at a…
An Old Princeton Precedent for Today’s Reformed Writers
It is difficult to argue against the claim that Princeton Theological Seminary of Princeton, New Jersey occupied a—if not the—principal position of influence in shaping American Reformed Christianity in the nineteenth century. The years between its founding in 1812 and…
Send them to Seminary
Jack is not going to seminary. He has a good job, he is settled in his local church, and he wants to minister in his home state, preferably his hometown. Staying put permits him to help in his local church…
Sermon Prep: Not How Long, But Where?
Many have strong opinions on the amount of time a pastor should take to prepare his weekly sermon, with many affirming that roughly 20 hrs is not just normal but advisable. We’ve probably seen pastors piling up their commentaries on…