When considering the qualifications for elders, “able to teach” is often recognized as the one qualification uniquely required for the office (1 Tim. 3:2, Tit. 1:9). Certainly, the unique role of elders centers on “the ministry of the word” (Acts…
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.…
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).…
Steve Lawson has been removed from ministry at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas due to an inappropriate relationship with a woman who is not his wife. Other places he is affiliated with have acted swiftly to remove him from his…
I am encouraged by the amount of interest my article on hyper-cessationism has received. It has reinforced my suspicion that the Reformed world is hungry for warmer expressions of orthodoxy, and that our spark has been waiting for us all…
Editor’s Note: This article is related to William Boekestein’s latest book titled, Finding My Vocation. The reader can order a copy of his new book on vocation here. Enjoy! For people listening to God’s voice, the importance of work is a given. The…
As a capital “R” Reformed person, I would call myself a cessationist. This simply means that I believe God has “ceased” giving any new doctrine and/or new ethics. You could also describe it as the belief that there is no…
We live in an image-obsessed culture – everything we do is captured in images: photographs, drawings, videos, and TikToks. Images and images and images and images. They help us think. They help us learn. They help us better understand ideas…
Every Place is a Place to Talk about Jehovah Several weeks ago, I had a very embarrassing interaction at a small Asian restaurant in my town. I was grabbing lunch with one of the elders from Christ Presbyterian Church…
In the first part of my review of Jeffrey Johnson’s new work, The Revealed God, I looked at a few of the historical claims and figures that Johnson employed to defend his thesis. In this section, I want to…
