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The Sabbath at the Supreme Court

Over the past several months, I’ve been tracking the progress of what I call “Uncle Gerry’s Case.” Gerald Groff[1] is an Evangelical Christian of the conservative Mennonite variety hailing from beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who has become a champion of…

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SatanCon and the Kingship of Christ

The last week of April, The Satanic Temple (TST) tried to set a Guinness world record for the largest gathering of satanists during the 10th Annual SatanCon with its “Witches Night” theme in Downtown Boston (reportedly packing hotels throughout the…

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Welcome to Ref21!

Welcome to Ref21!  It probably sounds strange to be welcomed to a page that you have read for nearly twenty years!  Ref21 has been a staple of daily Christian reading for literally thousands of believers. So, why act as if…

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The Spirituality of the Church Speech

Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a post about what has frequently been termed “the spirituality doctrine of the church.” I heartily commend this post to our readers, as it is quite a helpful introduction to the basics of Presbyterianism regarding the…

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Jesus and the Federal Budget?

One of the interesting aspects of Scripture is that it doesn’t tell us the precise way in which moral principles should be implemented in the civil sphere–even while it contains ironclad moral commands and lasting principles for the lives of…

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Migrations of the Holy

William T. Cavanaugh. Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, 208 pp. $18.00.  Few political theologians over the past fifteen years have been as consistently stimulating or provocative as William…