Tag Church History

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Celebrate with us!

Join us as we celebrate two years of the Kids Talk Church History podcast! We have released fifty-three episodes of fun and informative content that have enlightened our young listeners about church history. KTCH was started as the brainchild of…

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Psalm Singing: The Church’s Punk Rock

“Corporate Rock,” is the derisive label slapped on a style of music born in the 1970s. Characterized by formulaic arrangements, shallow lyrics, and predictable chord progressions critics claim that corporate rock was engineered by record label executives, not artists, to…

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Music at the GA and the PCA

Does the PCA in general understand the role of music in the worship of the Reformed Church? The answer must be no if our annual experience at the General Assembly gives any indication. What the Reformation revived was the congregational…

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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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The Plagiarizing Pastor

“Wood drastically” – “Wood ‘drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth.’ You got that from Vickers, ‘Work in Essex County,’ page 98, right? Yeah, I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole…

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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…