Among key recommendations: a day of prayer and fasting for revival (as amended), thanksgiving for adult professions of faith, and gratitude for the nation’s 250th anniversary. The committee also voted to keep current BCO language on deacons, rejecting overtures to allow women in the office, while advancing several targeted amendments on judicial processes, session records,... Continue Reading

If we are all adopted sons, then we are all part of the blood royal. We are royalty with Him—not by physical descent, but by our union with Christ, the true and natural Son.   This article from The Aquila Report is a critique of a book written by David Garner called Sons in the... Continue Reading

AI has made it easier for the true desires of our hearts to be exposed in inglorious new ways. Instead of allowing ourselves to be turned inward toward our new idols, we must help each other turn outward to the God who gave us the precious breath for both life and redemption   [Modern Reformation]... Continue Reading

The gospel transforms people from the inside out. Socialism strives to transform society from the outside in according its own standards and godless ideologies. One trusts the power of God. The other trusts, and enforces, the power of the state above all else.   Modern socialism/progressivism present themselves as compassionate, enlightened, and morally superior. They... Continue Reading

Our identity is not found in the passions that wage war within us. Our deepest identity is found in our covenant representative. You are either in Adam or you are in Christ. Every other identity is far too small to carry the weight of an immortal soul.   One of the strangest ideas ever smuggled... Continue Reading

Pastors must be strengthened by…a supernatural work of God through the Spirit. It’s experienced—not just affirmed—and the experience comes from outside as we meditate on the reality of grace—“remember Jesus Christ risen from the dead” (2 Timothy 2:8).   In 2 Timothy, Paul gives Timothy more than 30 imperatives to guide his ministry to the... Continue Reading

The AIC has offered no historical witnesses for its cavalier interpretation of Scripture and the Confession and Catechisms; it is because there are no witnesses. For the AIC to suggest that 17th Century Puritans who wrote the Westminster Standards would approve of celibate homosexual ordination is false and preposterous, and they must surely know it.... Continue Reading

Harsh men “persuade” their wives through physical, mental, or verbal strength rather than through love. They use harsh language with their wives. They treat them with a severity that others would find offensive if they could see it. This bitterness clearly fails to reflect the tender and faithful affection with which Christ loves the church... Continue Reading

There are wonderful things happening, but we in the ARP need to be watchful and careful in how we approach leadership and the leading of the Synod.…We would be wise as a denomination to repair relationships, encourage one another in love, and to see that all the oars on the ship are rowing in the... Continue Reading

A biblical order of the administration of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper would provide a meaningful framework for the exercise of proper shepherding of the flock at the high and holy moment of the distribution of the elements of the Lord’s supper.   Introduction It’s a celebration, a festive moment in the life of... Continue Reading