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If You Can Give Up KJV English in the Bible, Why not the Confession of Faith?

People using the Standards as a benchmark for theological clarity don’t mind requiring users to suffer with the alien words and forms.

Written by D. G. Hart | Monday, July 9, 2018

As part of the work of the Committee on Christian Education, on motion, the body approved this: “That the Eighty-fifth (2018) General Assembly notify the member churches of NAPARC and other appropriate church bodies with which we have fellowship that it has erected a special committee to propose linguistic updating of the doctrinal standards of... Continue Reading

What Science Is Really Teaching Us

Many Christians today are fearful of studying science, and there’s more to this fear than math anxiety.

Written by John Bloom | Tuesday, July 3, 2018

As a Christian and a scientist who has been working in the discipline long enough to see some major scientific theory and paradigm shifts (such as from an eternal, “steady state” universe to a “big bang” universe with a beginning in space and time), I can say with confidence that “science destroys faith” may be... Continue Reading

3 Lessons from a Monthlong Sabbatical

Real Time away Can Recharge Your Spirit and up Your Game

Written by Mandi Rivieccio | Monday, June 25, 2018

As the trip approached, everyone asked where I was going, what I’d be doing, and how many books I’d bring. (An entire library!) But above all, they wanted to know if I was excited. Of course, I was excited! But to be honest, I was anxious, too. My old workaholic values resurfaced haunting me with unwelcome questions.... Continue Reading

The Apostle’s Creed: He descended into Hell

Calvin argued that Christ’s descent into hell happened on the cross prior to His death.

Written by Jeffrey A. Stivason | Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Perhaps you will remember that the Apostle’s Creed was used to oppose the docetic teaching of Marcion and others like him. The docetists believed that matter was bad and therefore Jesus only seemed to have a material body. Therefore, as I mentioned in the introduction to this series, in order to oppose this false teaching the... Continue Reading

The Apostle’s Creed: God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth

The right to claim to have God as one's Father is dependent upon one's union with Jesus Christ

Written by Michael D. Roberts | Saturday, April 28, 2018

“When Christians think of the fatherhood of God, their minds most likely go at once to the Trinity, and from there to the many New Testament passages that refer to God as the Father, along with the connecting belief in God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.”   When we speak of God as... Continue Reading

Attending Corporate Worship

Four important reasons Christians ought to attend the Lord’s Day gathering.

Written by Jared C. Wilson | Sunday, April 22, 2018

When we strangers and aliens gather as brothers and sisters under the banner of the gospel, we are rehearsing that glorious day when we will know as we are known, when our sin is vanquished and our Christian fellowship is fully enjoyed. As such, going to church is perhaps the most heavenly thing you can... Continue Reading

No Small Pastors

Pastors of small churches can be used by God in significant ways when they’re consecrated to God.

Written by Darryl Dash | Thursday, April 19, 2018

Pastors of small churches have every reason to be encouraged. We’re not the junior varsity team. The idea that our work is insignificant reflects the world’s values, not God’s values. Because it’s so counterintuitive, we need to take regular steps to recalibrate what we think, and reading books like Schaeffer’s is helpful.   Most pastors... Continue Reading

The Apostle’s Creed: An Introduction

The Creed is often seen as something that unites Christians

Written by Jeffrey A. Stivason | Saturday, March 31, 2018

“Clearly, the Apostle’s Creed was an expression of truth meant to combat a particular heresy. But like all good creeds it unites the church in any generation around Biblical truth. So, in this series we are going to look at a valuable and enriching statement of the Christian Faith and we will do it line... Continue Reading

Studying the Confession: The Doctrine of Assurance

The struggling believer can come and receive grace, encouragement, strength and victory!

Written by Martin B. Blocki | Saturday, December 9, 2017

Yet so many believers today haven’t been taught this, much less do they believe it!  Yet, believers have the tools they need.   The Westminster Confession of Faith … What is it? Is it a document that presents cold intellectual faith?  Dead Orthodoxy as it seems to some… Is it a historical artifact that has... Continue Reading

Don’t Be Caught Without a Confession

Christians have always written and cherished summaries of their beliefs

Written by Michael Reeves | Sunday, October 8, 2017

“For all their defining importance in Christian history, confessions of faith have met with mixed reactions from Christians. While many believers have used confessions enthusiastically, others have claimed that confessions replace a vital relationship with God with a desiccated list of doctrine, replacing the Spirit with the letter, leaving only a husk of dead, dull... Continue Reading

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