Do you believe that America is the “city on a hill” that Christ was referring to in his Sermon on the Mount? Are there more than one of these cities? Was Jesus talking about a civil nation at all, or was this a metaphor of the church?

The Reformation Society of Indiana will be hosting their Fall Conference at Second Reformed Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana again this year. Dates are November 16th and 17th.

For that reason, we have disassociated ourselves from the Episcopal Church and will meet again in Convention on November 17th to consider further responses to these actions by the denomination we helped found. By God's grace, we look forward to many more generations freely exercising the faith first brought to these shores so many generations before us.

Theodore Roosevelt’s name at the top of the list of religiously observant presidents might surprise some people, yet that surprise would itself bear witness to the nature of his faith: privately held, but permeating countless speeches, writings, and acts … He was of the Dutch Reformed Church. He participated in missions work with his father,... Continue Reading

The liturgy is always the starting point for considering a service. Its structure informs not only the real progression from one element of worship to the next, but it produces an atmosphere through its words and its shape. The dramatic layering of elements in the pre-Reformation Mass greatly contrasts with the one-thing-at-a-time approach of Reformed... Continue Reading

The Presiding Bishop called Bishop Mark Lawrence and, speaking directly with him, informed him of the action of the Disciplinary Board. She also informed him that, effective noon of that day, the exercise of his ministry was restricted. Therefore, under the canon, he is not permitted to perform any acts as an ordained person.   ... Continue Reading

This is what disturbs me most, that my busyness, or the perception of busyness, makes me less effective in the areas in which I want to do well. That cost is too high to tolerate. So let me say it again, primarily to reassure myself: I’m not busy. I have all the time I need... Continue Reading

The problem was that the representatives from the presbytery framed the meetings “by the presbytery’s premise that the PWNC owned our building and we simply held it in trust for them. … We stated clearly to the group that we believed we owned our building and in that light we were very willing to discuss... Continue Reading

In Zambia, and in Africa at large, evangelical leaders who have worked their way up the ecclesiastical ladder are holding hands with religious fraudsters and thus they cannot speak about this engulfing evil. They would rather throw stones at political leaders out there than address the Trojan horse within evangelicalism. They would rather tell the... Continue Reading

“We affirm that the use of contraceptives is a responsible and morally acceptable means to greater control over the number and timing of births, and to improve the overall developing and flourishing of women and children,” said the Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, one of the advisers to the evangelical group.     A coalition of evangelicals... Continue Reading