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Reformed Forum States of America

I’m sort of a recovering stats junkie. I grew up obsessed with baseball statistics and college football rankings. If Yahoo! fantasy baseball would have existed when I was a child, … Read more→

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Kevin DeYoung and the Evening Service

I am very thankful for Kevin DeYoung’s fine post on the evening service here.

I have one small quibble, however. And that is the requirement of the evening service. … Read more→

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Van Til and Barth

A helpful interaction with Christ the Center episodes on Barth and Van Til here. Thanks to Darren for an irenic response.

Ferguson on Soteriological Models

Sinclair Ferguson in his lecture, “The Reformed Doctrine of Sonship,” helpfully points out that any soteriological model which sets itself up as useful has to stand a series of tests:

Is … Read more→

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Contest for Free 2011 Confessional Presbyterian Journal: We Have a Winner!

Congrats to Mr. R. Martin Snyder for winning a free copy of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal.

Mr. Snyder submitted a biographical essay on the life and death of Samuel Rutherford. … Read more→

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Scottish Sermons and the Westminster Assembly

Anyone interested in an living, pulsing and rich window into the life of the 17th century is in for a treat with this new edition of collected sermons. These … Read more→

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Is Christ Really There in the Old Testament?

For the answer, see these three fine resources:

“The Gospel and Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics” by Lane G. Tipton in Confident of Better Things, eds. Meuther and Olinger.

“For Our Sakes Also: … Read more→

Some Thoughts on Method and Argument

Take a look at the first paragraph of this post:

“In case any Reformed confessionalists actually wondered, Justin Taylor has made it official that he is a credo-baptist and by implication … Read more→

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Free Give Away! The New Confessional Presbyterian Journal is here!

The new issue of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal is here! And here is your opportunity to get a free issue!

But this will not be by grace, but by works! … Read more→

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Of Finger Cuffs and Black Holes: Barth on the Knowledge of God

For Karl Barth, there is a qualitative difference between God and man. They are two radically different beings which stand in an antithetical relation. God stands as krisis … Read more→