The Scandal of the Semi-Churched – Kevin DeYoung – "I want to talk about church members who attend their home church with great irregularity. These aren’t unchurched folks, or de-churched, or under-churched. They are semi-churched. They show up some of the time, but not every week. They are on again/off again, in and out, here … [Read more…]
Waldron’s Cascade Argument for Cessationism – Dr. Waldron’s opening remarks from the “Have the New Testament Gifts Ceased” debate. The Dark Night Of The Soul, Protestant Style – In this lecture given at Faith Lutheran Church on November 1, 2013 during their monthly event, Men’s Movie Night, Dr. Rosenbladt tackled the emotional struggles the Christian … [Read more…]
A Plea for Discernment – Aimee Byrd: "And so now I make my plea. Pastors, elders, is there something more we could be doing in the church to equip the congregation with discerning reading skills? Good, Christian people are being deceived. Sadly, sometimes it is those in leadership who recommend such books. The so-called Christian … [Read more…]
Video: No Explicit Command in Scripture? – Sam Waldron on Corporate Prayer – Conducting Effective Prayer Meetings – Here then are 12 tips for conducting prayer meetings. 1689 Federalism – Videos and charts on the distinctive biblical theology of confessional particular baptists
A Clear and Present Danger: Religious Liberty, Marriage, and the Family in the Late Modern Age — An Address at Brigham Young University by Albert Mohler – Albert Mohler's speech is an excellent example of how Christians can, as individuals, cooperate with people of different faiths on social issues, while still remaining distinctly Christian. The … [Read more…]
How to Interpret the Great Commission – Note the differences between Neo-Calvinist and Calvinism What Cessationism Is Not – "Cessationism then does not deny the reality that God can do whatever He wants whenever He wants. It does not put God into a box or limit His sovereign prerogative. But it does acknowledge that there … [Read more…]
A Strategy of Mission (ARBCA Circular Letter) – "We must practice a ‘regulatory principle’ for missions that calls us to submit even our inherited practices of missions to the searching scrutiny of the living Word of God. " B.B. Warfield’s essay on “The Apocalypse” – B.B. Warfield's "The Apocalypse" is one of the most helpful … [Read more…]
Secularization In ‘Christian’ America (Part 2) – "Many churches are as secular in their ambitions and methods as any straightforwardly secular organization. The difference, we might perhaps say, is that the latter are just a whole lot more honest about what they are doing." Secularization In ‘Christian’ America (Part 1) – "I want to ask … [Read more…]
PRDL | Welcome to The Post-Reformation Digital Library – The Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL) is a select database of digital books relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.). Late medieval and patristic works printed and referenced in the early modern era are also included. … [Read more…]
Worship: Evangelical or Reformed? – "One great difficulty that we Reformed folk have in thinking about worship is that our worship in many places has unwittingly been accommodated to evangelical ways. If we are to appreciate our Reformed heritage in worship and, equally importantly, if we are to communicate its importance, character, and power to … [Read more…]