Article 5 – Covenant and Assurance, Perseverance, and Apostasy (Series – The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology) Having begun (in article 1) with the question ‘what is a covenant?’, we […]

Article 4 – Covenant and Election (Series – The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology) Does the idea of ‘covenant’ relate to the idea of ‘election’? This article is a study […]

Any Christian with a touch of sensitivity knows that it is difficult these days to respond to the Jews. We live in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the collective […]

Article 3 – Covenant and Justification (Series – The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology) How is it that we are truly justified in God’s eyes? So far we have seen […]

Many Protestant churches throughout the world commemorate in some form or another “Reformation Sunday”, the first Sunday after 31 October. As a former Roman Catholic myself, I find some irony […]

Article 2 – Covenant and Biblical History For more details, see Guy Prentiss Waters, ‘The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology, USA: P&R Publishing company, 2006. How does Federal Vision understand […]

Introducing the Federal Vision (with thanks to Guy Prentiss Waters) In 2002 a pastors’ conference was held at Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church in Monroe, Louisiana. This was followed up in […]

Gospel Freedom to Love the Law    ‘What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law’ (Romans 7:7). […]

JESUS AND AUSTRALIANS             Christians read of Jesus Christ: ‘Him we proclaim’ (Col.1:28), but what do Australians, and many in the Western world, think of Him? Of course, they think […]

A.A. Hodge on Creeds and Confessions In his most popular work, Outlines of Theology, A.A. Hodge covers dozens of theological subjects. Some of these topics are intellectually weighty, such as […]

Are Revivals Needed? Amongst many conservative Protestants today—be they Reformed, Evangelical or even Pentecostal—the topic of “revival” has fallen out of vogue. Very few Christian pastors preach on it, and […]

David Clarkson on the Causes of False Assurance Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have […]