
Federal Vision, Covenant and Election
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 […]
Reformed Thought for Christian Living
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 […]
In June, 1977, the Uniting Church in Australia deliberately adopted the nomenclature, ‘Uniting’ rather than ‘United’, because it was believed that the ecumenical process was to be an ongoing one. […]
What do the songs that you sing reveal about your theology? It’s been said that the DNA of the local church is reflected in what we sing. In September 2018, […]
By Ken Stebbins From the earliest days of the church Christians wrestled with the wonderfully mysterious nature of our triune God. The truth, as taught in the Bible, is clear […]