Ryan Burge, who is Professor of Practice at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, and who co-authored “The Great De-churching” with Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando grads Jim Davis and Michael Graham, has released an article called “What’s Happening with America’s Seminaries?” on his Substack that has gotten a lot of attention on X. I love to read Ryan’s work. His article has tons of helpful and accurate information and analysis. What he has done is take the ATS ADT (The Association of…A Word about Stats for the Growth and Size of…
Ryan Burge, who is Professor of Practice at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, and who co-authored “The Great De-churching” with Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando grads Jim Davis and Michael Graham, has released an article called “What’s Happening with America’s Seminaries?” on his Substack that has gotten a lot of attention on X. I love to read Ryan’s work. His article has tons of helpful and accurate information and analysis. What he has done is take the ATS ADT (The Association of…
Today, July 10, 2014, is the 505th birthday of John Calvin. He was born in Noyon, Picardy, France on 10 July, 1509. In July of 2009, I had the privilege of being a part of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Calvin’s birth. John Calvin was an important theologian and leader of the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The event was held, appropriately, in Geneva, Switzerland and in St. Pierre Church (and in the Auditoire de Calvin), and papers were read and sermons were preached, all related to the life and ministry and…
My friend Denny Burk (who teaches at Boyce College in Louisville, KY) has hit on an aspect of the recent discussion of ENDA (the Employment Non-discrimination Act) that thoughtful Christians ought to ponder. Here’s what Denny says: “The ACLU and other groups supporting gay rights have announced that they are withdrawing their support for the Employment Non-discrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA). ENDA is a controversial measure because the bill would make it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or…
What is worship? Well, the Psalmist tells us succinctly. It is giving unto the Lord the glory due his name (Psalm 29:1-2). Jerry Bridges, noted author of The Pursuit of Holiness and Transforming Grace, recently asked this very question and answered as follows: “In Scripture the word worship is used to denote both an overall way of life and a specific activity. When the prophet Jonah said, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God heaven, who made the sea and the land “(Jonah 1:9), he was speaking about his whole manner of…
“Whatever is esteemed or loved, feared or served, delighted in or depended on, more than God that (whatever it is) we do in effect make a god of.” – Matthew Henry
Dr. Ligon Duncan, Chancellor/CEO and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology of Reformed Theological Seminary will represent RTS at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (Supremo Concílio, Igreja…
Dr. Owen Strachan, Professor at Boyce College, Louisville, Kentucky and President of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) did a terrific job on a brief media interview on the subject of religious liberty on college campuses. He was…
In Faith he Dy’d; in Dust he lies But faith foresees that Dust shall rise When JESUS calls, while Hope Assumes And boasts her joy among the tombs from the grave of Alexander Peronneau, 12 year old boy, died 1747, found in the graveyard of…
Richard Baxter, from The Reformed Pastor, chapter 1: The most holy men are the most excellent students of God’s works, and none but the holy can rightly study them or know them. His works are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure…
On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached what may the most famous sermon ever preached in North America: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Follow the links below to find more about the sermon, and Edwards. The conclusion of the…