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The Incomprehensibility of God and His Covenantal Kindness
A covenant serves as a way for man, not to fully comprehend God, but to know Him to the extent that he is willing to reveal Himself to us (Deut. 29:29).
Women and Long Hair
This is one of those examples of when we need to just read the bible plainly and do it. A woman’s long hair is her glory and a covering for her. When she cuts it off, she loses her glory, and she loses her God given covering. It’s as simple as that.
Thank You, God, for Men Like John
Pastor John helped me see that if God is not sovereign over salvation, then God is not sovereign.
The War We’re Waging
The church, for too long, has neglected this reality and has been too comfortable cozying up to the culture and adopting its ideas. Certainly, Israel took from Egypt (Exodus 12:36), but only their material possessions as God instructed them.
Act Like Men
God's men act like God's Son: on the alert, firm in the faith, strong, and loving.
Make Families Great Again
The modern church must reclaim the biblical vision: children belong in worship, alongside their parents, learning to love and fear the Lord. The Bible is clear—God calls entire families to worship Him, not just adults.
An Exposition of Psalm 3 — Help in Trouble
Any position, strength, or skill we gain is a gift from his hand, so we should trust that if help will come in the hour of trial, it will come from his gracious hand, and for his own glory. We may also appeal to God’s glory.
A Daring Call For Shrewdness
These are just a few examples of righteous deception in the bible, but in every one of these cases, we see the person or people lying, being deceptive, strategic, shrewd, and wise as serpents, we also see them being as innocent as doves.
Removing the Stigma
Our culture has drifted so far from God, and subsequently immeasurably far from sanity and coherent thought, that the inability to stop drinking, aka the inability to stop willfully taking money out of your bank account, willfully driving to a store, willfully walking into the store, willfully grabbing a bottle off the shelf, willfully paying the proper amount – tax and everything – willfully popping the top, willfully putting the opening to your mouth, willfully tilting your head back, and willfully swallowing the alcohol is now seen as a symptom of a disease rather than a moral failing.
The Resurrection and a Call to Repentance
The concept of “first fruits” appears in Leviticus 23:10, which states, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted.”
Psalm 82: The Divine Council
Psalm 82 is reminiscent of Isaiah 6 and Job 1, as the veil between heaven and earth temporarily rolls back, allowing the onlooker insight into the congregation who gathers before Yahweh.
Exposition of Psalm 2 — A Call to Kings
In the church, many suggest Christians stay in their lane, a sacred lane that must be kept separate from the secular realm. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, elite evangelicals often assist in cementing the supremacy of secular elites. But what does God think of our rebellion? He laughs at our foolishness and calls us to wisdom. Wise kings honor Christ as King and serve him with joy.
The Earth and Its Works Will Be Burned Up – 2 Peter 3:10
Does 2 Peter 3:10 mean that the earth we walk upon today, the world which God created in six days, will experience annihilation? Will the new earth be a new planet altogether?
The Mortification of Sin: A Necessary Journey for God’s Men
The subject of mortifying sin ought to resonate with the push for biblical masculinity; the call to mortify sin brings about a spirit and a sense of adventure, battle, conflict, and conquest. We are teaching ourselves, our men, and our boys to be a warrior who is tender to his allies and tough on his enemies.
Thank You and Happy New Year
Happy New Year from Reformed & Confessional! Review 2024 with us as we highlight our Top 5 articles and say thank you to our readers! S.D.G.
Genetics and Sin
Although this son saw all the evil of his father, he did not delight in it. Instead, he chose/desired a different path, a righteous path, and chose to be the opposite of his father. His desires – which are metaphysical – were different from his fathers’.
Joy to the World – Christmas Past, Present, and Future
Watts initially published “Joy to the World” in 1719 as a paraphrase of Psalm 98, entitled “The Messiah’s Coming and Kingdom.” The term paraphrase doesn’t do justice to this hymn. It would be more accurate to call it a Christological interpretation – a brief sermon explaining how the psalmist foretold the person and work of our Savior and King, Jesus Christ.
Response to MacArthur’s View of Marital Submission
It is perfectly obvious that not everyone submits to everyone else, and it is foolish to imagine it so. Elders do not submit themselves to parishioners, police do not submit themselves to citizens, and husbands do not submit themselves to wives. What Paul is indicating here is that, although not all people submit to each other, all people do submit to someone.
On Paedocommunion Pt 3 - Wolfgang Musculus
Wolfgang Musculus was, as Richad Muller says, one of the “important second-generation codifiers of the reformed faith”[1] alongside Calvin, Vermigli, and Hyperius.
On Paedocommunion Pt 2 - The History of Paedocommunion
It is unquestionable that infants and young children were allowed at the Lord’s table in the early church. Calvin and Musculus admit as much.