John Bunyan: Five Motives to Read The Pilgrim’s Progress – Today!
I’ll start with a confession; I love John Bunyan’s, The Pilgrim’s Progress. I have read it frequently since the late 90s. But I’m afraid that not everyone shares my love. …
Jeffrey Stivason
Jeffrey A Stivason (Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary) is pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, PA. He is also Professor of New Testament Studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. Jeff is the Editorial Director of Ref21 and Place for Truth both online magazines of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
The New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament: The Birth of Christ
Have you ever wondered why Matthew quotes Isaiah in the opening chapter of his Gospel?[1] Perhaps you would say, “Of course not! We already know why. The quote substantiates the…
Five Crucial Things for Sunday Morning
I love to see families walking through the doors of the auditorium on Lord’s Day morning. I see each of them as a living stone coming together to form a…
Catechizing: The Value of Catechizing
I love old sea stories. I especially enjoy reading them when the book gives a tidbit of inconsequential information that provides a window into the world at the time of…
5 Reasons Why Systematic Theology is Indispensable to the Preacher
Benjamin B. Warfield wrote a little article for the Homiletic Review in 1897 titled, “The Indispensableness of Systematic Theology to the Preacher.” As anything written by Warfield, it is a…
The Supreme Court v. the Lord Our Righteousness
The salient portion of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling reads, “The Court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry. No longer may this liberty be denied…
Pastoral Lessons from Martyn Lloyd-Jones
My first experience at church planting was not easy. It was trying times to keep a small group meeting in a nursing home, a YWCA hall, and even an occasional…
The Supreme Court: Our Worldview Optometrist?
By now, Obergefell v. Hodges is household parlance. The majority opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States reads, “The Court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the…
Providence and Guidance
A wise Puritan once said, “Providence is the Christian’s diary not his Bible.” Let me illustrate. Imagine the boy who is trying to decide which college to attend. He simply…
Providence & Fate: Synonyms?
What is the difference between the providence of God and fate? For some the difference is not easily discerned. In fact, it may have been your unfortunate experience to have…
Faith and Hebrews
Have you ever been in a discussion when someone asked, “But what is faith?” And then there was that long pause because you were all waiting for someone to quote…
Resurrection and Union with Christ
In the fifteenth chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul identifies Christ’s resurrection as the first fruits of those who are asleep. Now, we might wonder at his…