Romans 8:1 is not teaching “no condemnation” now, but there may be later! That would go against everything in the chapter. Only neonomian-Baxterian-N.T. Wrightist-types would come to such conclusions! So-called future justification by works is an unpleasant fiction.

The creation narrative in Genesis 1 and 2 is not intended as either a scientific description or as a myth conveying ostensibly higher and eternal principles. Rather, it announces God's historical act and claim upon all of reality. It is the preamble and historical prologue for

The church isn’t a political movement or a culture-shaping enterprise—it’s a spiritual body under Christ’s rule, tasked with Word, sacrament, and discipline. opc.org/os.html?articl…

These are not different worlds, but different epochs marked by different regimes. While we as heirs of Greek philosophy tend to think in terms of Two Worlds—an eternal, spiritual heaven and a temporal, physical earth—the Hebrew prophets speak of Two Ages: the present age and the

Not sure why Dispensationalists struggle to understand the traditional Christian view. It's not the that the church "replaced" Israel. It's that national Israel was, for a time (beginning 430 years after Abraham, according to the Apostle Paul, but what does he know?) the

Christological preaching feeds the soul and builds faith. Faith is not built by preaching introspectively (constantly challenging people to question whether they have faith). Faith is not built by preaching moralistically (which has exactly the opposite effect of focusing

“The Great Commission becomes the Great Omission when the God-ordained, kingdom-advancing means of grace, and the missionary-pastors who administer them, are no longer the priority.” modernreformation.org/resources/arti…

Word and Sacrament are not rivals but friends: the same Christ whom we hear proclaimed we truly receive by faith.

“Man’s will is like a beast standing between two riders. If God rides it, it wills and goes whither God wills; if Satan rides it, it wills and goes whither Satan wills. Nor can it choose to run to either rider or take either of them.” Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will,

James Eglinton invites you to attend our 2025 Fall Faculty Lectures, taking place next week, November 20–21. He will present a series of lectures on the theme “Knowing God: Archetype and Ectype in Reformed Theology.” The lectures are free to attend and will also be

Watch the first episode of Defending the Reformation with Gavin Ortlund and Dr Jordan B. Cooper youtu.be/E0Wm6Hq7G2c

Make confessional Christianity the standard again.

Not because I please God by virtue of the worthiness of my faith, but because the satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ alone are my righteousness before God, and because I can accept it and make it mine in no other way than by faith alone. — The Heidelberg Cat, 61

The approach of our culture is expressive individualism, and it completely flies in the face of what the Bible says about the importance of humility. gospelinlife.com/sermon/humilit…

The Christian life is the Spirit-driven conflict between the indwelling Christ and the remaining Adam, fought until resurrection finishes what sanctification subdues.