Reformed Christians and Lent

by R. Scott Clark

Given the rejection of Lent by the early Reformed theologians and all the Reformed churches, why are Reformed Christians now attracted to the Lenten season? Continue Reading »

31 Mar 2023

Are Catholics and Evangelicals Really Together?

by J. Daryl Charles

The receptive ecumenical outlook can, among other things, help us discern between true and false ecumenism. Eduardo Echeverria models this receptive mode in his latest book. Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2023

Protecting Christian Liberty in the PCA

by Jonathan L. Master

At the PCA General Assembly, the majority agreed that separating from the National Association of Evangelicals was the way to better protect the consciences of its pastors, and the way to better unite—to gather in Jesus’s name in gratitude at the foot of the cross. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2022

Paul Schrader’s Acts of Repentance

by Armond White

Religious films rarely receive critical acclaim these days, but a recent exception is Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2018

Fosdick’s Reformation

by Timothy George

Legendary liberal Protestant Harry Emerson Fosdick construes the Reformation in a way that resonates with those who think that individualism is at the heart of the Protestant faith. Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

Reformed Ressourcement

by Mats Wahlberg

Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholicedited by michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 416 pages, $36.99Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretationby michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 176 pages, $21In his Essay on the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017

Samicles

by Timothy George

A new book collects a wide assortment of Reformers's commentary on some of the most dramatic books of the Old Testament. Continue Reading »

28 Nov 2016

The Reformation, a Tragic Necessity

by Timothy George

The tragic side of the Reformation is obvious to those who care deeply about the unity of the church and who feel keenly the dys-evangelical impact of a fractured Christian community and its muted witness in our world today. Continue Reading »

11 Jul 2016

Talking Calvinism with Robert H. Schuller

by Richard J. Mouw

One day in the spring of 1990, I received a phone call from Professor Hendrikus Berkhof, a well-known theologian at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He was visiting Southern California and had a free day at his before flying out. “I would like to see Fuller Seminary,” he said. Having never spent time with Professor Berkhof, I was quite honored by his request. I had read and re-read at least five of his books, and his discussion of themes in Reformed theology had (and has) significantly influenced my thinking. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2015

The Lutheran Difference

by Mark A. Noll

To the extent that Lutherans are noticed at all by non-Lutherans in America, impressions can be wildly contradictory. From one perspective, they can look like mildly exotic ethnics—sort of like the Mennonites, only more numerous. Thus it is possible for interested outsiders to smile . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 1992