Reformed and Presbyterian voices on theology, discipleship, and the church in our time.
Confessing the FaithJerry Andrews explores the Council of Nicaea, highlighting the "apostolic" witness of bishops who bore scars of persecution. This historical reflection reveals how their enduring faith and doctrinal clarity continue to shape the Church today.
Confessing the FaithIn his article "The Nicene Creed Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow," Joseph D. Small explores the enduring significance of the Nicene Creed as the "rule of faith." He argues that its affirmations and denials remain essential for contemporary congregational life, providing a communal identity and a biblical core that can deepen the church's faith and mission…
DiscipleshipThrough all the ups and downs of his own faith journey, this saving love of God has been the truest and deepest thing he has known about God, and about himself.
TheologyAs members of the church, we are part of the Body of Christ––the Bride of Christ––and that defines who we are. We are not autonomous beings. We are destined to be fully united in a face-to-face one-flesh union with the living God and dwell with him forever.
Church and CultureMany of us have made an idol of romance and marriage between a man and a woman, and this idolatry is not just in society as a whole. It is in our congregations and denominations, too. Our view of marriage tends to be a “non-view,” an inability to see what romance and marriage is, or…
Church and CultureThe Constitution of the PCUSA changed again this year. Most changes each year hardly register with most Presbyterians; this is true of the majority of changes again this year. Some changes, some years, have been quite controversial and even eventually reversed; that may happen with a change or two this year.
TheologyThe Law, by which we understand here the Ten Commandments, is indispensable to Reformed worship. For God’s covenant people, it constitutes the beginning and foundation of worship. We worship God because he has commanded us to worship him.
TheologyThe Book that men most need to study is the book of which they know little and understand less. That book is the Bible. The Bible, it is true, occupies a unique position among the books of the world.
Church and CultureThis document, “Gender, Sex, and the Kingdom of God,” was drafted by and is reprinted with permission from the Standing Theological Committee of the ECO, A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.
Confessing the FaithForty years ago, in 1984‒85, I had the remarkable experience of spending a year at a Protestant seminary in East Berlin. Those were still the days of communism. The regime was no longer sending Christians to prison camps, but it had pushed them to the margins of society, hoping that someday the church would just…
Discipleship“The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against the church.” We heard this theme––the theme of this conference–– brilliantly proclaimed last night in worship. And we heard the text of Matthew 16 and the supremely important question that Jesus asks of his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”
TheologyMark’s Gospel focuses on the theme of discipleship. From the beginning to the end, it’s about what it means to be called by and to follow Jesus Christ.
