Compared to the beloved Heidelberg Catechism, feted in these pages and still recited on death beds, the Belgic Confession is a rather unremarkable Reformed document.

In recent years there have been numerous books, almost a nascent genre, in which disaffected or “enlightened” evangelicals share how they were wounded by their

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7 On the day

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My thanks to John Bolt and Jeffrey Sajdak for responding to my friendly nudge in “Reformed Intramurals: What Neo-Calvinists Get Wrong.” In addition, my gratitude

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell It is sometimes fun to live in Iowa. Normally, I can come up with many positive adjectives to describe life in a small

To a teenage boy growing up in post-Christian-before-the-term Seattle, the old Reformed Journal was a gift, like rain on dry ground. My predilection for that