Does 2 Peter 3:10 mean that the earth we walk upon today, the world which God created in six days, will experience annihilation? Will the new earth be a new planet altogether?

The subject of mortifying sin ought to resonate with the push for biblical masculinity; the call to mortify sin brings about a spirit and a sense of adventure, battle, conflict, and conquest. We are teaching ourselves, our men, and our boys to be a warrior who is tender to his allies and tough on his enemies.

Happy New Year from Reformed & Confessional! Review 2024 with us as we highlight our Top 5 articles and say thank you to our readers! S.D.G.

Although this son saw all the evil of his father, he did not delight in it. Instead, he chose/desired a different path, a righteous path, and chose to be the opposite of his father. His desires – which are metaphysical – were different from his fathers’.

Watts initially published “Joy to the World” in 1719 as a paraphrase of Psalm 98, entitled “The Messiah’s Coming and Kingdom.” The term paraphrase doesn’t do justice to this hymn. It would be more accurate to call it a Christological interpretation – a brief sermon explaining how the psalmist foretold the person and work of our Savior and King, Jesus Christ.

It is perfectly obvious that not everyone submits to everyone else, and it is foolish to imagine it so. Elders do not submit themselves to parishioners, police do not submit themselves to citizens, and husbands do not submit themselves to wives. What Paul is indicating here is that, although not all people submit to each other, all people do submit to someone.

Wolfgang Musculus was, as Richad Muller says, one of the “important second-generation codifiers of the reformed faith”[1] alongside Calvin, Vermigli, and Hyperius.

It is unquestionable that infants and young children were allowed at the Lord’s table in the early church. Calvin and Musculus admit as much.

We’re concerned with the more pressing question regarding the participants in the Supper. Here, our interests are focused on “who may partake?” rather than “what does it mean to partake?” This question is indeed more pressing, because if we aren’t granting admittance to all those for whom Christ has given his body and blood, it will avail little to the church.

While I respect the conscience of these brothers and sisters, it makes them the weaker, and for this I do not despise them, but I offer the following so they may mature into the fullness of Christ.

If we are moving toward that view of glory, and we have the blessed assurance of God’s promise that it will happen, we ought to be joyful and triumphant, building the Kingdom of God by the proclamation of the Gospel, one generation at a time.

If this Divine Design is easy to comprehend and for the prosperity of its adherents, then why is it abused so flippantly today?

If from the pulpit you only hear, week after week, about your union with Christ, and every passage of scripture that is preached culminates with “and Christ succeeded where you failed” or “and Christ did what you and I could never do” or “therefore we thank God for our union with Christ,” then you have a pastor feeding you milk from a big-boy sized rubber nipple.

In this episode, we continue our series by looking at God's mercy defined, developed, and delivered (Luke 1:50-54; 2 Corinthians 1:3-5; Lamentations 3:22-24).

The confession articulates – in no uncertain terms – that salvation is within God’s covenant, yet it is only a possibility, not a guarantee. One way Jesus articulated this truth was by his parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-43).

Here's an update on what's been happening in my life and an explanation - somewhat - as to where I've been.

Holiness indeed characterizes the church and God put church discipline in place not to ostracize his children, but rather to protect the holiness of his Bride, something any husband or wife can appreciate.

Bunyan is as theologically uncompromising as the finest Strict Baptist, but he chose to live by love.