
"Contact knowledge" is always a risk… That situation where we have a generic or diffuse idea about a term or concept and assume that we fully understand it. The idea of confessional identity always runs the risk of becoming a "contact" term: repeated, assumed, but sometimes not truly understood.
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Some years ago, I was drawn to consider the subject of Godliness. After all, I was teaching at a Reformed Seminary that was known for a pretty decent standard of theological education. Our graduates who proceeded for further studies invariably did very well in the institutions they attended, thanks to the solid preparation they had received.
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This essay is a revised version of a sermon preached in several churches in the US and Europe. It calls us to consider the recent, extreme levels of discrimination, persecution, or even martyrdom currently faced by Christians in almost every continent in the light of three passages from the New Testament: Romans 13:1–7; Revelation 13:1–10; and John 13:34–35. Because it may be helpful for the reader to review these biblical texts before reading the sermon, they are printed below.
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This brief and wonderful homily by Saint Augustine of Hippo shows a beautiful balance between his desire to emphasize our joyful response to the incarnation and at the same time the humbling effect it should have on us to know that Messiah humbled himself for us by becoming flesh.
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“Look at my dark skin and my green eyes,” the young man said, “for they are a testament to the lust of those heretical Dutch who had children with the native women…” I listened with curiosity to our guide on a visit to the old churches in the city of Olinda (Pernambuco) who praised the valiant and pious Portuguese resistance to the Dutch invaders while at the same time denouncing the impiety of those European Protestants.
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In the early nineteen-seventies, as Brazil was under a military controlled political regime, an acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker popularized the expression “ideological patrolling” to describe what he understood to be the following:
The organization of people or groups that, sharing the same ideological orientation, act in such a way as to preserve this theoretical line against other forms of criticism or revision of the ideology defended.[i]Add a comment

A story of political corruption in ancient Israel can help the church speak out.
The Shadow of Blooming Grove
Francis Russell wrote a book about Warren G. Harding, titled The Shadow of Blooming Grove. It’s a biography of a man considered one of our worst presidents, who came from Blooming Grove, Ohio.
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Preamble: July 19, 2024 was the eve of our departure to India from the US after a month with our children and their families. That morning our son, Deepak, 41 years old, began his day as he did three times a week with gym and devotions with neighborhood Christian friends who met next door to their house in Cheverly, MD.
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On April 1st and 2nd, 2025 the North American East Coast Regional Board of The World Reformed Fellowship will be sponsoring a two day consultation at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Bethesda Maryland, on the theme of The Future of Denominationalism.
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One of the purposes of the World Reformed Fellowship is to advance partnerships across Reformed groups, particularly with churches. We operate as a forum to assist the Reformed church to cooperate on missions and evangelism, theological and ministerial education, and doctrinal considerations as our world changes and in order to foster deeper unity in the bride of Christ.
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Cameron Fraser’s book, Evangelicals and Abortion, is just remarkable. It not only covers the most crucial discussions through the centuries but also gives a compelling overview of many aspects of other areas of Christian theology that relate meaningfully to abortion.
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Add a comment24 A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25 And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. 26 But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. 27 For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves. Luke 22:24-27