Reformed theology gets its name from the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation, with its distinct theological emphases, but it is theology solidly based on the Bible itself.

Believers in the reformed tradition regard highly the specific contributions of such people as Martin Luther, John Knox, and particularly John Calvin, but they also find their strong distinctives in the giants of the faith before them, such as Anselm and Augustine, and ultimately in the letters of Paul and the teachings of Jesus Christ. (more…)

There are a lot of questions people would like to ask before their first visit, but don’t because they don’t want their first conversation with the Pastor to sound like an interrogation.

As a Pastor, I know what most of these question are, so I will here answer them (in no particular order): (more…)

Question: I believe in the doctrine called “The Trinity”, but am not entirely comfortable using extra-biblical terms.

Why did our fathers in the faith invent such theological terms?

The term “Trinity” was developed out of necessity after three centuries of theological controversy concerning the deity of Jesus Christ.

Several theological terms were defined and debated during this time including: Essence, Substance, Subsistence, Hypostasis, Person, Trinity, Homoousion, Emperichoresis, etc.

One of the favorite objections of the arch-heretics was that such terms did not come directly from scripture and therefore had no authority. For example:

(more…)

Question: I have occasionally heard the word “Theonomy” used in conversations at church. What does that word mean?

Answer: Since there are many different opinions of “Theonomy” in the church, I thought it would be most fair to allow one of the “founding fathers” of the Theonomy movement to answer this question:

(more…)

Question: Why doesn’t your church offer a “Good Friday” service?

Answer: The following scripture and commentary explains the reformed perspective:

“Which I commanded them not, and which never came to my mind” (Jeremiah 7:31)

(more…)