ReformationUCC.org

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was [...]

[Read more →]

Luke 2: 1 - 20
The Christmas story must not be relegated to the status of a cute bedtime story for children… Though Luke’s account records an inauspicious story in the regions beyond the seats or world power either then or now, Luke’s narrative is the proclamation that God Himself is sending the Messiah of Israel. [...]

[Read more →]

By Dr. Phil Corr (c) 2007
The Bible has much to say about the imagery and reality of being a shepherd. In both the Old and New Testaments we read of those who shepherd their flock, especially sheep. The word “pastor” means “one who shepherds”.
The Bible tells us that God is our shepherd. [...]

[Read more →]

By Dr. Phil Corr (c) 2007
In George Marsden’s authoritative biography of Jonathan Edwards, Marsden devotes almost nine pages (50-58)to Edwards’ spiritual life after Edwards’ conversion. The following are some quotations relating to this important period in the life of Jonathan Edwards.
“Probably in late fall 1722, perhaps in response to the difficulties in sustaining high [...]

[Read more →]

The President of the United States as this is written is George W. Bush. A mainline Christian with a Methodist background who states repeatedly that “Islam is a religion of peace” and that “we all worship the same God”, he well represents the mainline’s ignorance of the issues revolving around Islam.
This represents no special discrimination [...]

[Read more →]

Tex Sample warned us.
For years the “progressive” seminary professor has been talking about the “oral culture” that characterized the “working class” of “Blue Collar” people. Reaching them, he rightly reasoned, would require the mainline to adapt to that “oral culture” that spoke the language of people who thought using Prayer Books, for example, was too [...]

[Read more →]

Editor’s Note: The “Blank Bible” was an interleaved Bible containing Edwards’ notes … each page of the Biblical Text was “interleaved” with a blank page for taking notes. It reflected years of study and thought on Edwards’ part. While it has become a fruitful field for study in its own right, it reminds us that [...]

[Read more →]