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Editor’s Note: This post contains two essays, the first by Dr. Robert Letham and the second by Dr. Lane G. Tipton. Because these essays interact with David B. Garner’s view concerning the Son’s adoption as set forth in his book Sons in the Son, Ref21 has invited Dr. Garner to respond in these pages if […]

What if I’m dying while in seminary? Should we still go, or should we return home? That was the question my wife and I were asking ourselves in July 2021, when I was accidentally stabbed with a used drug needle in downtown Minneapolis. My wife Brooke and I had recently moved to Minnesota for seminary. […]

There is a certain irony in asking whether the evangelical experiment has come to an end at precisely the moment when evangelicalism appears, at least superficially, to be everywhere. Its language permeates Christian discourse; its institutions dominate the Protestant landscape; its instincts shape everything from preaching styles to publishing strategies. Yet ubiq...

Kinism has recently impacted the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), and we are not alone. Subtle and not-so-subtle forms of this evil are finding expression in Reformed and evangelical churches. We must be aware of it and not tolerate it. What is Kinism? According to Drew Poplin’s very helpful 56-page book, The Canvas of […]

In 1831, Charles Darwin began his 5-year expedition aboard the Beagle. While in the Galapagos Islands, he noticed the slight variations between species of finches on different islands. He concluded that these finches must have descended from a common ancestor and changed over time to survive in their specific environments. Darwin universally applied his theory […]