Reformation 21

A Tribute to John MacArthur, Jr, 1939-2025

Terry L. Johnson — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:27:55 +0000

A Tribute to John MacArthur, Jr, 1939-2025

Jul 17, 2025

I first started attending Grace Community Church my freshman year of college. A group of us drove from the University of Southern California to San Fernando Valley to attend a Sunday night service. He was preaching through First John. The churches I grew up in were of the revivalistic Baptist type...

A Personal Reflection on John MacArthur

Madelyn Moses — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:23:03 +0000

A Personal Reflection on John MacArthur

Madelyn Moses

Jul 16, 2025

I first met John MacArthur back in August 2018. I was beginning my second year working at The Master’s University. My mom was visiting to drop my sister off at her freshman year of college. We just had finished listening to a panel at a parent’s event that included MacArthur. It was one of those...

Should I Pray for Jerusalem?

William Boekestein — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:39:56 +0000

Should I Pray for Jerusalem?

William Boekestein

Jul 15, 2025

Psalm 122 calls people to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” and to seek her good (6, 9). Is the Psalm calling us to be politically pro-Israel, as some people interpret it today? Or is it teaching something more basic to your walk with God? What Is the Psalm Saying? The psalm is an ode to Jerusalem...

What is Evangelism?

William Boekestein — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:58:24 +0000

What is Evangelism?

William Boekestein

Jul 10, 2025

God has so ordered his church that “there should be ministers or pastors to preach the Word of God.” [i] The church must send ministers to preach so that sinners can hear the gospel, call on Jesus, and be saved (Rom. 10:14, 15). But the duty of gospel proclamation does not belong to ministers alone...

Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf, Part 2

Ryan Denton — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:20:58 +0000

Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf, Part 2

Ryan Denton

Jul 4, 2025

I wish to commend Rev.’s Todd Ruddel and Adam Brink on their engagement with my article, “ Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf. ” They clearly took time to sift through my words and made a lengthy, albeit in places cumbersome, response. I appreciate their zeal for the truth even if it means...

A Response to Ryan Denton's "Expository Preaching: The New Golden Calf"

Todd Ruddell — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:39:21 +0000

A Response to Ryan Denton's "Expository Preaching: The New Golden Calf"

Todd Ruddell

Jun 27, 2025

This article is a response to Rev. Ryan Denton: “Expository Preaching, The New Golden Calf” posted on Reformation 21’s website on May 12, 2025. [1] This cannot be an exhaustive treatment of the topic but will simply engage with Rev. Denton’s article. In the title of the article, Rev. Denton...

Holding the Ropes for the Gospel: Evangelism is Everyone’s Calling

Brian Najapfour — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:17:19 +0000

Holding the Ropes for the Gospel: Evangelism is Everyone’s Calling

Brian Najapfour

Jun 24, 2025

As the Holy Spirit enables you, support an evangelistic cause. Before leaving for India, William Carey told his friends Andrew Fuller and Samuel Pearce, “I will go down into the pit, if you will hold the ropes.” [1] Carey was aware of the difficulty of moving to another country to serve as a...

The Creeds and Confessions in the Life of the Church

Colin Fast — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:34:56 +0000

The Creeds and Confessions in the Life of the Church

Colin Fast

Jun 11, 2025

How do the early church creeds and the Reformed confessions fit into the life of the local church? As someone who came to Reformed convictions but had not been raised in a Reformed context, this was a question I had needed to ponder. I slowly came to my own conviction that the faith as expressed in...

Rob Ventura's Equipped to Evangelize, Pt. 2

Rob Ventura — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:09:15 +0000

Rob Ventura's Equipped to Evangelize, Pt. 2

Rob Ventura

Jun 6, 2025

“A concise work on evangelism that is chock-full of biblical truth. It encompasses all that the Christian and the church need to know to go forth and preach the gospel. It is both instructional and motivational. It can be read and studied alone by a believer or taught in a classroom setting in a...

The Content of Scripture

Barry Waugh — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:46:05 +0000

The Content of Scripture

Barry Waugh

Jun 4, 2025

Paragraph one of the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith sets forth the necessity of Scripture, if Scripture is necessary then it is essential to know which ancient Judeo-Christian writings combine to make up its content . The Westminster Assembly’s confession answered this...