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A Reformed perspective on current issues.

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Let Calvin teach you about work. zurl.co/qFxW6

Calvin on Work: What a Sixteenth-Century Theology of Labor Can Teach Us Today – reformation21

“To work is to survive, not live,” many today will say. In modern popular culture, this complaint is often directed at something specific, namely, the “Protestant work ethic.” Max Weber’s The...

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What do you think? zurl.co/kW5Ww

Paedobaptism: The Impossibility of the Contrary – reformation21

Our church is swimming with babies right now. Most of our parents with young children are paedobaptists, but some are still anti-paedobaptists. Nonetheless, we welcome them as members and not only...

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Have you learned this lesson? zurl.co/SxFaS

When Someone in Your Church Is Suffering: Learning to Bear One Another’s Burdens – reformation21

“I don’t know who I can tell.” Those words can accompany many kinds of suffering. A marriage is falling apart. A child walks away from the faith. A family learns that someone they love is struggling...

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A Pastor's take on Lawson's latest work: zurl.co/RKHbS

Reflections on Steve Lawson’s Latest Book – reformation21

Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Steve Lawson has written a book, Mercy in the Wilderness: How I Fell & What I Found. This book...

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Get a jump on your reading! zurl.co/Xvp2Y

Book Review: Classical Theology for the Modern Mind by Carl R. Trueman – reformation21

Classical Theology for the Modern Mind Carl R. Trueman. Crossway, 2026. Paperback, 96pp. As someone who has been both an advocate of historic retrieval, as well as someone who has become increasingly...

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An Advance installment from Ventura & Boekestein zurl.co/km9jw

Psalm 3: Sleep Well, God Will Protect You – reformation21

God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026 Sometimes we feel like almost everyone is...

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Check out Hyde on Work! zurl.co/aCDqF
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Is God anti-gay? zurl.co/qRoDt

Yes, God is Anti-Gay – reformation21

Is God anti-gay? Yes, God is anti-gay. The God of the Bible is anti-gay, and the gods of this world are pro-gay. We have walked the long road with prodigals and their parents. Some have been led by...

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Practice the presence of God zurl.co/QYvnR

How Do I Live in God’s Presence Every Day? – reformation21

Coram Deo, Your Work, and the Other 166 Hours of Your Week In California, we’re eagerly anticipating the January 2027 roll-out of a new law permitting “natural organic reduction” or “terramation.”...

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To whom do you belong? zurl.co/zljbZ

“That I Am Not My Own”: What the Heidelberg Catechism Says to the Age of Self – reformation21

Philip Rieff once reduced the whole history of religion to a single interrogation: “How are we to be consoled for the misery of living?” It is the question every civilization must answer, because it...

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Thoughts on In Vitro Fertilization anyone? zurl.co/3lDI7

A Biblical Case for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) with Strict Ethical Boundaries – reformation21

Editor's Note: While the views expressed in this article are not necessarily endorsed by the Alliance, it does raise an essential and ongoing topic within the Church. As a pastor, I’m occasionally...

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Ventura and Boekestein provide some help with the Psalms. zurl.co/sPtD2

Two Ways to Live (Psalm 1) – reformation21

This is an excerpt from, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026. Enjoy! The story of...

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Should we? zurl.co/PRywG

Let’s Stop Imaging Jesus – reformation21

“It’s a new storybook Bible for children!” as I looked to my wife from the kitchen table. She rolled her eyes in that familiar way and glanced over to the stack of similar books collecting dust....

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David Smith's concerns with Joe Carter. Check it out. zurl.co/zh85Q

Carter’s Confusion? – reformation21

Joe Carter in “How to Wait for Cultural Reckoning” highlights a truth that is vital for our ability to understand a Christian witness and how it relates to the Christian view of apologetics and...

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Celibate and gay? Check out what Rosaria has to say. zurl.co/vYASA

Celibate Gay Theology Believes the Born This Way Lie – reformation21

Celibate gay theology–which claims to uphold a traditional biblical view of sexuality– believes the “born this way” lie and has become the default compromise in evangelical churches and parachurch...

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The thief's theology zurl.co/iWjs9

The Dying Thief’s Theology – reformation21

The thief who was saved on the cross has been the occasion of far too many unnecessary debates over whether one can be saved apart from baptism or without performing any good works or whether...

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Help to minister to those in chronic pain. zurl.co/Sa5sW +

What Those in Chronic Pain Wished You Knew, Pt 1 – reformation21

You would never know it from looking at me, but I have lived with some level of pain more days than not for the last five and a half years. Culturally, 2020 was a year of COVID lockdowns, unemploym...

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What does Ventura and Boekestein have to say about those awkward Psalms? zurl.co/eFTI0

What About the Awkward Psalms? – reformation21

Editor's Note: This article is from the forthcoming book, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura (The Banner of Truth, October 2026)....

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Lane Tipton responds to David Garner. zurl.co/D0xjY

Surrejoinder to David Garner – reformation21

Editor’s Note: On June 1, 2026 Dr. Lane Tipton published, “Is Jesus Christ the Natural and Adopted Son of God.” Drs. Letham and Tipton each published an essay at that same address.  Dr. Letham’s...

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Robert Letham's response to David Garner zurl.co/PQ4jl

SURREJOINDER TO DR. GARNER – reformation21

Editor’s Note: On June 1, 2026 Dr. Robert Letham published, “Is Jesus Christ the Natural and Adopted Son of God.” His essay interacted with David B. Garner’s view concerning the Son’s adoption as set...

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