What It Means to Be Reformed (6) CALVINISTIC: Implications (1) Introduction Since summarizing what it means to be Reformed is really summarizing what it means to be Christian, we are necessarily brief in this series of editorials. So far, we have said that to be Reformed is 1) to embrace the beautiful truth of God’s […]
What It Means to Be Reformed (5) CALVINISM’S SOLAS
What It Means to Be Reformed (5) CALVINISM’S SOLAS More than the Five Points Calvinism is more than the “TULIP” of the Five Points. Identification with Calvin’s thought is at least an embrace of the Five Points. Real Calvinism is not “Four Point Calvinism” in which one denies, for example, limited atonement. Real Calvinism is […]
What It Means to Be Reformed (4) CALVINISTIC
What It Means to Be Reformed (4) CALVINISTIC Introduction What it means to be Reformed, as we have seen so far, is to believe heartily the biblical doctrine of the covenant, to confess that truth openly, and to live it with greatest joy. Covenant! This is Reformed. And Christian. In this 90th anniversary year of […]
What It Means to Be Reformed (3) COVENANTAL – Implications
What It Means to Be Reformed (3) COVENANTAL—Implications From God’s covenant flows everything! If God’s covenant is the heart of the Christian faith and life, as well as the heart of what it means to be Reformed, one would expect that from this central truth come many other truths. As a matter of fact, from […]
What It Means to Be Reformed (2) COVENANTAL
What It Means to Be Reformed (2) COVENANTAL This 90th anniversary year of the Protestant Reformed Churches (1925-2015) is good opportunity to remind ourselves who we are, to reflect with joy that God has preserved us as a denomination, and to express humble gratitude for what God has given us. It also makes us plead […]
What It Means to Be Reformed (1)
What It Means to Be Reformed (1) “What does it mean to be Reformed?” is a question I have asked catechism students for most of my ministry in order to help them become, so to speak, ecclesiastically self-aware. After all, they are members of Protestant Reformed Churches, and catechism serves to prepare them to become […]
Semper Reformanda
Semper Reformanda “Reformed and always being reformed” One of the less familiar treasures—and yet a great treasure—of our Reformation heritage is expressed in the theme, “Reformed and always being reformed.” Abbreviated in Latin, the expression is Semper Reformanda.1 Even if it is less familiar than some other themes like Sola Scriptura or Sola Gratia, “Always […]
Gathering at the River
Gathering at the river No, not the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where some of our spiritual relatives gathered after immigrating from the Netherlands in order to establish Reformed churches.1 But the Tiber River in Rome, Italy, where some of our ecclesiastical relatives are gathering today, there to destroy Reformed churches. They are there, […]
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