As the Protestant Church leaves the Reformation era and sinks its roots deep into American soil, it faces numerous challenges to its values and form–namely, the new ideals, movements, and worldviews that naturally spring from a self-realized and self-governed nation. This conference will provide an overview of these challenges and how the Church has and continues to overcome them and cling to Truth. At once justified & sinful; or, combating the doctrine of Perfectionism influencing the American Church.

As the Protestant Church leaves the Reformation era and sinks its roots deep into American soil, it faces numerous challenges to its values and form–namely, the new ideals, movements, and worldviews that naturally spring from a self-realized and self-governed nation. This conference will provide an overview of these challenges and how the Church has and continues to overcome them and cling to Truth. This session explores the beauty, order, and simplicity of a Protestant Church in an age of revivalism.

As the Protestant Church leaves the Reformation era and sinks its roots deep into American soil, it faces numerous challenges to its values and form–namely, the new ideals, movements, and worldviews that naturally spring from a self-realized and self-governed nation. This conference will provide an overview of these challenges and how the Church has and continues to overcome them and cling to Truth. This session compares the Reformation’s comfort of forgiveness with a development in the American church called Pietism.

That the power and glory of Christian religion are exceedingly decayed and debased in the world.—Next unto faith in Christ Jesus, and the profession thereof, the life and beauty of Christian religion consist in the mutual love of them who are partakers of the same heavenly calling, which all pretend unto. And this is that whereon the Lord Christ hath laid the weight of the manifestation of his glory in the world, namely, the love that is among his disciples; […]

From the earliest times we have seen Christian men and women who have been heroic in the keeping of the faith. And I’m afraid that in our day we have lost our sense of history, and we don’t recall these titans of faith who have gone before us whose blood has drenched the earth, and who are examples for those of us today to keep the faith. – R.C. Sproul This series of lessons are based off of the Historical […]

This kingdom, then, is that rule of Christ in and over the gospel-state of the church, which the apostle hath proved to be more excellent than that of the law. Hereunto belong all the light, liberty, righteousness, and peace, which by the gospel we are made partakers of, with all the privileges above the law insisted on by the apostle. Christ is the king, the gospel is his law, all believers are his subjects, the Holy Spirit is its administrator, […]

From the earliest times we have seen Christian men and women who have been heroic in the keeping of the faith. And I’m afraid that in our day we have lost our sense of history, and we don’t recall these titans of faith who have gone before us whose blood has drenched the earth, and who are examples for those of us today to keep the faith. – R.C. Sproul This series of lessons are based off of the Historical […]

Among all the prophets Isaiah justly holds the chief place, because he gives very clear testimonies concerning Christ, and places before our eyes the state and condition of his Church, that is, of his kingdom, as the reading will alone clearly shew, so that it will be unnecessary for me to make a long preface. He who shall have understood him well will be abundantly prepared for reading the other Prophets. – John Calvin

In the room of these things removed, things that are not, that “cannot be shaken,” are to be established. These things in the next verse he calls “a kingdom that cannot be moved,” which believers do receive;—that is, the things of the spiritual kingdom of Jesus Christ; the gospel with all its privileges, worship, and excellency, in relation to Christ, his person, office, and grace; the things which the apostle hath proved to be signified by all the institutions of […]

Among all the prophets Isaiah justly holds the chief place, because he gives very clear testimonies concerning Christ, and places before our eyes the state and condition of his Church, that is, of his kingdom, as the reading will alone clearly shew, so that it will be unnecessary for me to make a long preface. He who shall have understood him well will be abundantly prepared for reading the other Prophets. – John Calvin