Blogs by Rick Phillips

Some recent posts address the important discussion taking place together regarding the relationship of justification to sanctification (see here and here).  This topic is crucial to us getting the gospel right today while avoiding the deadly extremes of antinomianism (a lawless... continue

I am occasionally asked whether or not we should always add the words "if it is Your will" to our prayers.   This is a good question, since the apostle James' taught us to say, "If the Lord wills, we will... continue

On July 4, our nation celebrates its independence with waving flags, picnics, and parades.  Some churches deck their sanctuary with red, white, and blue, and devote the worship service to the honor of the state.  Other Christians virtually ignore this... continue

By now most of our readers will have heard that our own fellow-blogger here at Ref21, Laim Goligher, has received and accepted a call to the pulpit of Tenth Presbyterian Church.  As part of the extended Tenth community, I am... continue

In my previous post on the PCRT webcast, I neglected to mention the Friday morning pre-conference, with Cornel Venema speaking on "Texts of Christ's Triumph".  This, too, will be available for live video webcast.  I open the preconference with a... continue

For the first time, we are excited to provide live, free video of the 37th annual Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology from Tenth Presbyterian Church, with the theme "These Last Days".  You can register and view at our AllianceLive! web page.... continue

Once while worshiping at a church in Africa, I heard a woman preaching the health-and-wealth gospel.  If that wasn't bad enough, she was preaching from the book of Job.  I feel similarly about the appeal for unity-without-truth in Christianity Today's... continue

I have been interested to follow the web reaction to Dr. Bruce Waltke's resignation from RTS for his Biologos video insisting that evangelicals must accept evolution or be considered a "cult", especially that which lambasts those who would criticize scholars of... continue

IS HERESY.  In other words, sometimes we just have to give them enough rope, speaking and publishing, to hang their credibility among the otherwise gullible faithful.  This truism is sponsored most recently by the folks at the Biologos web site.  Many... continue

For some years, those of us alarmed about the federal vision theology have identified it as an obvious pathway to Roman Catholicism.  For this view, we are accused of witch-hunting and absurd slippery-slopism.  Yet FV advocates keep converting to Rome,... continue