Blogs by Rick Phillips

I won't be attending the PCA GA this week because my family is getting ready to pack up and move to South Carolina.  My wife actually encouraged me to go to GA anyway, but anticipating that if I did she... continue

Thanks Carl for the link to Dr Michael Liccione's response to your piece on Beckwith.  I found it most illuminating.  On the key issue of tradition and authority, Liccione's main argument is that when it comes to interpreting Scripture we must... continue

I got an email from a young minister yesterday who was updating me on his calling into ministry.  We first at the Indianapolis PCRT when he was at college.  He would bring a gang from Ball State with specially made... continue

I'm catching up on recent ref21 conversations, and I couldnt' help but chime in on the subject raised by Phil's comment on Ivy League Expectations and Carl's addition regarding the Reformed church culture as it bears on women.  I especially... continue

With the great volume of new books these days, there are few truly significant publishing events.  The sixth volume of Hughes Oliphant Old's The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, released in February,... continue

It's been quite a while since I contributed to the Ref21 blog, as numerous people have commented to me via email.  Sorry about that.  The bottom line is that I've just been a bit overwhelmed of late with the various... continue

It seems that every year at the PCRT, something is said that focuses the entire conference.  Last year it was Sinclair Ferguson's insistence that our goal is not merely "to know the truth of God's Word, but to know the... continue

I just returned from the first installment of this year's Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA.  It was another classic PCRT!  There were so many highlights, all of them resulting from the Spirit's presence... continue

More chronicles from my just-finished trip to Uganda.  During our layover in London, our little group attended the evensong service at Westminster Abbey.  We wanted to worship, since it was the Lord's Day, and our flight schedule did not permit... continue

I just returned from this year's trip to Uganda to preach at the African Bible College.  As before, it was a truly inspiring time of ministry and fellowship.  I thought that I would chronicle the trip in a number of... continue