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Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf

Ryan Denton
May 12, 2025
Like many preachers, one of my favorite things to read are sermons from the past. Whether it's Martyn Lloyd-Jones or the golden-mouthed John Chrysostom, I’m always intrigued by how faithful men throughout the ages have communicated God's Word to their hearers. But also, like many of you, I find...

Discipleship in the Reformed World

Ryan Denton
Jan 8, 2025
When I was a Southern Baptist pastor, all I heard about was discipleship. It was their "thing," almost to a fault. When I moved into the Reformed world, I never heard anything about discipleship. Perhaps my experience is an anomaly but gauging from some conversations I’ve had with a variety of...

Hyper-Cessationism and the WCF: Part 3

Ryan Denton
Oct 1, 2024
In my previous two articles ( here and here ), I have maintained that the word “cessationism” needs to be used in the way it was given to us by the Westminster Divines. My critics have stated that the Divines weren’t perfect here, and thus revision is in order. They seem to think the historic...

Is Hyper-Cessationism a Fair Term? Part Two

Ryan Denton
Sep 6, 2024
I am encouraged by the amount of interest my article on hyper-cessationism has received. It has reinforced my suspicion that the Reformed world is hungry for warmer expressions of orthodoxy, and that our spark has been waiting for us all along in the original material of the 16 th and 17 th...

What is a Hyper-Cessationist?

Ryan Denton
Aug 21, 2024
As a capital “R” Reformed person, I would call myself a cessationist. This simply means that I believe God has “ceased” giving any new doctrine and/or new ethics. You could also describe it as the belief that there is no more canon to be given. It also means God will not give any more infallible...