The goal of preaching the gospel outside of Israel is “to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed” (Rom. 15:18).

The difference between sinful and righteous division needs careful explanation... there is a way to divide that preserves purity and a way to unify that destroys it.

For the Bible reader to continue cultivating the patience of Bible study, he must take very careful note of even the overlooked objects of Scripture...

In the Bible, four characteristics of flattery combine. The biblical definition of flattery is deceitful speech that disguises self-serving motives...

The Abrahamic Covenant was not merely a promise of temporal advantage but a call to the noblest of human actions—a spiritual relationship with God Almighty.

Mark 9:24, “I believe; help my unbelief.” The boy’s father affirms two things. He believes. He doesn’t believe.

Christians these days are always complaining about how American politics needs serious reform...

To play the game is to conquer a pretend planet. All power in that world is just one click away.

May you be established, renewed, and encouraged to read good books.

Learning to receive the Lord’s discipline (Heb. 12:3-11) as a blessing is one of the keys to persevering faith and growing in fruitfulness.

Heavenly Father, King of Creation, there is no backyard, barrio, or black hole over which you are not King.

Below you will find a compilation of all the articles we have published at Trinity Reformed Church.

Daron’s Recommendations Michael Foster and Dominic Bnonn Tennant, It’s Good to be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (Canon Press, 2022)

Here it is, a list of books; the best books we’ve read in 2024, which are different from the best books published in 2024. Why give you a list of books? Because we...

The American side of the Scrooby congregation was without a pastor. John Robinson stayed with the Leyden side of the congregation in the Netherlands. The ruling elder...

Culture-making is one of the ways we change the world. But we should think small before we think big. Tip O’Neill famously said, “All politics is local.” What if we ...

It has pleased the Lord to call our loving and faithful pastor Matt Carpenter to First Congregational Church in Middleborough, MA. To write about our dear and reverend...

“Should Christians be on social media?” is a very different question from “Should I be on social media?” In framing these questions there are two common mistakes. One ...

A scoffer is someone who behaves with arrogance, haughtiness, and pride. (Prov. 21:24). They are simple and hate knowledge (Prov. 1:22). They injure, abuse, and hate ...

Charles Chauncy was the Grand Poo-Bah of the Old Light coalition that opposed the New Light evangelists George Whitefield, Gilbert Tenent, and James Davenport...

Discernment is more than a “sensory relay.” It is a spiritual skill, a God-given capacity, and an example of applied wisdom.

At Harvard College in the eighteenth century, hell was the first doctrine discarded. It was an offense to rationalism that a loving God sends people to hell. They...

Trouble sleeping? There is danger in too little sleep (Prov. 3:24). We wish we could, like Jesus, remain “asleep on the cushion” in a boat tossed by the storm and...

The Sanhedrin had been crowned, anointed, and named the official power brokers of Israel. When the rogue rabbi from Nazareth showed up, they claimed the right to kill ...

Ephesians 5:4, “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.” Paul’s command...

Megan Basham has written a deeply sourced book about how the political left has been pouring money and influence into evangelicalism for decades. There are initiatives...

Absalom, David’s third son, is a character painted in the vivid and tragic hues of Scripture. He is introduced as a man of striking appearance.

Keep Thibodeaux from all evil and so keep his life. Whether he is going out to public activities or arriving home for private ones...

In C.S. Lewis’s novel That Hideous Strength, Mark Studdock is a paradigm for what conversion looks like in a post-Christian society. Mark is a soft, pacifistic...

Bible readers are well-acquainted with the luminous figures of the Old Testament: the first Adam, the venerable Abraham, and the illustrious Patriarchs, not ...

When a dating couple is tempted to have premarital sex, it strikes them as an incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than their lust. They ...

Stress is a dis-ease—the deprivation of ease; the reduction of comfort. The word stress is derived from distress. Someone is in distress when they experience hardships...

One of the things I learned from the late Dr. Gary North was the importance of intellectual honesty. A fierce debater, skilled writer, and an ardent Postmillennialist...

Introduction The thesis statement of this essay, laconically stated in the title, is derived from Romans 1:18-21. “For the wrath of God is revealed...

This is a two-part conference with an afternoon session geared for pastors and an evening session for anyone interested in entrepreneurship. Although the ...

God made human beings in his image as people who require knowledge (Prov. 18:15). To argue otherwise, to argue that we don’t require knowledge, is to spit in...

If you're tired of working for "the man" and fantasize about "unplugging from the corporate matrix", then this is for you...

Audio, Sung by Larson Hicks Piano (Sing You Part)

Audio, Sung by Larson Hicks Piano (Sing You Part)

You might wonder why a church hosts English Country Dances. You might even wonder what it is. If you are unfamiliar with English Country Dancing, then picture a scene...

Americans have been confused about self-love since the nation began. The founding generation operated with the misguided Enlightenment notion that benevolence was ...

Wendell Berry concludes his poem, Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front, with the exhortation to “practice resurrection.” In this same poem, he says, “Expect the end...

It's hard to date the beginning of the madness. Maybe you trace it to the death of George Floyd in May of 2020, the shooting of Michael Brown in August of 2014, the...

In a recent article we explained the what and why behind the exhortation during the worship service. The exhortation precedes the confession of sin. The confession is...

One of the features of Covenant Renewal Worship at TRC is the exhortation. This is typically a five-minute homily encouraging the church to remain faithful in a sinful...

We recently wrote an article entitled “God and Culture” where we argued there is a certain folly and falsity to think one can live in a place without being shaped by it..

Ideas drive out good ideas, it’s helpful to occasionally take stock of some ideas that have pushed their way into the driver’s seat. Since culture is changing ...

Some faithful Christians refuse to read fiction. The reason cited is the same: If there is time to read, they’d rather read something true. Better to plow up a real ...

If the genesis of Calvinism lies in the sovereignty of God, the genesis of fatalism lies in the failure to understand the companion reality of the responsibility of man..

This is the question that Christians continue to ask. What are we to do about the growing secular influence, especially within the church? The answer is that we must...

The problem of “stuff” in modern American life is not that we have too much of it, but we have the wrong view of it. Put again, the problem isn’t stuff, but our misuse...

The Second Great Awakening, beginning at the turn of the nineteenth century, established Christianity as the cohesive moral force of the country, but it failed to unite..

The Deacons Fund is money set apart in the annual budget for the primary purpose of helping TRC church members and those connected to TRC. God cares about the entire...

We are excited to announce the addition of Pastor Chris Wiley to our ministry team.  Pastor Wiley is the first to serve in this newly-created role at TRC called ...

American evangelicalism, which has boasted in creedlessness, is failing chiefly through the lack of them. In one sense, of course, fixed creeds are inescapable. The ...

One of the convictions of Trinity Reformed Church is catholicity. It means we are committed to getting along with other Christians such that we do not divide over the...

Here it is, a list of books; the best books we’ve read in 2021, which are different from the best books published in 2021. Why give you a list of books? Because we ...

This is a companion article to “A Game Plan for Slumped Shouldered Christians,” which can be found by clicking here God is up to something. The tumult of the present ...

The month of Thanksgiving means we are obligated to think about the Plymouth Pilgrims. But instead of reflecting on the First Thanksgiving, let’s remember the wise ...

This week is Veteran’s Day and there are distinct Christian reasons for honoring our military Veterans. Christians are commanded to give “respect to whom respect is ...

Christians no longer agree that Sunday worship is centrally important to the Christian life. This was proven when worship services were cashiered in favor of...

This article appears at the Theopolis Institute and can be found by clicking here Imagine the stereotypical American grandparents. Once you have the outline...

Over the past eighteen months, you’ve watched the embers of latent disaffection fanned into flames of revolt. The revolutionaries triangulated their notions of equity...

There are many reasons Christians might find themselves with a spirit of self-satisfaction—anytime God permits them to participate in a great achievement. This month ...

Matt Carpenter Associate Pastor Matt Carpenter taught history for fifteen years and has served in pastoral ministry for ten years. He is married to Amanda and ...

If you found this article helpful, you might enjoy reading our article, "What to do when your boss encourages you to join the moral revolution." This is not the time ...

In our recent sermon entitled “Whiteness is not the unforgivable sin,” (which can be found by clicking here) we defined blasphemy against the Spirit, AKA the ...

Do you remember when you were 13 or 14 years old and your friends started cussing? At first, it was like they were test driving a car. Not a new luxury vehicle, but a ...

This article was originally published at The Theopolis Institute and can be found by clicking here. Many Christians find themselves working for businesses or ...

There is a lot of talk about the household in Christian circles these days, much of it good (On this note, we heartily recommend C.R. Wiley’s two books, Man of the ...

We live in a day and age where it is difficult to believe. For many Christians, maybe even for you, faith is fragile and feels outdated and immature. The ...

Our very own Matt Carpenter has started a podcast called “The Good Life” that we heartily recommend to you. Each episode emphasizes one of four areas that make...

Recently Anthony Bradley published an article at Mere Orthodoxy entitled “Critical Race Theory Isn’t a Threat for Presbyterians.” Bradley argues that the Presbyterian ...

Comedian Roy Rogers used to say that he only knew what he read in the papers. Well, if you’ve been reading the paper lately, or the online paper, there is a decided...

NOTE: This blog post is based on teaching notes from the sermon on 4.18.21. If you would like to listen to the entire sermon, click here. First, fasting is a matter of ..

In your experience, are Christian students more likely to win unbelievers to Christ or lose Christ altogether? Will my child be taught critical theory at your school?...

This is a companion article to “Why Haven’t we Canceled Worship Services?” which can be found by clicking here. American Christians of recent vintage are eager to live...

Somewhere a faithful Christian father leads his family in evening devotion. He looks across the room over which he presides. Before him stretches chaos. One child is ...

ThirdMill's Biblical Perspective Magazine featured an article from our own Jason Cherry – check it out at the link below! Readers of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's ...

There was an outbreak of the plague in Scotland in 1645. Roughly half the population died. There was another outbreak in 1647. The local Presbyterians organized a six ...

Sometimes trying to put things right is when you are most vigorously putting them wrong. One of the current trends of evangelicalism is so-called “Gospel-centered ..."

If you begin at the root and rise of it, Satan has schemed to war against God’s people from the beginning. Sometimes he slithers up to an unsuspecting damsel...

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This is the third of a three part series. Click here to read part one. Click here to read part two. The What and the Why Behind the Reformation The late church ...

Justification by Faith Alone. If the formal cause of the Reformation was the restoration of Scriptural authority in the church (sola Scriptura), then the material cause..

It is Wednesday, October 31, 1517. Just eleven years earlier the world saw Leonardo da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa. In the little town of Wittenberg...

G.K. Chesterton once said that “the educationist must find a creed and teach it.” It only makes sense that Christians should be committed to teaching the Christian creed.

It is hard to swiftly and accurately explain what makes for good preaching. So, for now, it is enough to say a few brief things about it that will...

Today’s typical evangelical has too much of Christ to be happy in the world and too much of the world to be happy in Christ. Of all the situational causes of anxiety...

Today’s typical evangelical has too much of Christ to be happy in the world and too much of the world to be happy in Christ. Of all the situational causes of anxiety...

Church membership is out of fashion today. Sometimes this is for understandable reasons—previously living under incompetent or abusive church leadership...

At Trinity Reformed Church we use a “Book of Confessions” to state what we believe the Scriptures to teach. While we have provided a bullet pointed summary...

There is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ seventeen meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea. Unbeknownst to its creator, Guido Galletti, the statue, Christ of...

In the summer of 1989, the American magazine National Interest published an essay with the provocative title "The End of History?". Its author, the political...

The baseline definition of an “evangelical” comes from Historian David Bebbington’s famous “quadrilateral” of evangelical traits: biblicism...

Our first parents, being seduced by the subtlety and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased, according...

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,the Only Begotten Son of God,born of the Father before all ages.God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God...

There is a need for careful distinction between tradition and traditionalism. The word “tradition” appears six times in Mark 7:1-23. Jesus is teaching about what...

In the book, What is a Person?, Christian Smith argues that human beings express specific capacities, powers, limits, and tendencies that form human nature.

Civil society needs Christianity and Christians need to be the first to recognize why. There is a tide rising against historic Christianity and Christians are...

At this stage of life, you will increasingly interact with more people outside your familiar circle of family and church. The contemporaries you interact...

Since theology is more like music than calculus, imagine theology is a harp. The more strings that are in tune the more celestial the song...

Marriage must be honored. Elsewhere in the New Testament, this word for “honor” is translated as precious. So we read of “gold, silver, and precious stone”...

Francis Schaeffer said, “For a Christian, redeemed by the work of Christ and living within the norms of Scripture and under the leadership of the Holy Spirit...

False prophets speak super-spiritual language to deceive and manipulate people (Lamentations 2:14). False prophets promise peace when it suits their interest and war...

“I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14...

The Darwinistic narrative of human beings buttresses the tragically flawed view of education practiced in government schools. When the educationist fails to...

Saint Augustine lived in a pluralized environment where the coming-of-age story was that of embracing all the gods except Christ. As a young man, he set out to achieve...

One of the biggest mistakes made by American history students is to talk about the founding fathers as a monolith. In truth, they were divided on many issues...

On February 10, 1945, C.S. Lewis read a paper to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius entitled “Membership.” The paper was published in Sobornost, no. 31, in June...

The wholesale rejection of objective guilt as a moral category is one reason people today are easily manipulated. The enemy tries to manipulate the church by creating a..

The wider intellectual trend of the “age of light” (as Jonathan Edwards referred to the Enlightenment) was the emphasis on man’s libertarian free will—the individual’s...

Imagine a father and his three-year-old daughter step out for a neighborhood stroll. The familiar sights and sounds hum around them. The sun, in its gentle descent...

In the event of business travel, as distinct from family travel, there is one plain and simple principle: You must have a plan to avoid sin. This requires a liturgical...

This passage describes a weak woman who is easily captured, that is, who is easy to mislead or deceive. It’s not only heretics who receive condemnation (2 Tim. 3:1-6)...

The Bible presents an optimistic eschatology. The Kingdom of the Lord will start small but eventually spread to the whole earth (Mk. 4:30ff). The nations are ruled by...

Projecting the future is what scholars refer to as an epistemological pickle. Scripture solves that problem by giving a framework for looking at both history and...

Below you will find a compilation of all the articles we have published at Trinity Reformed Church. Some might wonder why we are committed to writing...

Here it is, a list of books; the best books we’ve read in 2023, which are different from the best books published in 2023. Why give you a list of books? Because we...

Moral authority is unraveling in our society because the meaning of confession, fear, and habits are unraveling. The guilt you confess, the things you fear...

Inheritance is not merely the transference of possessions upon the occasion of one's demise. It is a profound endeavor dedicated to the perpetuation of that most...

In the summer of 1620, the Pilgrims stalled out in Dartmouth because of the cunning and deceit of the ship’s captain and his crew. They were hired to take the...

The destruction of men is the most significant event of the last fifty years and worth the most significant attention of the church. That’s why I was delighted to...

Every man is a reformer; only it so often happens that he has the wrong reform. Except for Martin Luther. His 95 theses especially target the practice of selling...

Faith is the antecedent condition of justification (Rom. 5:1). Works are not efficacious for acquiring justification (Rom. 3:23f; 5:5). Regenerate Christians will ...

The central event of the New Testament is not the overthrow of the Old Testament, but the overthrow of death by way of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, which forever link...

The relationship between the church and the state is a controversial subject in the current climate. It was also a controversial subject during the Reformation...

The murder of Christ is not a fragment of a larger theology. It is the larger theology that touches every fragment. In the death and resurrection of Christ...

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ...

One year ago we published this article casting a vision for promoting God’s will in the temporal realm. If you haven’t read the article, you can do so here...

Evangelicals exhibit a mysterious suspicion of the assurance of salvation. And so it is that lots of Christians struggle with a lack of assurance. They have anxiety about the final...

The Industrial Revolution changed the world. In some ways, the changes have been good. In some ways, they haven’t been. The changes are more than just HVAC units and...

The inner ring is the sort of club where it is not easy to tell who is inside and who is outside. There is no formal admission procedure and no protocol for expulsion...

The word “bless” is a regular part of life in the South. Clerks conclude the transaction with “Have a blessed day.” Little old ladies conclude the gossip huddle with ...

Nat Hentoff said that “Fiction is sometimes more real than fact … it can tell you more than facts.” What follows is a fictional conversation. Cherry: Why are you...

Many of you are now in the midst of memorizing Psalms for our annual Psummer Psalms (thanks to Daron Drown for organizing this event every year). This is where you...

Hook-up culture is now a problem in the evangelical church, which has high rates of fornication. Men expect sex after two or three dates and too many women comply...

In Mark 6:7-13 Jesus sends the twelve disciples out on an authorized mission. The word used for “send” in Mark 6:7 is apostello, which is a cognate of the word apostle...

Our very own Daniel Valcarcel has written a hymn based on Psalm 110. To watch the sermon that inspired this hymn, click here.

In 556 B.C. King Nabonidus inherited the land between the Tigris and Euphrates. This was a constantly disputed territory and a challenger arose to rival the rule of...

Christian high school and homeschooling curricula increasingly require a “career prep” class. Modern people think of a career as a lifetime occupation or profession...

The power of hypocrisy is that it proves something to be false. But maybe not the thing you think. Veganism isn’t proven false by a vegan who has three exception...

So you are about to graduate High School and head off to college. Your college experience may be the first time you interact with the broader evangelical world...

Plato once said that mankind is simultaneously capable of censoring injustice and committing it.[1] On October 13, 2022, the Huntsville City Council passed Resolution...

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin has many villainous characters, chief among them Simon Legree. Another devilish character is Augustine St. Clare’s wife...

Introduction In 1952 the minister Norman Vincent Peale published his best-selling book, The Power of Positive Thinking. It sold 2.5 million copies from 1952 – 1956 and...

Since the beginning of days, people have hankered to rank things. The caveman ranked the loincloths of their fellow cavers. Northern Europeans of ancient times debated...

One of the developing trends is for companies, governments, colleges, and professional guilds to require their people to sign DEI statements (diversity...

The founding of the United States is a controversial period in which the founders are the subject of nearly all the controversy. Allen Guelzo has written an article...

The reason we need to engage in cultural apologetics is that the history of the evangelical church shows a tendency for cultural interests to eclipse biblical norms...

Dear Teenagers of Trinity Reformed Church, How are you? I am fine. Nice day, isn’t it? With those phatic pleasantries now warmly exchanged; I can get down to the ...

In 1873 a Greek manuscript of the Didache was found by Philotheos Bryennios, a Greek Orthodox Bishop of Nicomedia. Before this discovery, the Didache was only known...

Biblical patriarchy expects wives to submit to their husbands. Hyper-patriarchy expects husbands to regularly remind wives of their duty to submit. In contrast to hyper..

Creative people are needed because God demands a richer vocabulary than words can give. New eloquence is needed to move the borders of intelligibility. Yet...

I’m about to tell you about a fellow named Belial. Well, he’s not a fellow as much as he is a repeating series of worthless sons. But we’ll get to that. Then I will...

Below you will find a compilation of all the articles we have published at Trinity Reformed Church. Some might wonder why we are committed to writing. The answer is...

With the Obergefell decision in June of 2015, the sodomy lobby got everything it wanted. What next? It used to be LGB rights. Now it's LGBT rights and the “T”...

Pornography is looking at images as erotic stimulants. It is the attempt to arouse a sex instinct where it was previously dulled, or excite it where it was strong...

At the gate that separates life and death is a sanctity that shames seclusion. The joyful fellowship experienced by Christians now is only a preview of what occurs at...

In Dante’s Purgatorio, pride is the first sin punished. Penitents carry heavy boulders on their back, forcing proud heads to stoop so the gaze of their smug eyes never...

Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom. Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers...

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8

This 8th grade class catechism is recited at the beginning of each class Who is God? God is the creator of heaven and earth who is three in one and one in three...

It started with latent unbelief. Not with science or scientific evidence, but with a restrained spirit of revolt, hemmed in only by the bib and tucker of the Victorian...

At the center of cultural reformation is remaking the education system, which requires a lot more than just starting another classical Christian school. In recent...

This 12th grade class catechism is recited at the beginning of each class Where does God live? God dwells in all places; God is beyond place; God is place itself...

This 11th grade class catechism is recited at the beginning of each class. To what are you a slave? I am a slave to what I obey, either of sin, which leads to death...

They say when trouble comes to close the ranks. The way we do this is to be thoroughly Christian in every respect. This requires that we not apologize for what the...

It’s ironic that Americans think King George III was mad when they’ve been going mad over the “last king of America”[1] for over 200 years. The two Thomas’ started...

This article originally appeared at The Classical Difference. Henry Ford famously said history is “bunk,” by which he meant that people should live in the present and...

Nat Hentoff said that “Fiction is sometimes more real than fact … it can tell you more than facts.” What follows is a fictional conversation. Conference Speaker: Thank...

Despite a surge of political interest in Protestant intellectual life, there is still a fundamental misunderstanding about how to bring Christian influence...

Joe Rigney should be commended for his recent article about baptism. If you are unfamiliar with Rigney...

It was all predictable. The whole mise en scene of Black Lives Matter and the woke propaganda invited the not altogether worthy spectacle of the inevitable backlash...

With the Obergefell decision in June of 2015, the sodomy lobby got everything it wanted. What next? It used to be LGB rights. Now it's LGBT rights and the “T”...

Introduction While it is true that gun violence is impossible without guns, it is not true that the only explanation for school shootings is guns. The thought leaders...

It’s not a matter of Bible trivia or historical oddities. It’s a matter of redemption. The conundrum can be stated simply. God commanded Israel to “remember the Sabbath..

The ubiquitous expectation in modern life is to “be true to oneself,” which means the foremost concern and superseding moral imperative is the cultivation of the self...

The biblical commands to pray are many (Mt. 5:44, 6: 5-9; Luke 22:40; Col. 4:3; 1 Thess. 5:17, 25; 2 Thess. 3:1; Heb. 13:18; James 5:13-18; Jude 20). The examples...

The Lord’s Supper belongs at every Lord’s Day service because in Christianity the gospel is a way of life. By eating the bread and drinking the wine, God’s people dine...

The Blog at Trinity Reformed Church We believe Scripture speaks to all of life, which means, we need to speak truth into all of life. There needs to be theology...

Join us for worship 10:30 am at 183 Shelton Rd, Madison, AL 35758 What to expect Each Lord’s Day God’s people are called into His presence, to worship Him in Spirit...

About Us Who We Are by Jason Cherry from the Trinity Reformed Podcast We are a Reformed, Evangelical church in Huntsville/Madison, AL that exists to honor God...