Friday, August 07, 2026

The Belgic Confession, Pauline Authorship of Hebrews, and Confessional Subscription

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From X Post: Was Hebrews written by Paul? Should such a claim be raised to confessional status? Teaching last evening in our Midweek Doctrin...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

WM 390: A New Scholarly Defense of the Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53--8:11)

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  Extra links for this episode: New Books Podcast (8.2.26). Book on Mohr Siebeck website. TBS booklet defending PA. JTR
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

2026 Youth Conference Audio: Samuel Frain on "Answering the Problem of Evil."

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Image: Young people and speaker at the Mount Zion Hunt Club in Highland County (the normal turnabout point on our Saturday morning hike/walk...

The Vision (7.31.26): The Ordination of the Twelve

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  Note: Devotional based on Sunday morning sermon on July 26, 2026 . Mark 3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and tha...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

WM 389: Another Unicorn Sighting!

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  JTR
Friday, July 24, 2026

The Vision (7.24.26): Do Christian today still keep the sabbath?

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  Image: Morning skies, North Garden, Virginia, July 2026. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Mark 2:23--3:6. Is the mor...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

WM 388: Responding to an INQUISITOR: Is affirming the MASORETIC TEXT as "kept pure in all ages" INCOHERENT?

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  JTR
Monday, July 20, 2026

WM 387: BLQ Article: THE SEPTUAGINT & MODERN CHALLENGES to the Traditional Text of the OT (Part 1)

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  Read a PDF of the article here on my academia.edu page. JTR
Saturday, July 18, 2026

WM 386: Interview: JOSEPH WEISSMAN on Defending the MASORETIC TEXT of the OT (VERITAS HEBRAICA)

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  JTR
Friday, July 17, 2026

The Vision (7.17.26): Murmuring & Manna

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  Image: July evening sky, North Garden, Virginia. Note: Devotion taken from Lord's Day afternoon sermon on July 5, 2026. And the whole...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Beza on the Mark of the True Church

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X Post: "The mark of the true Church is the preaching of Word of God in which the Lord is made manifest to us, as the books of the Prop...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Beza rejects superstitious devotion to Bread and Wine

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X Post: "Moreover, since apart from the act of Baptism, the water is no Sacrament, but plain water, and apart from the administration o...
Friday, July 10, 2026

The Vision (7.10.26): Christ: The Bridegroom

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  Image: Detail, Roman wedding scene on a sarcophagus, second century, British Museum, London. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's s...
Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Beza on the timing of the fruit of Word and Sacrament

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  X Post: "As the seed, however good it may be, does not produce its fruit at the moment which it is sown, but must necessarily remain ...
Friday, July 03, 2026

The Vision (7.3.26): Follow Me

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  Image: Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew (close-up), c. 1599. Note: Devotional article based on l ast Sunday's sermon on Mark ...
Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Beza on Regeneration and Good Works

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  X post: "In that our regeneration is never completed here below, -- there is always the battling of the flesh against the Spirit (Gal...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

How many *sons* of Alpheus were apostles?

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X post: How many *sons* of Alpheus were apostles? Preaching Sunday on the call of Levi in Mark 2:13-17. Spent some time noting the apostle...
Friday, June 12, 2026

The Vision (6.12.26): The Authority of Christ

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  Image: "Knockout" Rose, North Garden, Virginia, June 2026. Note: Devotional taken from last Sunday's sermon on Mark 1:21-34....
Monday, June 08, 2026

Beza's Motto

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  From X Post: The motto of Protestant father Theodore Beza (1519-1605): Plus à me frapper on s'amuse, tant plus de marteaux on y use (...
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Friday, June 05, 2026

The Vision (6.5.26): Come Ye After Me

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  Note: Devotional taken from last Sunday's sermon on Mark 1:16-20. “And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to ...