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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/23/2026 > the-christian-longing-for-heaven-or-letting-go-of-this-present-age

The Christian Longing for Heaven (Or: Letting Go of This Present Age)

10+ hour, 43+ min ago  (540+ words) One of the prayers in Scripture is a plea for Christ to return and make all things new and bring full and final redemption for his people: "Come, Lord Jesus!" (1 Cor. 16:22; Rev. 22:20). Indeed, there are scores of texts in the…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/19/2026 > the-de-christianization-of-the-church-in-nazi-germany-or-hitlers-nazification-of-the-church-in-nazi-germany

The De-Christianization of the Church in Nazi Germany (Or: Hitler’s Nazification of the Church in Nazi Germany)

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (132+ words) In section five, the memorandum roundly declared that" The gravest concern [of the Confessing Church's memorandum] was expressed over the suppression of the Evangelical Church, the perversion of its faith, the abandoning of Evangelical morality, and the nation-wide process of…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/18/2026 > the-blessedness-of-being-near-to-god-or-in-the-fathers-house-above

The Blessedness of Being Near to God (Or: In the Father’s House Above)

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (267+ words) Psalm 73:28a says this: "As for me, it is good to be near God" (NIV). This is a wonderful, rich phrase full of meaning for believers. I love how Abraham Kuyper explained it: "To Be Near Unto God" means such nearness…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/17/2026 > a-prelude-to-apostacy-habitually-avoiding-public-worship-lane

A Prelude to Apostacy: Habitually Avoiding Public Worship (Lane)

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (441+ words) (The following post was previously published in February 2015) Sadly, some Christians do not make it a habit or custom to regularly worship God together with other Christians." For various reasons (a majority of them sinful!) some Christians simply skip corporate…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/14/2026 > my-review-of-my-dumbphone-the-light-phone-iii-updated-feb-14-2026-copy-2

My Review of My Dumbphone: The Light Phone III (Updated Feb 14, 2026) (Copy)

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1083+ words) I know this is a book blog, but I want to utilize one blog post to review a phone that has not at all interfered with my reading: The Light Phone III. As I've mentioned here before, I've been using a…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/11/2026 > chrisitan-ethic-love-your-enemies-augustine

Chrisitan Ethic: Love Your Enemies (Augustine)

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (300+ words) One area of Christian ethics that seems to be neglected in our highly charged political culture is Jesus" repeated call for Christians to love our neighbors. Our neighbors include enemies and people who despise and oppress us. Jesus is quite…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/09/2026 > the-baptist-view-of-baptism-and-presumption

The Baptist View of Baptism and Presumption

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (390+ words) The Baptist view of baptism is based on the presumption of a person's faith. In other words, when someone professes faith, no human can be absolutely certain that the person's faith is genuine. If he is baptized, his baptism is…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/07/2026 > the-seven-adverbs-of-a-pastors-duty-dpw

The Seven Adverbs of a Pastor’s Duty (DPW)

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (350+ words) (The following was originally posted in June 2012) Aside from writing the Confession and Catechisms, the Westminster divines also wrote a'directory for public worship'(DPW) which was approved in 1645.' One section of this directory that has always stood out to me…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/05/2026 > are-long-prayers-better-than-short-prayers

Are Long Prayers Better than Short Prayers?

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (561+ words) True or False: Long prayers are what all Christians should aim for because long prayers are better than short prayers. The answer is false. There is no command in Scripture for all Christians to always pray long prayers. There are…...

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reformedreader.wordpress.com > 02/03/2026 > dying-the-terror-of-death-and-christian-hope-warfield

Dying, the Terror of Death, and Christian Hope (Warfield)

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (332+ words) If you want to read an excellent, comforting, and Christ-centered meditation on 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, I highly recommend B. B. Warfield's sermon called The Christian's Attitude Toward Death. I'm in the middle of preaching a short sermon series on death, and I've found Warfield's…...