by Dave Sarafolean | Jan 27, 2023 | Church History, Protestant Reformation, Reformed Theology
Shane Rosenthal, former producer and host of the White Horse Inn podcast, has published a thoughtful article about megachurches. He observes that the first megachurch was started 100 years ago in Los Angeles by Sister Aimee Semple McPherson. Consider that the marks...
by Dave Sarafolean | Oct 28, 2022 | Calvin, Calvinism, Doctrine, Protestant Reformation, Reformed Theology
The Protestant Reformation is traced to October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door of Wittenberg, Germany. He intended to enter into a scholarly debate with his fellow monks about church practice as compared to the teaching of Scripture. ...
by Dave Sarafolean | Oct 21, 2022 | Calvin, Church History, Doctrine, Reformed Theology
As a young Christian I was starved for a historical grounding of our faith. After college I read J.I. Packer’s book, Knowing God, with a group of singles from my church. Somewhere in there the Westminster Confession of Faith was mentioned and a seed was...
by Dave Sarafolean | Feb 18, 2020 | Reformed Theology
Perhaps you, like many, consider regular church attendance to be optional, if not all that important. After all, we have the internet and we can get all we need when we need it only with a few clicks. If that describes you, please read the following article by Adriel...
by Dave Sarafolean | Oct 18, 2019 | Doctrine, Reformed Theology
One of the trends in the evangelical church during the last decade or so has been the elastic use of the word “reformed.” What I mean is that the word identified a particular stream of the Protestant Reformation that produced creeds and confessions to...
by Dave Sarafolean | Jul 15, 2019 | Doctrine, Reformed Theology
This summer I have been preaching a series of sermons on the Canons of Dort, in recognition of the 400th anniversary of their publication. Yesterday I preached a sermon entitled Corruption and Conversion, I. I spent quite a bit of time exploring the nature of the...
