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Rod Rosenbladt was one of the original hosts of White Horse Inn. Rod died after a brief illness on February 2, 2024. For many of us, “Dad Rod” was more than just a regular voice articulating a confessional Lutheran distinctive on the radio. He was a mentor, a father in the faith, and a trusted friend. [...]

Michael S. Horton
Wednesday, February 7th 2024

As we focus on thinking theologically about the arts, let’s not forget the art that most fundamentally shapes us: the drama of the liturgy. In accordance with the early fathers, Calvin called the divine service a “celestial theater." In Christian worship, heaven and earth embrace in response to the presence and activity of the Triune God. [...]

Michael S. Horton
Thursday, February 1st 2024

Christians in the West often assume that missionaries from Britain and the United States were the first to bring the gospel to Asia and Africa. Within this broad assumption, we tend to make either of two false choices: some of us risk throwing out the baby of essential Christian faith and practice with the bathwater of Western prejudice, while others [...]

Michael S. Horton
Tuesday, December 19th 2023

The Sermon on the Mount is, perhaps, the most famous discourse on record from the Lord Jesus. Snippets of this sermon appear in the Gospels of Mark and Luke, but the fullest treatment, of course, occurs in Matthew’s Gospel, chapters 5–7. Spanning three chapters [...]

Bradley Gray
Thursday, September 21st 2023

What influences our children’s lives the most? As Christian parents we would all like the answer to be that we are the main influence in our children’s lives. We know that is how it should be. [...]

Kyle Townes
Thursday, September 7th 2023

The focus of this issue of MR is eschatology, living in what the Bible calls “these last days” between the already and the not yet. When it comes to our own lives or the global challenges the church faces [...]

Michael S. Horton
Friday, September 1st 2023

Do you think of Jesus as being a happy person? Does a joyful Jesus seem incongruous to you?

Jonathan Landry Cruse
Thursday, August 24th 2023

Six months into our church plant, a visiting friend asked if we had someone playing the role of church historian. At the time, I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes or laugh. First of all, I didn’t know what a church historian even did. I honestly thought it reminded me of middle […]

Aimee Joseph
Monday, August 21st 2023

Extended Audio Version Modern Reformation Magazine · An Extended Interview With Phil Cary From Our Issue On The Already Dr. Phillip Cary is professor of philosophy and chair of his department at Eastern University. He’s author of Good News for Anxious Christians (Brazos, 2022) and The Nicene Creed (Lexham, 2023). This is an extended version […]

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Brannon Ellis
Monday, August 7th 2023

As a person who has lived without a study Bible for most of my life (I received my first one four or five years ago), I am still warming up to their usage. In my view, the value of a study Bible edited by trusted authors is in its useful comments and exegetical tools, which […]

Simonetta Carr
Thursday, July 20th 2023

In the car today, I happened upon a disturbing radio interview. The guest was a poet and designer of transgender and queer clothing whose world (ironically) seemed morally black-and-white. […]

Michael S. Horton
Saturday, July 1st 2023

After teaching an introductory course on media ecology at the college level for eighteen consecutive years, I place current authors into two camps[…]

T. David Gordon
Saturday, July 1st 2023

Tom was a young pastor on a large pastoral staff. There were decisions being made by the senior pastor that he found concerning. When he spoke up, he was maligned. Ruling elders would harangue him. He was occasionally pulled from preaching duties even though his name was in the bulletin. He sought out help from […]

Stephen Roberts
Thursday, June 22nd 2023

I knew of six seminarians who shared a house—all of them eager to serve the Lord and his church. Ten years after graduation, three of them were broken and wounded, having left churches after prolonged spiritual abuse from a senior pastor. Sadly, such experiences are far too common for the people of God. They come […]

Stephen Roberts
Thursday, June 15th 2023

Some fears are common to humanity: rattlesnakes, heights, spiders, and such. As a committed Christ-follower, at the top of my list, I would add an unexpected word: mediocrity. Lukewarm. The word shakes my soul. The fierce words of warning written to the Laodiceans give me great pause and cause a godly consternation at the concept […]

Aimee Joseph
Monday, June 12th 2023
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