The Aquila Report

Established in 2008, The Aquila Report is an independent online magazine that focuses on topics relevant to individuals associated with the evangelical and confessional branches of the Presbyterian and Reformed church communities. Currently, we operate mainly as an aggregate publisher, which means that most of our articles and content are sourced from various third-party publishers and bloggers.

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A Resurrection Like No Other

1 day ago | theaquilareport.com | Kevin DeYoung

Christ’s resurrection was more than a mere resuscitation of life. Jesus raised several persons from the dead (e.g., a young man, Jairus’s daughter, Lazarus). But none of these “resurrections” marked the turning point in history. Easter Sunday marks the movement from humiliation to exaltation in the work of Christ.
What Does “Begotten, Not Made” Mean?

4 days ago | theaquilareport.com | Kevin DeYoung

The doctrine of the Son’s begottenness from the Father is called eternal generation. It is a classic and crucial Trinitarian doctrine, but it also a mystery beyond human description. Eternal generation is like human generation in that one essence begets the same essence, but it is unlike human generation in that it does not involve physical reproduction.
What Are the Different Emphases of the Gospels?

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Stephen Kneale

Matthew emphasizes Jesus’ kingship as a sign to the Jews that He is the promised messiah. Mark emphasizes Jesus as an obedient servant. Luke is written for the benefit of non-Jews. John writes to emphasize that Jesus is the everlasting Son of God and, at the same time, God the Son. In our weekly theology breakfast, we are continuing our biblical theology track.
Log College Press: One-Stop Shop for Historic American Presbyterianism

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Jonathan Peters

Log College Press is an outstanding resource for historic American Presbyterianism. After browsing the site, serious students will want to subscribe to DPS to obtain all the membership perks, while casual readers will continue to return for the free offerings which interest them. Inspired by the Post-Reformation Digital Library, Caleb Cangelosi founded Log College Press (LCP) in 2017 while a student at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.
The Problem with Christian ‘Worldview’

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet |Timothy Padgett

Worldview has been done badly but, as a movement, it’s been largely self-corrective. Some of the earliest champions of Christian worldview, such as Herman Bavinck and Herman Dooyeweerd, pushed worldview thinking away from the confusions of German rationalism. Almost every popular champion of Christian worldview, from James Sire to Nancy Pearcey to Francis Schaeffer to Charles Colson, argued against reducing faith to cerebral formulas.
Marriage in the Age of Polarization

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Aaron M. Renn

Gender cultural and political polarization is creating legitimately incompatible views of the good life that make marriage impossible. If men wants the white picket fence life and the women want to be focused on career ambitions, that’s going to be hard to reconcile. While compromise is inevitable to get and stay married, some divides are so fundamental they can’t be bridged. There’s a quip attributed to Henry Kissinger that, “Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes.
Iain H. Murray, the Historian Who Looks Forward

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | Evert van Vlastuin

As a boy, Iain Murray would only pick up a book on tennis. The rest didn’t bother him. The school noticed he was “far behind” with reading. Now, Iain H. Murray has become a world trademark with his stack of books and biographies from the English-speaking church history. And even at 93, he still has some works in preparation. For the first time in nearly 70 years, he lives alone. Last year, his wife Jean died. In the previous 69 years, they always did everything together.
In Sanctification, Where You’re Going Is More Important than Where You Are

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | Kevin DeYoung

God saved you to sanctify you. God is in the beautification business, washing away spots and smoothing out wrinkles. He will have a blameless bride. He promises to work in you; he also calls you to work out. “The beauty of holiness” is first of all the Lord’s (Psalm 29:2, KJV). But by his grace it can also be yours. It was several years ago, not long after my ordination, that I stumbled upon 1 Timothy 4:15 and found it to be a source of both great comfort and mild discouragement.
The Secular and the Dead

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | Casey Chalk

Secularism, far from transcending sectarianism and violence, is responsible for some of the most heinous, murderous regimes this planet has ever witnessed. Indeed, though many of its adherents argue that secularism is objective and indifferent, it “carries normative assumptions and frames of reference” that evince its own peculiar paradigm.
The Big Problem of Student Behavior

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet

Like every other aspect of human society, broken relationships are the root cause of most behavior problems in the classroom. Christian educators have a better framework to address the underlying broken relationships, one which offers the reconciliation and restoration needed for lasting change. Conservatives are quick to blame the systemic failings of U.S. public schools on “wokeness” and other progressive indoctrinations that masquerade as education. And rightly so.