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Notes, for my EP brethren, I believe I've accounted for the alternate practices of Precentors and account for most of the main Psalters, but if there's anything I've missed on that account, please let me know and I'll update this guide to include things helpful for EP Psalm Sings. If we had a...
"This book is a must-read."-Dr. Rosaria Butterfield
DESCRIPTION: Is the Church Pro-Gay?: How to Respond to a Moral Crisis with God's Love, Shawn C. Mathis
More people are LGBT than ever before — including in the churches. Gay acceptance is now an issue in historically conservative...
Today, confusion surrounds the psalms, even in Reformed Churches. Many Christians know that the psalms are songs, and were even sung at one point, yet do not realize that they can sing them today.
They may be confused by Colossians 3:16, which states that one must "sing psalms, hymns, and...
Tolerance
A review of two Phillips Brooks lectures
By, Rev. Donald Wehmeyer
Because of the recent decisions by several large tech companies to censor speech they dislike, I remembered a book I read some time ago.
That book, Tolerance, contains two lectures by given by Phillips Brooks to...
The Boy, the Tree, and God
Rev. Donald Wehmeyer
The boy sat next to a tree. He said,
“God, my teacher told me I should talk to you sitting by a tree.
My teacher said, maybe you would talk to me when I sat here.”
The tree swayed in the wind.
The boy felt as if someone had asked, “Can you...
This article shares a few objections or questions I have as a TR advocate in response to Pastor Matthew Everhard's video arguing for the Majority Text, which can be found here:
These are some very preliminary thoughts which I hope will serve to generate beneficial discussion between the two camps.
This article originally appeared on my blog (Here).
“But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country” (Hebrews 11:16)
One of the issues which has dominated British politics over recent years is immigration, both legal and illegal. In terms of legal immigration, critics of Brexit...
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 17:3
In the Bible, God instructs Christian people to grow in faithfulness to Him and serve one another in love. Part of this Christian conduct is to forgive those who sin against you...
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18
The influence of the church on society today is considerably less than in days past. Alas, modern British culture and society have very...
This article originally appeared on my website at somereformedtheologian.com
I. INTRODUCTION
Neo-Calvinism was a 19th century movement which sought to promote Christ’s economic Lordship over all spheres of life. While not making much of a movement in the United States, it was primarily active...
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7: 25
Many times, we hear that salvation is free. Is this a true statement? Is salvation really free? Salvation is free for the sinner in terms that we...
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew 5:12
There is great hope and joy in the text. Jesus says great is your reward in Heaven. There is a reward stored up for us in glory for our faithfulness and...
Published as a book in 1886, The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes was what propelled Vos into the academic scene. A great paper, it received publishing the same year he went overseas.[1] In the book, Vos wrote against the modern theologians of his day, arguing that the laws of Moses were...
How would you counsel someone who has been approached by a cult group? (eg. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christadelphians, and Christian Scientists)
This article originally appeared on my blog (Here).
“Your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:5)
The world watched as NASA’s Perseverance Rover completed its seven month journey to Mars, entering the Martian atmosphere, descending and...
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. ”
Luke 9:23-24
We read in the passage from St. Luke...
This article originally appeared on my blog (Here).
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
Service is not a uniquely Christian concept. The language of service is something engrained throughout society...
This article originally appeared on my blog (Here).
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord…their works follow them” (Revelation 14:13)
David Brainerd (1718-1747) was an 18th century American missionary to the native American Indians of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Robert Murray...
The idea brought forth by those who claim that we who hold to God's sovereignty in all things are similar to the Greek pagans is without warranted. As Ronald Nash states in his book The Gospel and the Greeks, these so called gods were limited by their own weakness both physical and moral. Not to...