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For those of you who argue that wine exclusively should be used in the Lord’s Supper, if you were a member of a church that uses grape juice would it be okay to participate in the sacrament? Or would abstaining be the only appropriate option?

"'In will-worship,' ἐν ἐθελοθρησκεία. He begins to shew with what colors seducers were wont to paint this false wisdom. The first is, as you may call it, voluntary worship; i.e. not commanded or prescribed by God himself, but offered to him by human will and choice. This, then, is urged by...

I Rejoice with me Puritan Board! I just gave my last chapter of "Worthy" to the editor. After that is complete it will be sent to the theological editors and then a different editor after that! The book will be set up for publication and then it gets a final edit before it goes to the printer...

I have read the older threads on the RPW and the use of confessions of faith as a part of the liturgy. Many of the comments were aimed at recitation by congregants. Do the arguments change at all if it is only being read (and usually explained) by the pastor? Context: I have found it to be very...

In reformed churches using a liturgy that includes a corporate reading of a confession of sin, what is the example or command from scripture for this practice? I've done some searching on the board but didn't find anything that clearly addressed it. I am coming from an EP understanding of what...

Reframing Presbyterian Worship: A Critical Survey of the Worship Views of John M. Frame and R. J. Gore, by Frank J. Smith, Ph.D, D.D. and David C. Lachman, Ph.D. The Confessional Presbyterian journal volume 1 (2005): 116-150.

Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the Regulative Principle. From my understanding, it can be summarized in the following statement: only what God explicitly commands is permissible in the public and corporate worship of God on the Lord's Day. If that statement is incomplete or incorrect...

Hello, Is there anyone who knows the origin of the expression, "regulative principle of worship" ? Everybody speaks of it. Bible is said to teach it, and Calvin talked about it, and Westminster Confession ... and so on. But it is difficult to find who coined the exact expression. Who is...

After reading this thread about having a cross in church I wanted to find out what furniture and decorations are allowed during a worship service under the regulative principle. Coming from a non-reformed background and new to the idea of the RPW, here is my working definition of the regulative...