Hello Brethren,
In the Book of Job, we have leangthy speeches recorded by Job of Uz and his 3 friends: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. We know the book is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction...
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Some persons say all of life is worship, and see no special significance for the Church’s public worship. Others, often in reaction, hold worship to be only worship ordinances, such as prayer, reading Scripture and singing praise, whether publicly or privately.
Both are wrong, according to...
Friends,
It is often thought Westminster Confession 21.8 prohibits all recreation on the Sabbath.
On the contrary, I have written something of an academic article which appears as "Intro & Westminster Only Necessarily Prohibits Worldly Recreations on the Sabbath" on the Recreation on the...
Is Paul’s injunction for women to cover their heads in worship binding today (1 Cor. 11:2-16)?
Most of the Reformed, the Scottish covenanters and the Westminster divines in the Reformation and puritan era said ‘No,’ that Paul’s ordinance was relative to his culture, which used this custom.
I...
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Hello,
I've tried searching in the group for similar topics. Hope I'm not duplicating an already-discussed topic.
I'm looking for commentaries, resources, books, anything that discuss why the drafters of the 1677/1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (2 LBCF) changed certain parts from the...
For Informational Purposes Only:
I sent out an email to a number of interested people this past week, and thought it might be beneficial to post it here, knowing some of you are in the very situation mentioned. Below is the gist of the email.
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Greetings to you all!
The reason you...
Does anyone have any good resources about individual personal exceptions are to be handled by a particular church, or the relationship between them? For Example, if all the elders and minister have an exception to WLC 109, (2 Commandment); This generally translates to the Church having an...
WCF 10:III states:
(emphasis mine)
Wouldn't those "incapable of being outwardly called" include a proverbial man living in total isolation, cut off from society entirely? It's come to my attention that some interpret the "incapability" as only referring to those who are disabled (incapable of...