Exclusive Psalmody and the Regulative Principle of Worship | Rev. Todd Ruddell

In these sermons, Rev. Todd Ruddell of Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA) explains the regulative principle of worship (RPW) and exclusive psalmody (EP), and answers objections against EP. These sermons are from his Reformation Distinctives series. Links and embedded audio players have been added for your convenience. We encourage you to listen to these helpful sermons.… Read More Exclusive Psalmody and the Regulative Principle of Worship | Rev. Todd Ruddell

The Preceptive and Decretive Will of God | Francis Turretin

May the will be properly distinguished into the will of decree and of precept, good purpose (eudokias) and good pleasure (euarestias), signified, secret and revealed? We affirm. I. Although the will in God is only one and most simple, by which he comprehends all things by a single and most simple act so that he… Read More The Preceptive and Decretive Will of God | Francis Turretin

The Eternal Generation of the Son | Wilhelmus à Brakel

It is a personal property of the first Person of the Godhead to generate the second Person, and of the second Person to be generated in a manner fully congruent with God’s perfect character. Scripture uses the word “begotten” as it best expresses the manner of divine operation. This eternal and incomprehensible generation should not be compared to human generation, but human generation should be viewed as a reflection of divine generation. We must therefore remove any notion of human generation from our minds as we ascend to divine generation, and understand it to refer to such a generation of the second Person by the first Person, by virtue of which the first Person is Father and the second Person is Son. This is a truth which at all times has been acknowledged, believed, and defended by the church.… Read More The Eternal Generation of the Son | Wilhelmus à Brakel

The Gospel Ministry During the Reign of Antichrist

Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, Or The Divine Right of the Gospel-Ministry London Provinical Assembly 1654 An Excerpt from Chapter III Wherein the grand Objection Asserting the Loss of the Ministry under Antichrist, is Answered. Objection We confess that there was a Ministry Ordained of Christ, and continued all the days of the Apostles, and some… Read More The Gospel Ministry During the Reign of Antichrist

Of God and the Holy Trinity (1) | Robert Shaw

The Reformed Faith An Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith Robert Shaw Chapter II. Of God and of the Holy Trinity Section I. There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty,… Read More Of God and the Holy Trinity (1) | Robert Shaw