The following is an excerpt from volume 4 of The Christian’s Reasonable Service by Wilhelmus à Brakel (hardcopy). Read part 2. Question: Will the Jewish nation always be a rejected nation, or will the entire nation yet come to repentance, believing and confessing that the Messiah has already come, and that Jesus is the Christ? Answer: When speaking… Read More The Future Conversion of the Jews (1)
A McDonaldite Church on Prince Edward Island Preface: It is very hard to write a brief biographical piece that will do justice to someone who was revered, legendary and eccentric as Rev. Donald McDonald. Simply termed by his followers, congregants, and friends as “The Minister” he was truly a brilliant man. In… Read More A Memorial to “The Minister” Rev. Donald McDonald
Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology III.xxvi, vol. 1, pp. 272-277. Can the mystery of the Trinity be proved from the Old Testament, and was it known under it? We affirm against the Socinians. I. From the arguments adduced by us before to prove the necessity of this doctrine as a fundamental article, it might… Read More The Trinity in the Old Testament
The sermon “The Signs of the Times- in the Church” was one of two sermons delivered by the well known Southern Presbyterian Dr. John L. Girardeau on February 7th 1892(the other sermon in this series being called- “The Signs of the Times- In the World”. In the sermon a wonderful rendition of Protestant History… Read More Criticizing the Church with a Right Heart.
Christ draweth with three sorts of General Arguments, in this Moral way: The first is taken from pleasure; this is the beauty that is in God, 1. That is in a communion with God. 2. The delectation we have in God as love-worthy to the understanding. For the drawing beauty of God, a word: 1.… Read More The Beauty of God and Christ
VIII. However, two things can be stated about these confessions: first, their necessity; then, their authority. As to the necessity, we say that it is not absolute, as if the church could not do without them. For there was a time when she was without them, being content with the ecumenical creeds alone or even… Read More The Role of Confessions of Faith | Francis Turretin
Very many modern doctrines of inspiration (particularly those among the more conservative) arose in the 19th century, through the influences of German Higher Criticism, Hegelian Romanticism, and other irrational dogmas. Organic Inspiration is the notion that the words of Scripture are not merely the Word of God, through His chosen secretaries or clerks, but that… Read More The Reformed Doctrine of Inspiration
1. National covenanting – This is where the name “Covenanter” comes from. Their belief is that a covenant must be made nationally acknowledging Jesus Christ as King and vowing to be God’s people while being lovingly obedient to his laws. This includes not working with evil nations and protecting the true Christian religion. Reconstructionists don’t… Read More 8 Differences Between Covenanters and Reconstructionists
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