13 Nov 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
We come now to the next section in the German Reformed Church's "Guide to Private Devotion," a series of helps to remain prayerful and attentive to eternal realities throughout the course of the day. This section deals with the common table--with "saying grace"; and it is recommended to do this both...
Read more → 12 Nov 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
In today’s post we have the next section in the German Reformed Church’s “Guide to Private Devotion,” on the topic of the day’s duties. Two of the Scripture sentences are from Ecclesiastes, a book that does indeed have much to say about a theology of vocation, including guidance as to how to weigh...
Read more → 11 Nov 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
I'm back to help you make all of your life a sacramental tapestry, in this case one you can wear. On Friday, we took a look at the first section of the "Guide to Private Devotion" included at the back of A Liturgy, or Order of Christian Worship. In this post we'll take a look at the second section,...
Read more → 08 Nov 2019
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
A little over a week ago Professor Scott Clark sounded his quarterly alarm about the Federal Vision. Even though the Federal Vision was a theological discussion that began at the turn of the 21st century and reached its zenith around 2008, Dr. Clark warns his audience that the Federal Vision is back...
Read more → 08 Nov 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
A couple of days ago, I posted the Litany from Schaff, Nevin, et al.’s A Liturgy, or, Order of Christian Worship, a book that shows that Reformed Christians have, or at least could have, a rich liturgical and devotional tradition with real and practical, rather than simply rhetorical, connections to the ancient...
Read more → 06 Nov 2019
Posted by Mark Jones 
In a time where "theology" is being done on Twitter and Facebook by anyone with a keyboard and an internet connection, we are becoming increasingly susceptible to statements that, on closer inspection, are not particularly helpful. The statements are made in a manner where they are either self-evidently...
Read more → 06 Nov 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
In 1858, a committee composed of Schaff, Nevin, and others published A Liturgy, or, Order of Christian Worship for the German Reformed Church. It contains a number of features that modern Presbyterian and Reformed Christians would do well to reflect on and recover as a regular part of worship. One of these...
Read more → 21 Oct 2019
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
For John of Salisbury, virtue is necessary for man, but knowledge is necessary for virtue, but grammar is necessary for knowledge, but grace is necessary for grammar. Quite a catena causarum, but it’s his, and he’s sticking with it. More expansively: In Metalogicon 1.23, a chapter preceded by the titulus...
Read more → 18 Oct 2019
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
Earlier this year, an article at TGC Australia started a controversy over the question of the temptations and impeccability of Christ. In the article, Ed Shaw wrote, "I’m wanting the young people who come to this event to know that Jesus is the one person that they can fully trust with their sexualities,...
Read more → 15 Oct 2019
Posted by Mark Jones 
Ever since the Protestant Reformation, the role of good works in salvation has been a topic the Reformed were keen to address in detail in order to guard against attacks from those outside of the tradition who accused them of abandoning the necessity of good works in the life of believers. As such, in the Early...
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