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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (5)


 06 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s selection, Melanchthon affirms both that the church has never ceased to exist, from its establishment in the time of Genesis all the way up to the present, and that it nevertheless has often...

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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (4)


 05 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s post, Melanchthon cites one more patristic source (Origen) as an example of how the church’s authority is rightly deployed.  He then proceeds to sketch his understanding of the relation...

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The Historical Untenability of Apostolic Succession


 05 Feb 2020
 Posted by Ian Mosley
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One of the most common procedural grounds on which Protestant churches can be critiqued is their lack of Apostolic Succession. It is very common for anti-Protestant apologists to argue that Protestants...

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Beginning to Explain The Theology of Federal Vision


 19 Dec 2019
 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
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I must apologize for the month-long delay in completing this series on the Federal Vision. Seasonal travels and other obligations interfered. Nevertheless, I will begin to lay out a summary description...

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“That Clearer and More Blessed Vision”: Machen and Vos on Festival Seasons


 10 Dec 2019
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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At various points, we’ve discussed the celebration of Christmas and other holidays in various sectors of the Reformed tradition, including among some conservative Presbyterians in the nineteenth century,...

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A Federal Vision History


 18 Nov 2019
 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
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I recently introduced a series on the Federal Vision. In the first installment, I explained why people are still talking about it and promised follow-up articles explaining the history and development...

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Writing for the Church


 10 Oct 2019
 Posted by Mark Jones
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Many of us have come to see the reality of something called “Big Eva” and the way in which it seems to shape much of our modern church culture. You might think this is mostly a problem for Baptist...

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Charles Hodge and a 19th Cent. Presbyterian Christmas


 24 Jan 2019
 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
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Anyone familiar with the Simpsons' Groundskeeper Willie, knows that old-fashioned Presbyterians did not celebrate holidays. Even Christmas was seen as illegitimate, and Christmas was not celebrated in early...

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Shall Children Listen to Sermons?


 18 Jan 2019
 Posted by Mark Jones
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I’ve been pastoring in Vancouver for roughly twelve years now, preaching close to 1000 sermons, to over 50 nationalities, with people of various backgrounds and theological understanding in the pews....

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Male-Only Ordination is Natural: Why the Church is a Model of Reality


 16 Jan 2019
 Posted by Steven Wedgeworth
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One of the dangers inherent in "complementarianism" is the perception that ordination to ecclesiastical office is a matter of semi-arbitrary positive law and private zones of jurisdiction, that male leadership...

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