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WCF 28: Of Baptism

In places with a Christian heritage the weightiness of baptism can easily be underestimated. Many people get baptized, or baptize their children, out of impulse, or as a matter of custom. It isn’t usually a sobering decision. Believers under persecution…

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WCF 27: Of the Sacraments

Has the church has missed God’s plan for spiritual growth? Conventional wisdom promotes pragmatic self-help schemes, elaborate church programs, and charismatic leaders. But what if God actually authorized a simpler way? Early Christians committed to expository preaching, fellowship, and prayers…

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Church Discipline

In 381 the Council of Constantinople wrote the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. In that creed we find the attributes of the Church.  The famous line says that the church is “one, holy, catholic and apostolic.” However, in the days of the Reformation…

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The Roots of Puritan Worship

Editors Note: This is the first post in a short-run series on Puritan Worship.  I’d like to take you on a journey back through time to a Christian worship service in the Middle Ages. The year is 1413; we enter…

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Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (10)

His Sacramental Theology – The Lord’s Supper In our last post, we started on Tyndale’s theology of the sacraments first generally and then specifically with baptism. We will now finish up on Tyndale with his convictions on the Lord’s Supper. …

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Proto-Puritan William Tyndale (9)

His Sacramental Theology – Baptism In our last post, we looked at Tyndale’s covenant theology, which contributed to the development of a mature Englished Reformed theology in the following century. This time, we will treat Tyndale’s sacramental theology in general…

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Assurance Made Possible

Anthony Burgess (d. 1664) was a “sound and orthodox divine,” distinguished for both his theological prowess and personal piety. Like many Protestants in his day, Burgess highly esteemed the doctrine of assurance, particularly as it played-out in the local church.[1]…

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Into the Abyss

Like nearly all the Christian Festivals (however many or few our particular churches may celebrate) the events marked by Easter can easily loom large on our horizons momentarily, only to be forgotten until the following year. If we allow ourselves…