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Who living would you consider to be the most prominent defenders of the good old way of the Puritan (i.e. biblical) view of the fourth commandment?

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Brian Schwertley, Chris Coldwell, Matthew Winzer, Nathan Eshelman.

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Daniel Ritchie
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That's flattering; but I'm more thinking of decades of witness and writings, etc.

Daniel Ritchie

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Stephen Welch
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Joey Pipa

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Andrew Bonar, Robert Murray McChyenne, Charles Spurgeon, Lloyd Jones, Sinclair Ferguson, and Eric Alexander. Is this what you are asking?

I forgot about Joey Pipa and I would add Joel Beeke.

Yes; but not yet passed on to glory.

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John J.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Does Dr. Beeke take more of a Puritan view than Reformed?

James T. Dennison, Jr.
Walter Chantry

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I was going to suggest Joel Beeke, Joesph Pipa and Walter Chantry; but I am not sure if they fully adopt the Puritan view. Can anyone elaborate? I got the impression from Walt Chantry's book that he would allow for recreations.

Oh yes, there is Rev. Hugh Cartwright of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (he wrote the essay on the Establishment principle in Ligon Duncan's volumes); he is bound to have some articles on it.

And what about Dr. Francis Nigel Lee?

Al Martin?

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Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira
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Mairinque, São Paulo, Brazil

Maybe Sam Waldron?

What is the difference? Beeke comes out of the Dutch tradition. They say if you aint Dutch you aint much.

I am not certain that Chantry holds that position but I will have to look at that further. The confession clearly states that we are to give ourselves to a holy resting from all work and recreation, so that we can devote ourselves entirely to worship. I do not think you can explain it any other way.

As I recall, in his little book "Call the Sabbath a Delight", he doesn't approach the recreation question as a yes or no, but rather says that things that clear your mind for reflection are quite OK. I think the example he used was that if you were a sedentary office worker who rarely got outside during the work week, it was quite all right to go out for a bike ride or a walk for some exercise and air, all to clear your mind and aid your meditations.

I thought his book was good at urging the command but avoiding the over-focus on negative rules (without being antinomian). Rather, he pointed out the purpose and joyful benefits of obeying the Fourth Commandment.

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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G.I. Williamson?

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Chris Poe--Attending Grace Community Baptist Church, Mandeville, LA

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He is not a systematic theologian. He wrote a commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith, which is a great resource for teaching a Sabbath School class or an introduction to the WCF.