Deism is defined as the belief that reason and and the Natural world are sufficient to determine the existence of God. Deists believe God is not knowable and untouchable. God is seen as the first cause of all creation, but he is not interactive within creation. Here is an analogy, think of God...
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Who comes first? Your wife or your ministry?
My understanding has always been that from a reformed perspective, we would say that a wife and your children while in your home are your first ministry. If you do not take care of them first your ministry will inevitably suffer (obviously God could give you a thriving ministry despite anything you do or don't do).
Although I am Covenantal and Confessional in theology, I am currently... -
Cold and Dead
Is it a caricature to believe that most reformed Presbyterian churches practice a cold, dead orthodoxy? I am considering visiting a reformed Presbyterian church, but I picture them being lifeless.
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Postmill and infant baptism
I’m new to Westminster Federalism, but is postmillenialism related to the idea that the elect are usually and providentially born into believing families?
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I need your advice
Hey all,
I’m new to Puritan Board. I have been recently convinced about Westminster covenant theology and that includes infant/child baptism.
My wife and I currently are members at a baptist church that teaches the Doctrines of Grace (they aren’t reformed baptists per se). We are very happy at our church and have established solid relationships.
With my new conviction about wanting my... -
Thomas Ridgeley - Safe guide?
I am studying the Westminster Larger Catechism, and was ever so happy to find that Thomas Ridgeley has four volumes on the catechism! However, I've read somewhere that he's off in respect to original sin, Socinian in a few respects, and perhaps Sabellian in His trinitarianism. Though, it seems these are areas where you might be misunderstood as heterodox if you are perhaps a little too... -
NASB Question
For those of you who have read both, how does the original NASB compare with the updated NASB (95)? -
Pope Francis calls for a ban of all weapons
https://twitter.com/pontifex/status/990553785415200773?lang=en
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This is a funny video which a Lutheran Satire site made to parody this statement!
Aside from the statist implications of this quote, the thing which I find to be most revealing is that he is ultimately denying that the... -
The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader
Ed. James Sennett. Eerdmans.
Unlike some anthologies, this isn’t simply a Plantinga chapter here and a long snippet there. True, there are some reproduced chapters (see his legendary “Reason and Belief in God”) but other chapters in the book, while not necessarily giving new material, present it in a new format. A few chapters take key passages from his notoriously difficult Nature of...
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Apologetics Critique Of Deism
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Evangelism & Missions Holding The Rope
This article originally appeared (Here). “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) A slate engraving and a stone cairn were recently unveiled in Stornoway as the first in a series of events to commemorate the centenary of the Iolaire disaster...
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Theology Sovereignty Of God
There are many verses in scripture, which proclaim that God is the sovereign ruler of the universe and that God’s sovereignty is one of His principal attributes. Before examining any of these texts, I first want us to understand what sovereignty means, so we can have a correct understanding of...