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This article was posted on my blog at www.hebrideanoutpost.com “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering” (Hebrews 10:23) The Presbyterian Church in Scotland has long associated itself with a Confession of Faith as its subordinate standard, so much so that Scottish...

An article I wrote, with the aid of JC Ryle, on the need for doctrine in Scotland, originally posted at... http://www.hebrideanoutpost.com "That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine…” (Ephesians 4:14) Many people today react...

By Matthew Winzer Originally published in Credo Quarterly, March 2002. Republished first on PB here. (See handling of the topic of the regulative principle of worship in Westminster and Worship Examined) Preface The Psalter-the Only Hymnal? is the title of a booklet written by Iain Murray and...

This Day in Presbyterian History Daily devotional readings in Scripture, the Westminster Standards, & Presbyterian history. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2017/03/march-18-4/ A visiting minister was asked to lead in prayer in Sunday school, and when he had finished, a teacher heard one of...

Carl Trueman, Ash Wednesday: Picking and Choosing our Piety The rise of Lent in non-Roman, Orthodox or Anglican circles is a fascinating phenomenon. "Finally, it also puzzles me that time and energy is spent each year on extolling the virtues of Lent when comparatively little is spent on...

(Note: Article originally submitted for Christianity and Culture in 2nd and 3rd Centuries, a Master's level course at Regent University) Introduction American President Theodore Roosevelt once said that “it is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...

First published, “Antiquary: The Development of the “Traditional Form of The Westminster Standards, The Confessional Presbyterian 1 (2005): 168–177. Appendix C omitted (but see the old PBTJ here). The Westminster Confession of Faith was approved and adopted by the General Assembly of the Church...

At Delivered By Grace a piece by Josh Buice calls attention to the frequently used "God Told Me" by some: http://www.deliveredbygrace.com/stop-saying-god-told-me/ Buice begins... It happened again recently. I was listening to a sermon online and the preacher said, “God told me.” Apparently...