The obverse answer can be read in Muller's Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, Vol 2. There is no consensus in the Reformed Church of any time that there is an "Ecclesiastical text" and if you...
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I will say this: The whole subject of preservation is confusing to me. And I know nothing as yet about the "Ecclesiastical text," guarded...
Daniel,
Have you tried reaching out to the instructor for clarification? Generally, they should be delighted to help you understand how to improve your work, and may be able to give concrete...
Theodore Letis' "The Ecclesiastical Text" is probably the closest thing to a scholarly treatment I've seen on the subject, but I have some serious problems with Letis' scholarship, and ultimately...
The obverse answer can be read in Muller's Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, Vol 2. There is no consensus in the Reformed Church of any time that there is an "Ecclesiastical text" and if you...
It is an outstanding book on developing the virtues. One of the best I have ever read on personal ethics.
I strongly recommend Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book and working through his...
Hey Marine,
I actually just graduated from Liberty with my Undergrad. While I never lost points for using Reformed sources in my work, there were several times I was gently chided for using...
He who is clean of hands, and pure of heart. Under the purity of the hands and of the heart, and the reverence of God’s name, he comprehends all religion, and denotes a well ordered life. True...
A final word from me in this thread: Sean, I appreciate the graciousness and patience in your responses to me, even though I was a bit harsh in how I portrayed your comments. You conducted...
It is sort of a half-hobby: I spend a couple minutes a day reading the latest click-bait articles to see the state of language and coherence of expression. Mostly it is an amusing pastime to gauge...
It depends on what you mean by offer... Is this an offer in the sense that a dead sinner has hands to accept? Or is it an offer in the sense that the gospel is freely preached and displayed...
In the days of Zechariah, the people of God were so busy building their own houses, that they had no time for the house of God.
An ancient lesson for the contemporary situation...
I don't know if I am being too ignorant of the nuances, but my Church always has what we call the "free offer", because all who come truly are brought by God. It is never promised that God loves...
It is sort of a half-hobby: I spend a couple minutes a day reading the latest click-bait articles to see the state of language and coherence of expression. Mostly it is an amusing pastime to gauge...
"Sinner's Mass" is a very commonly used term, at least in these parts, by RCs for a RC who "goes to the early mass on Saturday night to punch the time clock for the week, then heads out to the...
It depends on what you mean by offer... Is this an offer in the sense that a dead sinner has hands to accept? Or is it an offer in the sense that the gospel is freely preached and displayed...
The well-meant offer of the Gospel, according to those who hold to it, is the grace of God to all men in the preaching of the gospel, grace rooted in God’s love for all men. How can we affirm...
The FCC split-leaf has the following divisions and tune recommendations. Might be a good starting place.
1-4 to Dunfermline or Belgrave
5-14 to Effingham or Weymouth
15-18 to Newington
19-37 to...