Federal Vision

The Arminius Paradigm

by on May 16, 2013 | 9 Comments

For some time the Federal Visionists have been arguing that no one should criticize the Federal Vision until the church courts ruled on it. This is a strange argument since, on that basis Luther couldn’t have replied to Erasmus (the Augsburg wouldn’t . . . Continue reading →

Three Presbyteries Overture GA to Assume Original Jurisdiction in Leithart Case

by on May 9, 2013 | 15 Comments

Three Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) recently approved an overture requesting the General Assembly to assume original jurisdiction over TE Peter Leithart, a teaching elder member of Pacific Northwest Presbytery. Calvary Presbytery approved the overture at its April 25, . . . Continue reading →

Great Lakes Presbytery (PCA) Overtures SJC on Meyers Case

by on May 9, 2013

At its May 4, 2013 meeting, the Great Lakes Presbytery (GLP) of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) approved an overture asking the General Assembly to direct the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC) to hear the complaint from Missouri Presbytery (TE M. Jay . . . Continue reading →

Complaint By Ruling Elder Gerald Hedman to SJC in the Leithart Case

by on April 25, 2013 | 2 Comments

Complaint To Dr. Roy Taylor, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. And now, this fourteenth day of May, A.D. 2012, comes RE Gerald Hedman and complains against the action of Pacific Northwest Presbytery on April 27, . . . Continue reading →

When Is a Church Not a Church?

An HB Classic

by on April 11, 2013 | 16 Comments

I was searching for something the other day and ran across chapter 18 of the Scots Confession (1560) which speaks to the “Notes” (from the Latin, nota or “mark” or “indicator”) of the True Kirk (church). I’ll return to the Scots Confession . . . Continue reading →

Federal Vision Audio

by on April 8, 2013 | 6 Comments

In 2007 the Synod the United Reformed Churches in North America adopted a nine point declaration against the self-described federal vision movement. They described these points as “pastoral advice.” Here’s a written exposition of the Nine Points. These nine talks (below) also explain . . . Continue reading →

CJPM Now Available as an E-Book

by on April 5, 2013

Apropos of recent discussions on the HB P&R Publishing has released CJPM as an e-book on iTunes for $9.99. The hardcopy is still available for $18.99 at the bookstore.

The Moralists Will Be Back

An HB Classic

by on April 4, 2013 | 32 Comments

It is an historical fact that moralism (the confusion of justification with sanctification) never dies, it just goes dormant periodically. The Reformation defeated 1000 years of moralism only to see forms of it re-emerge in the Protestant churches even before Luther died. . . . Continue reading →

The Leithart Verdict Is In: The News is Not Good for Orthodoxy

by on April 3, 2013 | 68 Comments

Peter Leithart is a teaching elder (TE) in the Presbyterian Church in America. Until recently he was a minister, laboring outside the bounds of his presbytery, in a Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) congregation in Moscow, ID. The CREC is the . . . Continue reading →

The Context of the Republication Debate

Why is Such An Old Doctrine So Controversial Now?

by on February 1, 2013 | 27 Comments

A few correspondents have contacted me to ask about the continuing controversy over the doctrine of republication. It seems as if it might be useful to try to put this discussion in some context. In its most basic form, the doctrine of . . . Continue reading →

HB Classic: Three Ways of Relating to the One Covenant of Grace

by on January 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

[This post was first published in 2007 on the HB and is republished in response to some recent comments here] Sometime back the question was raised: We know that there are at least two categories of people within Scripture, the elect, and . . . Continue reading →