From a comment at the GB discussion: …The trouble is whether people will read, let alone try to understand, their answers. Believe it or not, Calvin and Old Princeton were pretty careful not to equate inerrancy with a scientific understanding of the . . . Continue reading →
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Do Presbyterians Confess That Refusing to Baptize Infants is Sin?
That’s the question I received in my inbox yesterday. The writer asks, …Whereas I know that a consistent Baptist (e.g. Mark Dever) would consider a Christian refusing to be baptized subsequent to conversion as sinning and subject to church discipline, is that . . . Continue reading →
On "Private Spirits" and the Westminster Confession
Here’s a helpful post from the folks at the IRBS gathering up some recent resources on this question.
Is the WCF Inherently Supra?
Donald John MacLean considers Guy Richards’ arguments in the most recent issue of the Confessional Presbyterian.
Just in: Milne on the WCF and Cessation
It’s just in. Got my copy yesterday. Hope to take a peek today. It’s an import so it’s a little expensive ($35.83 + 5.00 shipping in the continental USA) but it’s the only work of it’s kind on this topic. Click on . . . Continue reading →
No Other Head Of The Church
There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ. Nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself, in the . . . Continue reading →
Westminster Confession
Chapter 1 Of Holy Scripture 1. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that . . . Continue reading →
1689 Vs. The Westminster Confession (9): Of Free Will
Our comparison and contrast of the WCF with the 2LC continues through chapter 9, “Of Free Will.” A word of explanation about this language is in order. In 2022, when we hear or read the phrase “free will,” we might be tempted to . . . Continue reading →
A Primer on the Incarnation (Part Two)
The purpose of the incarnation was so the Son of God would participate in the same things (flesh and blood) as we who have fallen into sin through the wiles of the devil, in order, that becoming like us, he would pull . . . Continue reading →