In the apostolic church, the controversy over circumcision took place only because both sides thought of the church as the true Israel. Those who required Gentile Christians to be circumcised obviously thought that those converts were being added to God’s people. Paul never challenged this. He never explained that Christians were joining a new entity, ...
Back at the end of May, Justin Taylor posted an interview with Tullian Tchividjian, the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, on his new book, Surprised by Grace. Last week, Mike Horton interviewed Tullian for an upcoming episode of White Horse Inn. Here’s a preview of that interview along with the interview Justin conducted below. ...
John H. Gerstner, Douglas F. Kelly and Philip Rollinson, A Guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith: Commentary, pp. 104-105: The singing of Psalms has also now just about died out. Originally Reformed churches only allowed congregational singing of the Psalms, because they were authentically and authoritatively Biblical and hence lacked the potential contamination of ...
The point of salvation for the disciples is always an interesting topic that comes up every now and again. And the proper starting point is perhaps to define our terms here. I affirm that the salvation of all those who will be saved is determined in eternity past. I also affirm that the work necessary ...