The New England Primer: In the burying place may see, Graves shorter there than I, From death’s arrest no age is free, Young children too must die. My God may such an awful sight, Awakening be to me! Oh! that by early grace I might For death prepared be. There is a word for the ...
John Huss was born circa 1371 in a small Bohemian town called Husinetz (now part of the Czech Republic). Although born a peasant, he received an excellent education at the University in Prague where he earned a reputation as a gifted scholar. It was during his student years that he was introduced to the philosophical ...
Recently, someone contacted me about purchasing a synthesizer. My current knowledge of electronic keyboards is woefully outdated, so I passed the question on to Roger Hooper, who is the synth-player in my church and a long-time friend. He’s also a gifted composer and film scorer. Here’s how Roger responded: If the purpose of the keyboard ...
In 1982, William T. Summers published A Topical Index to Matthew Henry’s A Commentary on the Whole Bible. Since then, it has been republished under the title The Quotable Matthew Henry. Henry was certainly one of the most quotable Puritans. His devotional commentary is both an expression of eloquence on his part and a synthesis ...
The March 2008 edition of New Horizons magazine offered two fine articles regarding baptism. Baptism in Our Confessional Standards In this article Rev. Alan D. Strange, professor at Mid-America Reformed Seminary, takes us through a guided tour of baptism in the Westminster Standards. Addressed are topics such as the . . . Nature of baptism ...
To follow up on an earlier post quoting Martin Luther that “[t]the life of Christianity consists in possessive pronouns,” considers these “watchwords” from the great Reformer: Martin Luther, Watchwords For the Warfare of Life, pp. 57-58: The Reflex Action of Faith. The Force of Pronouns. But weigh diligently every word of Paul, and especially mark ...
Two of God’s incommunicable attributes (belonging to God alone) are His aseity (self-existence, John 5:26) and His self-sufficiency (Psm. 50:12-13). His name “El Shaddai” (God all-sufficient, Gen. 17:1, 2) signifies these attributes. Being the great “I Am” (Ex. 3:14), God’s existence is not dependent on anything or anyone, nor does He need anything or anyone. ...
Among the classics of literature stands Edward Gibbon‘s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1789). While its pages bear witness to the unbelief of its author, yet various Reformed historicists have testified that Gibbon also bears witness to the truth of divine prophecy and its particular fulfillment in the history ...
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? Morpheus, The Matrix Are you really reading this post? Or are you dreaming that you’re reading this ...
On September 25, 1929, Westminster Theological Seminary opened in the Witherspoon building in Philadelphia, with an enrollment of fifty students. In his opening address, “Westminster Theological Seminary: Its Purpose and Plan,” J. Gresham Machen set forth the school as the successor to Princeton Seminary, which had been recently reorganized to include modernists on its Board: ...