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Q. 49 — Which is the second commandment? A. — The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: […]
Read More STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van HornPosted by Tim Bayly | Jan 24, 2018 | Out of Our Minds | Last year, a faculty member at one of the most trusted Bible colleges in the country told me of the school’s growing financial troubles necessitating the release of faculty members. A couple months ago I read that Omaha’s Grace University (formerly […]
Read More Moody Bible Institute: why Bible colleges are closing…By LifeWay | Pastors By Brandon D. Crowe Preaching is never easy, but some portions of Scripture seem to be easier to explain than others. One of the difficult portions is the collection known as the General (or Catholic) Epistles (James through Jude). Why did James have to say we are justified by works, and not […]
Read More Preaching the Hard Letters of the New Testamentby Burk Parsons Coram Deo SHARE Twitter Facebook Email Just over a year ago I had the opportunity to travel to Yerevan, Armenia, to minister among Iranian Christians who had traveled from Iran for a conference that was held on discipleship and Christian education. Without a doubt, I learned more from my Iranian brothers than […]
Read More A Visible Proclamationby R.C. Sproul Right Now Counts Forever SHARE Twitter Facebook Email There have been centuries of debate over the church’s understanding of the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Before we survey the critical issues involved, we need to understand that the main reason why the argument continues, and at times becomes fierce, is because the […]
Read More The Battle for the Tableby Tom Ascol Feature Article SHARE Twitter Facebook Email Participation in the Lord’s Supper is serious business. At least it is to God. That is not, however, the impression that is given by the way many churches approach this sacrament today. Too often the observance of the Lord’s Supper is tacked on to the end […]
Read More Worthy Partaking: Examining the Heartby Keith A. Mathison Feature Article SHARE Twitter Facebook Email John Calvin is widely considered to be one of the greatest theologians of the Reformation era. Many associate his name with doctrines such as the sovereignty of God, election, and predestination, but fewer are aware that he wrote extensively on the doctrine of the Lord’s […]
Read More Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supperby Robert Letham Feature Article SHARE Twitter Facebook Email The Last Supper is often thought to be the Passover meal, with a direct connection following between the Passover and the Lord’s Supper. However, this is not entirely clear. According to John, the Last Supper was on the night before Passover (John 18:28); while Jesus was […]
Read More Given For You– Meaning of the the Lord’s SupperJanuary 23, 2018 | Thomas Kidd Share A number of academic books include an intriguing 1840 quote, and editorial insertion, about Manifest Destiny and “the” Antichrist. The quote says that Manifest Destiny and the spread of Protestantism into Catholic lands represented the “beginning of the downfall of [the] Antichrist, and the spread of the Savior’s […]
Read More When Christians Began Speaking of ‘the’ AntichristSTUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn A. — These words, “before me,” in the first commandment, teach us that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other god. Scripture References: I Chron. 28:9; Ps. 44:20-21. Questions: 1. How is it possible […]
Read More Q. 48. — What are we especially taught by these words, “before me,” in the first commandment?