Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, August 24, 2009

A Classical Presbyterian: Reformed Christians and the Demise of the PC(USA)

A Classical Presbyterian: Reformed Christians and the Demise of the PC(USA)

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Here is a Confessional Presbyterian from the mainline, fighting a valiant rear guard action. The more he instructs from the classical sources, the more the "holy dissatisfaction" arises at the congregational level.

This is why--after substantial reading--one can handily dismiss many U.S. Anglican leaders. Get back to the sources and you'll see what is meant.

Of such mainline leaders, Jeremiah has it right (6.10):

To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcized and they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.

We have a calling to brush the dust off our shoes and let them perish, as that is their desire. They choose freely according to their dead natures.

It is good to see one Churchmen in the PCUSA holding forth and believers, elect, embracing the Confessing Faith.

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