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

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

http://loudcity.com/stations/sola5-radio/tune_in

http://loudcity.com/stations/sola5-radio/tune_in

An interesting 24/7 internet radio station. Seems to have a lot of acapella Psalm-singing with Scripture reading. Sic et non.

Have spent an hour listening. The tunes are a little backwoodish. The acapella, some of them good, the others....quite poor.

Nontheless, the people raised on these are a strong breed. If they had better tunes, pipe organs, and strong congregational support with a good choir, more tolerable. The tunes sound like something from a backwoods Gospel-quartet here in country North Carolina.

Within the last hour, to their credit, they've read Romans 6-12, alternating with Psalms.

Unbelievably, they actually sang Psalm 94 in its entirety. This would empty the Church Growther and Metha-baptacostal-Holiness types.

At 1030-1100, a lecture on the "English Reformation" by Dr. Morecraft, a Presbyterian. Fair, but without needed nuances and some problems.

1100-1200: Classical music.

1200-1240: A lovely lecture on Chapter One of the Westminster Confession.

Will bring periodic status updates. It's a new venture.

I've heard more theology, Bible and history in 3 hours than many places. Commendable.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thanks for the plug! We do appreciate it. :)

William Hill
co-host of Covenant Radio
co-owner of Sola5 Radio