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Ordinance or sacrament?
The word "ordinance" and it's origination: ".....by historical notation, the Presbyterian Puritans, for example, used the term "ordinance" as much as they used the term "sacrament," especially in their personal writings. They were used interchangeably. In the WSC the...
Begging the question…or are u?
People use the phrase "that begs the question," when they mean "that raises the question." To beg the question means to assume one of the premises of your argument without proving it.
Thomas Manton on keeping religion alive
There are two things keep religion alive in the soul—a love to God, and a hearty intent upon the coming of Christ. These are the two necessary graces which the apostle prays for in the text. Here is the love of God, that is the first grace, and the earnest or patient...
Was the WCF Plagiarized?
From first glance, it seems as if the LBC of 1689 and the Savoy Declaration are plagiarized copied of the WCF of 1647. Answer: From the introduction to the London Baptist Confession: "Courteous Reader: It is now many years since divers of us (with other sober...
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