by Scott Bushey | Jul 15, 2013 | The Regulative principle
Pictures of Christ by: John Murray The question of the propriety of pictorial representations of the Saviour is one that merits examination. It must be granted that the worship of Christ is central in our holy faith, and the thought of the Saviour must...
by Scott Bushey | Jul 15, 2013 | The Regulative principle
Heidelberg Catechism? Question 98. But may not images be tolerated in the churches, as books to the laity? Answer: No: for we must not pretend to be wiser than God, who will have his people taught, not by dumb images, (a) but by the lively preaching of...
by Scott Bushey | Jul 15, 2013 | The Regulative principle
On your way to the house of God, let your meditations, and, if you converse, your words be such as to prepare you the better for the solemnities in which you are to mingle; and when you pass the consecrated threshold, realize that you have come hither...
by Scott Bushey | Jul 14, 2013 | The Regulative principle
“…it is a dreadful sin to depart from the church for the purpose of establishing one which is better, for the church is one, being the body of Christ. To separate ourselves from the church is to separate from the people of Christ and thus from His body,...