by Scott Bushey | Oct 13, 2014 | miscellaneous
MY friend Steve Rafalsky commented on the issue: There are two aspects to discussions such as this: the first being, a) “Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Eph 4:3), and “be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one...
by Scott Bushey | Oct 9, 2014 | miscellaneous
On the singing of Psalms in worship: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND WEDNESDAY MORNING, 7 O’CLOCK […] ADJOURNED MEETING The Assembly met again at half-past three, when four propositions (given below) of the new code of discipline, agreed to by...
by Scott Bushey | Sep 28, 2014 | miscellaneous
Matt 11:12 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered...
by Scott Bushey | Sep 24, 2014 | miscellaneous
1853 PCUSA General Assembly resolution that was quoted by Peck approvingly in a pastoral letter on the Sabbath. The resolution stated: “Resolved, That the proper observance of the Christian Sabbath is essential alike to the purity and progress of the church, and...
by Scott Bushey | Sep 22, 2014 | miscellaneous
More wisdom from Thomas Watson: “Confession purges out sin. Augustine called it “the expeller of vice”. Sin is bad blood; confession is like the opening of a vein to let it out. Confession is like the dung-gate, through which all the filth of the...
by Scott Bushey | Sep 17, 2014 | miscellaneous
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath; Jesus is fully God and can do whatever He wants with His creation. The Lord’s day and the 4th commandment are not at odds w/ each other-they are the same. Much like God’s character, the commands of God are perpetual and...
