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Just Psalms? How about Ephesians and Colossians?
From time to time, people ask me about why Christians might sing only Psalms in the worship of God. One of the more understandable arguments they sometimes present is an appeal to one or both of these verses: Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in…
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2 Kingdoms in 2 Chronicles
Some of the advocates of the so-called Escondido view of the two kingdoms (as distinct from the traditional view held by Calvin and Turretin and set forth in the Westminster Confession, 39 Articles, and Belgic Confession) seem to have the idea that “two kingdoms” (i.e. a distinction between civil and religious) is a novel idea…
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John Calvin vs. Cardinal Sadoleto
September 1, 1539, Calvin delivered a powerful blow to Roman apologetics of his day with his letter to Cardinal Sadoleto (Tony Pietrantonio recently provided an involuntary imitation of Sadoleto). What is interesting about the Calvin vs. Sadoleto dispute is that it begins from the topic of worship. Calvin states: Therefore, Sadolet, when you uttered this…
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Rap on Reformed Worship
The Sola System has produced the following rap video, which provides an argument for Reformed worship in the style of a rap (apparently recorded back in 2008): [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6kn28-UiY&w=420&h=315] -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The Worship of the High Places
When we read in Scripture about the worship in the “high places,” some of us may automatically assume that this is a reference to pagan worship. That assumption is not fully justified. Although the people of Israel were not commanded to worship God in “high places,” nevertheless it seems that they did. The first clear…
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One More Reason to be a Puritan
Thanks to my friend Dr. White, here’s yet another reason to be Puritan, eschew unnecessary holidays, and most of all adhere to the Regulative Principle of Worship: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFd3e3m4Eao&fs=1&hl=en_US] (caution – the sound levels are pretty high and the video makes the necessary point with no sound)- TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Response to Argument for Idols from the Incarnation
In the course of the comments on a previous post (link to post), I had asked: What about the prohibition on picturing God? — Why does that prohibition not apply to pictures of Jesus? The response I got from one of my Eastern Orthodox readers was this: “Because on Sinai we saw no image. In…
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Athanasius Praising the Psalms
The man who was God’s instrument to bring me to faith in Christ recently brought to my attention a letter from Athanasius. The letter is Athanasius’ Letter to Marcellinus. If it were not in the form of a letter, I’d be tempted to call it has work “In Praise of the Psalms.” Here are some…
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Reformed Worship – Resources
One important aspect of the Reformation was the reformation of worship, a recognition that God wishes to be worshiped according to the patten that he himself has laid out in Scripture rather than according to the imaginations of men. I was pleased to find a web site that is promoting this worship of God and…
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Acorn Located!
You know that saying that even a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut? After two documented failures (one) (two), Mr. Matthew Bellisario has finally done it! He has located a “Protestant” service with some inappropriate material (in this case a mime show – link to Bellisario’s post) Mr. Bellisario finds this sort of thing absurd,…