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1. Old's Worship: Reformed according to Scripture
(reading report/Recommendations)

Old, Hughes Oliphant.  Worship: Reformed according to Scripture.  Rev. and Expanded Ed.  Louisville, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. This book really opened my eyes and taught me a lot about our ...

2. Herman Bavinck's Our Reasonable Faith
(reading report/Recommendations)

... Reformed Dogmatics (4 vols.).  Bavinck really can help you see things you have never noticed before about Scripture.  The book was originally published in Dutch under a title that translates as The Wonderful ...

3. The Challenge of Identifying Reformed Essentials
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... for the lack of theological unity of the mainline denomination.  Theological diversity is even highly praised in many quarters, not just diversity in expression or diversity within the Reformed tradition, ...

4. Niagara's November Newsletter
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... one part of what it means when we say that we belong to the Reformed tradition of the Christian faith. The part that I want to emphasize with you is that the oft quoted statement “reformed and always ...

5. Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics
(reading report/Recommendations)

Bavinck, Herman.  Reformed Dogmatics, trans. John Vriend, ed. John Bolt.  Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003-2008. It has been called the greatest theological dogmatics of the 20th Century.  Finally ...

6. John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
(reading report/Recommendations)

... and thereby keep them short and focused on the text immediately before him, this is the classic systematic theology every Presbyterian and Reformed household should own and read!  ...

7. The Pastor's Green Pastures
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

...  It is often the last book Reformed theologians will teach and write upon. And because it is such a different kind of writing than we are used to today, it can scare us away from studying it. But the ...

8. The Structure of Ordination (Leviticus 8-10)
(teaching/Copy of Leviticus Commentary)

... but later in the chapter the participants do precisely what is right.  This is further demonstration of the regulative principle of worship (as it has come to be known in Reformed theology).  The regulative ...

9. The Structure of Ordination (Leviticus 8-10)
(OT Torah Commentary/Leviticus Commentary)

... but later in the chapter the participants do precisely what is right.  This is further demonstration of the regulative principle of worship (as it has come to be known in Reformed theology).  The regulative ...

10. The Image of God and the Golden Calf (Exodus 32-34)
(teaching/Copy of Exodus Commentary)

... commandment (as numbered by Reformed theologians): "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water ...

11. The Image of God and the Golden Calf (Exodus 32-34)
(OT Torah Commentary/Exodus Commentary)

... commandment (as numbered by Reformed theologians): "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water ...

12. Attitude of Gratitude (Exodus 19:1-24:18)
(teaching/Copy of Exodus Commentary)

... then lays out the ten stipulations of the covenant.  This is a summary of the law.  The Reformed understanding of how to number the commandments highlights idolatry (Exo 20:4-6) as a separate commandment ...

13. Attitude of Gratitude (Exodus 19:1-24:18)
(OT Torah Commentary/Exodus Commentary)

... then lays out the ten stipulations of the covenant.  This is a summary of the law.  The Reformed understanding of how to number the commandments highlights idolatry (Exo 20:4-6) as a separate commandment ...

14. For These Tough Times: Reaching Toward Heaven for Hope & Healing
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

... highlighted in Reformed theology: the sovereignty of God.  The book begins with Scripture (Psa 11:3-4) though verse three "When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?" (NCV) is more literally ...

15. Defining Evangelism for Spiritual Leaders
(teaching/general teachings)

Elders (including the teaching elder often called the pastor) and deacons are the Spiritual leaders of the church.  The elders lead the church in word ministries and the deacons lead the church in deed ...

16. Scripture and Incarnation
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... in the ANE.  What makes Scripture unique is that it is fully the word of the true and living God. Reformed theologians have been apt defenders of the doctrine of inerrancy (Scripture is without error) ...

17. The Abecedarian Things of the Faith
(teaching/general teachings)

... for being Reformed rather than adhering to these or other teachings, then why not join those churches?  While they are my brothers and sisters in Christ, I profoundly disagree with those I may agree with ...

18. Thinking Redemptive-Historically
(teaching/Canon Commentary)

... Testament prophets, but this objection has been adequately addressed by other commentators. Thinking redemptive-historically is the greatest advancement in biblical interpretation in Reformed circles ...

19. public statement of faith
(FAQs/General)

... where Scripture is considered conservative by our culture and liberal where Scripture is considered liberal by our culture. In Conclusion: One theological quiz online concluded that I am a Reformed Evangelical.  ...

20. Is the Reformation Over? Absolutely Not.
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... to the debate (though I suspect I am saying nothing especially new and this should complement my earlier post about what it means to be "Reformed"): 1. The Reformation was a recovery of the centrality ...