“Christianity has no new principle of praise worship to offer…It has nothing to add to the character of God, nothing to tell of His relation to men which had not already been uttered by the Holy Ghost through the men whom He had inspired of old.”

“There has been no change in the basic idea of praise. The eternal God remains the same. He is ‘the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.’ Evangelical Christians agree in the belief that the Canon of revelation is closed. God has accomplished His purpose with men in revelation. There [...]

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“…the mall is the Kingdom of Me and My Choices. The Church is the Kingdom of Christ and his grace.”

“The mall has a food court, a cinema, and all the right shops. Why can’t the church be like that? What’s wrong with it? The main thing wrong with it is that the mall is the Kingdom of Me and My Choices. The Church is the Kingdom of Christ and his grace. They’re two different [...]

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“…we are a revolutionary, egalitarian people. Whatever social benefits there may be to this way of thinking it is not the way of the kingdom of God. “

“One great difference between Reformed and modern evangelical piety is the word “mediated.” We understand God’s presence and operation in the church to be “mediated” through the Word and sacraments. Like the 16th-century Anabaptists the modern evangelicals reject or are suspicious of the idea of mediated presence or mediated revelation. Since the early part of [...]

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September 19 – “In short, what often happens to incoming students is a paradigm change, from the private, neo-Pentecostal piety to the public, Reformed piety of Word and sacrament.”

“Gradually the piety of a WSC student should evolve from the quest for illegitimate religious experience to a life of faith. We can only do so, however, by grace, and with the “due use of the ordinary means,” i.e. Word and sacrament ministry. As students mature in the faith they will begin see that one’s [...]

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