B. B. James

Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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THE SUM OF SAVING KNOWLEDGE

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Or, A Brief Sum of Christian Doctrine, contained in the Holy Scriptures, and holden forth in the foresaid Confession of Faith and Catechisms; together with the practical use thereof.

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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. - John 6:37

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@ToCelestialCity W Lulu self-publishing. I hope we see more brothers doing this.

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Schenck? Have you read his work 'The Presbyterian Doctrine of Children in the Covenant'?

Also, since you mention Shedd... What is the history of traducianism in American Presbyterianism? Actually, what is the history of that view period and what are the biggest implications of it versus creationism?

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@JkrGuidoSSO27 @PresbyInn ECT?

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Anyone signed up for @XMoney? Anything noteworthy?

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@saltedsaint Required? No. There is liberty with some things - e.g., music style (within reason), preaching style (within reason), language used, meeting time, church building architectural style (within reason), etc.

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@CaseyBHead What is that site?

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@Thatbrian No sir, it is not. It provides the only useful framework for understanding this next to theonomy.

A mix of partial preterism and idealism is a high octane analytical framework for understanding the times.

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1, 2/3, 4/5/6.

[Eduardus Ekofius @EddyEkofo]

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@saltedsaint The best prayerbook I own is that little volume.

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Andy Stanley was right that we need to do some unhitching. He was wrong about needing to unhitch from the Old Testament. The Westminster Confession and Catechisms need to be unhitched from presbyterial polity.

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@EddyEkofo In a way you could say that all of the theories are correct considering the theological diversity within the Papist institution by way of the monastical orders each essentially being a theological school of thought.

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@EddyEkofo Oh I believe you. That's one reason I find it to be a tired angle. I've yet to see any numerically (i.e., switching) meaningful fruit from the debates (informal or formal) that arise from these kinds of claims.

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Eh, Presbyterians tend to trot out the succession stuff when talking about polity. More continuity of polity, not so much the tradition wholesale. Though the theological continuity is usually argued along standard Reformed lines in terms of restoring the faith pre-accretions.

Anglicans probably have a more well-rounded succession theory, but it is constantly overshadowed by Henry VIII's approach to detaching from the papist institution. Dutch Reformed...I don't really know how they approach it.

I don't know Lutherans approach it either considering their whole deal has a definite point - Luther. Though based upon Luther's philosophy regarding the liturgy (revise but retain) I suspect they'd hold the Catholic identity much closer to the chest comparable to Anglicans sans-Henry VIII debacle.

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Oh I know you aren't. I admire your zeal for baptist theology. My previous experience from when I was still a baptist is a fundamental reason why I am thoroughly uninterested in baptist theology.

I'm not interested in returning to that experience. Whether General or Particular baptist... I had bad experiences in both.

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@EddyEkofo I don't really care. It's a tired angle.

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@EddyEkofo My point stands. Without taking up the sword against one another, that angle is not going to prove fruitful.

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@ScottC1517 Where's you buy a physical copy from? I have a digital American Vision copy.

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@Thatbrian Though I like his energy to actually do something, but his argumentation (and Young Anglican's too) falls flat in non-establishment ecclesial context.

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@AshlandPresby I'm ambivalent toward presbyterial polity, but I am a zealot about the Confession and Catechisms.

Literally no others as neat and tidy as those.