Thanksgiving is not just a yearly celebration, where we eat entirely way too much, watch football, and sale-out to the American way of consumerism. Giving of thanks, rather, is a way of life for the Christian: its structured ethos. The apostle Paul reminds us to, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; […]
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Part III: Westminster Standards, Continued In part two, we began to look at the contribution of the Westminster divines in relation to worship and images. We looked at relevant chapters and sections, questions and answers, that dealt with the human relationship and response to God in worship and images. Part three here will focus alone
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Part II: Westminster Standards In the first part of this series, we at Reformed Dogmatika talked about what we planned on doing in this series: to deal with true worship and particularly, the concept of images from a Biblical, Theological, and Confessional perspective. We will do this at the start through a quick guide Reformed
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Have you ever gone to a movie, watched it with your popcorn and candy, and then left utterly dissatisfied with the film? Sure, the treats might have been good. But the movie itself was simply a flop. There is no lasting impact. The movie experience did not meet expectations. The same can be said of
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Worship is a vital part of the Christian life, in fact, the most important facet of our life. It is how both the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms direct us on what our proper end is: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” If this is what makes us most
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When I reflect back on my life as a Christian, Paul’s thoughts in this verse come to mind: “Last of all, as to one untimely born, he [Jesus] appeared also to me [Paul]” (1 Corinthians 15:8 ESV). I too was late to bloom. I came to the “job” for the same wages as the rest,
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