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Glen Clary/May 18, 2016
Cullmann Answers Barth’s Rejection of Infant Baptism
Oscar Cullmann wrote several treatises on the subject of Christian worship. His treatise entitled Baptism in the New Testament was originally published in 1950 and was …
Glen Clary/May 18, 2016
Calvin on Union with Christ through Word and Sacrament
In his “Summary of Doctrine Concerning the Ministry of the Word and the Sacraments,” Calvin articulates the idea of union and communion with Christ through the means of grace. The …
Glen Clary/May 17, 2016
Catholic Describes Communion Service in Calvin’s Church
What was the Communion service like in Calvin’s Geneva? One Catholic who attended a service gave the following description. Three or four times a year, according to the will of …
Glen Clary/May 12, 2016
Warfield on the Fundamental Meaning of the Lord’s Supper
According to some Pauline scholars, 1 Corinthians 10:14–22 “has been remarkably underused in most churches’ theology and liturgy of the Lord’s Supper.”[1] Theologians and liturgiologists tend to focus on what …
Jared Oliphint/May 3, 2016
A Peculiar Glory
John Piper recently released a book called A Peculiar Glory, where he explores what it means for Scripture to be self-attesting. In this companion video to the book, Michael …
Camden M. Bucey/May 2, 2016
2016 Austin Theology Conference Audio
Download the audio from our 2016 Austin Theology Conference held April 30, 2016 at Providence OPC in Pflugerville, Texas. The theme of our conference was God’s Word in Our World: …
Glen Clary/April 26, 2016
Hughes Oliphant Old Sums Up His Life’s Work
Hughes Oliphant Old has been publishing articles and books on the subject of worship since the 1970s. [See select bibliography below.] His book entitled Worship Reformed According to Scripture is hands …
Glen Clary/April 23, 2016
Calvin on the Realities & Signs of the Sacraments
In Calvin’s thinking, the signs of the sacraments should be distinguished from the realities which they signify, but they should not be separated from them. First Corinthians 10:1-4 says, For …
Glen Clary/April 20, 2016
Baptism in the Didache
Here’s my very brief introduction to baptism in the Didache. This topic deserves several articles, and I plan on following up with it in later posts. Stay tuned! What does …
Glen Clary/April 20, 2016
Hughes Oliphant Old Describes the Earliest Christian Hymnal
The Odes of Solomon is the earliest collection of Christian hymns. The forty-two odes in the collection were most likely composed in the late first or early second century by …
Glen Clary/April 18, 2016
Ex-PCA Pastor Awards Calvin a Dunce Cap
Rumor has it that when Pope Leo X read Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, he said, “What drunken German wrote this?” It is also rumored that when Martin Luther read Jason …
Glen Clary/April 13, 2016
The Lord’s Prayer in Reformed Worship, Pt. 5
“Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” is the third petition of the Lord’s Prayer. The will of God is used in two senses in scripture: …
Glen Clary/April 12, 2016
The Lord’s Prayer in Reformed Worship, Pt. 4
“Thy kingdom come.” The second petition of the Lord’s Prayer is about the ultimate hope of God’s people—the coming of the kingdom of God. As devout Jews in the first century …
Glen Clary/April 4, 2016
Hughes Oliphant Old on Worship
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my teacher Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old and reflecting on his insights into Reformed worship. Here are some of my favorite quotes from his …
Glen Clary/April 1, 2016
The Didache
The teaching of the Lord through the twelve apostles to the Gentiles: [1] 1:1 There are two ways, one of life and one of death. And there is a great …