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Camden M. Bucey/December 12, 2009
When You Don’t Do Santa
Thabiti Anyabwile has shared a few thoughts for parents who don’t go about the whole Santa thing. Â You might also want to read Sinclair Ferguson’s article on Christ and Santa.
Camden M. Bucey/December 12, 2009
Educating Your Children About Sex
Speaking to your children about sex certainly isn’t on your list of most anticipated things to do. But certainly it’s something that should not be avoided. This was the subject …
Camden M. Bucey/December 7, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 13-16: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…
Sections Whether it is expedient to have images in Christian temples. Absurd defence of the worship of images by the second so-called Council of Nice. Sophisms or perversions of Scripture …
Ben Stahl/December 7, 2009
Celebrating the Sabbath
No Christian approves of worshiping idols or disapproves of honoring parents. No brother or sister will accuse you of being legalistic if you’re against stealing or are in favor of …
Camden Bucey/November 30, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 9-12: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…
Sections Of the worship of images. Its nature. A pretext of idolaters refuted. Pretexts of the heathen. Genius of idolaters. Evasion of the Papists. Their agreement with ancient idolaters. Refutation …
Camden Bucey/November 24, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 5-8: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…
Sections Objection,—That images are the books of the unlearned. Objection answered, 1. Scripture declares images to be teachers of vanity and lies. Answer continued, 2. Ancient Theologians condemn the formation …
Camden Bucey/November 16, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 1-4: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…
Sections God is opposed to idols, that all may know he is the only fit witness to himself. He expressly forbids any attempt to represent him by a bodily shape. …
Camden M. Bucey/November 16, 2009
The Baptism Discussion
Christ the Center recently had the privilege of discussing credo-baptism with James Dolezal. There is a very interesting discussion currently underway in the comment thread. While this leans heavily toward …
Camden Bucey/November 9, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 10: In Scripture, the True God Opposed, Exclusively, to all the Gods of the Heathen
Sections Explanation of the knowledge of God resumed. God as manifested in Scripture, the same as delineated in his works. The attributes of God as described by Moses, David, and …
Camden Bucey/November 2, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 9: All the Principles of Piety Subverted by Fanatics, Who Substitute Revelations for Scripture
Sections The temper and error of the Libertines, who take to themselves the name of spiritual, briefly described. Their refutation. 1. The Apostles and all true Christians have embraced the …
Camden Bucey/October 27, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 8: The Credibility of Scripture…
Sections Secondary helps to establish the credibility of Scripture. I. The arrangement of the sacred volume. II. Its dignity. III. Its truth. IV. Its simplicity. V. Its efficacy. The majesty …
Camden Bucey/October 20, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 7: The Testimony of the Spirit Necessary to Give Full Authority to Scripture
Sections The authority of Scripture derived not from men, but from the Spirit of God. Objection, That Scripture depends on the decision of the Church. Refutation, I. The truth of …
Camden Bucey/October 12, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 6: The Need of Scripture, as a Guide and Teacher, in Coming to God as a Creator
John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion translated by Henry Beveridge. Book 1, Chapter 6. Sections God gives his elect a better help to the knowledge of himself—viz. the Holy …
Camden Bucey/October 5, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 5: The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual Government of the World
This chapter consists of two parts: 1. The former, which occupies the first ten sections, divides all the works of God into two great classes, and elucidates the knowledge of …
Camden Bucey/September 28, 2009
Book 1, Chapter 4: The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or Maliciously
Sections. 1. The knowledge of God suppressed by ignorance, many falling away into superstition. Such persons, however, inexcusable, because their error is accompanied with pride and stubbornness. 2. Stubbornness the …