Oct 20, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: H is for HeadshipThe Headship of Christ is the key doctrine of divine right Presbyterianism. Of the figures of speech used in the New Testament to...
Oct 14, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: G is for GeneralGeneral Assembly is the name usually given to the highest earthly court in the Presbyterian system. It is a representative and temporary...
Oct 10, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: F is for FormThe Form of Presbyterial Church Government was a product of the Westminster Assembly as part of the plan for a covenanted uniformity in...
Oct 8, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: E is for EstablishmentThe Establishment Principle holds that there may be a legitimate relationship between the church and the state in a Christian country....
Oct 7, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: D is for DisruptionThe Disruption is the name given to the secession of a third of the Church of Scotland’s ministers in 1843 to form the Free Church of...
Oct 5, 20202 min readThat PaintingSuch is the dearth of illustrations of the Westminster Assembly that this 19th-century painting of Philip Nye sounding forth seems all...
Oct 3, 20203 min readHenderson’s Government and Order: An IntroductionAlthough reliably attributed to Alexander Henderson, The Government and Order of the Church of Scotland is an anonymous pamphlet written...
Sep 30, 20203 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: C is for CovenantsThe National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 are at the heart of what is called The Second Reformation. Out...
Sep 26, 20201 min readThe Scottish Reformation and Modern MissionsYou can find this article here: http://haddingtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Scottish-Reformation-and-Modern-Missions.pdf
Sep 26, 20201 min readTwo or Three Office: A Slash at the Gordian Knot.You can find this article here: http://haddingtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Two-or-Three-Office.pdf
Sep 26, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: B is for Barrier ActThe Barrier Act is the name given to an Act of the 1697 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Its full title is “Act IX, Act anent...
Sep 24, 20202 min readThe Presbyterian’s Alphabet: A is for AdherentAdherent is the Presbyterian term for a baptised person who is a regular attender at, and contributor to, a church, but who has not made...
Sep 18, 20204 min readA Century of Covenants and ConditionsFor Robert Rollock, there is no Covenant of Grace without Christ: the ground of the Covenant is Christ the Mediator: the primary promise...
Sep 15, 20201 min readA Further ThoughtI like Rutherford’s distinction of the power of the keys and a power about the keys. Christ, the King and Head of the Church, has...
Sep 15, 202043 min read“That Glorious Marriage Day”The National Covenant as Social Contract and Responsive Covenant A. Introduction. Wednesday the 28th of February 1638 was “that...
Sep 15, 20203 min readHow Jesus Runs the ChurchHow Jesus Runs the Church. Guy Prentiss Waters. Philipsburg: P&R, 2011, 178 pp., paper. ISBN 978-1-59638-252-7 Guy Waters is Associate...
Sep 15, 20203 min readLadies and the VoteWhile looking for something else, I came across a photocopy of some pages from the “Miscellaneous Writings” of Thomas M’Crie (Sr.) titled...
Sep 15, 20206 min readBannerman’s Third TheoryJames Bannerman presents three theories regarding the parties to whom Christ has committed the gift of church power.[1] The first theory...
Sep 15, 20202 min readBanners into Bumper StickersWe have turned banners into bumper stickers, rallying cries into memes. The thing which has not changed is the rhetorical flourish, the...
Sep 15, 20204 min readCovenanted Uniformity in ReligionSpear, Wayne R. Covenanted Uniformity in Religion: The Influence of the Scottish Commissioners on the Ecclesiology of the Westminster...
