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Charles Spurgeon on Christmas
Over the years I’ve seen various Reformed websites that purport to quote Charles Spurgeon’s views on Christmas. While Spurgeon’s repudiation of Christmas as an ecclesiatical holiday is oft-cited, his accompanying assertions that it is never wrong to reflect on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Spurgeon, Christmas, Church History, Reformed spirituality
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On Commentaries
In the preface to his final volume of Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of John, J. C. Ryle offered the following reflections on his extensive examination of commentaries on John’s Gospels: I freely confess that, with increasing years and experience, … Continue reading
Covenanters At the Hub of the Universe, Part 3
EVENTS LEADING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CAMBRIDGE CONGREGATION At the 1894 Spring meeting of the New York Presbytery, a petition from some members of the First Boston R.P. Church and First United Presbyterian Church of Cambridge was presented requesting … Continue reading
Covenanters At the Hub of the Universe, Part 2
[Part 1 of this series may be read at https://reformedruminations.com/2011/09/19/covenanters-at-the-hub-of-the-universe-part-1/] FIRST BOSTON BUILDS ITS OWN WORSHIP HALL After such a bitter and protracted schism, the First Boston congregation apparently felt a strong resolve to move ahead. Several years earlier, the officers … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Church History, Covenanter, Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
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Covenanters At the Hub of the Universe, Part 1
In 1995, in anticipation of our congregation’s 100th anniversary, I set out to do what I thought would be a small research project on the congregation’s beginnings. It soon became evident that I couldn’t properly understand the founding of our … Continue reading
A Real New Testament Church
Imagine that you are the husband in the following scenario: You, your wife, and your two small children have just moved to a new city. On the first Lord’s Day after you arrive, you set out to worship in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Church History, Evangelical, New Testament, Reformed, Reformed spirituality, Screwtape Letters
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