Monthly Archives: January 2007

Is Covenant Seminary heading down a familiar path?

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

There’s yet another fearless post on Baylyblog. To this day, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) holds to the Scriptural doctrine of sexuality, but cracks have appeared where they always seem to first appear — in the seminary. Much of … Continue reading →

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Feminism and worldliness

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

Tim Bayly puts his finger on the problem again. Without question, evangelicals will continue to slake our own lusts and avoid persecution by conforming ourselves to the world’s mold. The same dishonesty we’ve used to deny father-rule in Scripture will … Continue reading →

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A thank you to faithful pastors

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

The Reformers placed a supreme value on the preached word. Of all the means God uses to impart grace, it was seen as the greatest. The Second Helvetic Confession puts it this way: “[W]hen this Word of God is now … Continue reading →

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Rolling Your Own

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest. -Judges 17:12-13 … Continue reading →

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Roman emperors

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

Know your Roman emperors. No quiz.

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The hardest sermon

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

Once more we are reminded of the greatness of this Sermon on the Mount, its searching character, the profundity of its teaching, indeed its truly alarming character. There never has been such a Sermon as this. It finds us all … Continue reading →

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Family Worship

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel. -Judges 2:10 Matt Timmons is the fine pastor of Covenant Reformed Fellowship, a PCA church in Ashland, OH. … Continue reading →

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Anglican Chant and the Psalms

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Jack's Pipe

And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). -Deut 31:21a Consider this: How many prose readings can you quote … Continue reading →

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