reformed perspectives

Theology


A.A. Hodge   A.A. Hodge (1823-1886), Professor in Systematic Theology at Princeton Seminary from 1877 until his death in 1886.

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• Baptism

• A Comparison of Systems

• Predestination

• The Rule of Faith & Practice


Abraham Kuyper   Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was an extraordinary figure uniquely capable of wearing several hats throughout his long public career as pastor, theologian, scholar, journalist, educator and statesman. Although he began in the parish ministry, he moved on to become editor of two periodicals; to found the Antirevolutionary Party, the first Dutch political party and the first Christian Democratic party in the world; and to establish the Free University, a Christian university established on Reformed principles. He was first elected to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament in 1874 and eventually served as Prime Minister from 1901 to 1905. Kuyper's thought was introduced to North America in 1898, when he delivered the Stone Lectures at Princeton Seminary.

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• Calling and Repentance


Al Martin   Al Martin, has been an elder at the Trinity Baptist Church of Montville, New Jersey since its inception in 1967. Over thirty years of pastoral experience and an evident gift of pointed applicatory preaching have made Pastor Martin a widely recognized counselor and pastor.

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• What is a Biblical Christian?

• The Practical Implications of Calvinism


A. M. Toplady being converted through a Methodist lay preacher, Toplady was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, in Dublin. He took Anglican orders in 1762, and later became vicar of Broadhembury, in Devon. In 1775 he assumed the pastorate of the French Calvinist chapel in London. He was a powerful preacher and a vigourous Calvinist, bitterly opposed to John Wesley. He wrote the [i]Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England[/i] (2 vols., 1774) and The Church of England Vindicated from the Charge of Arminianism (1769). His fame rests, however, on his hymns, e.g., "A debtor to mercy alone"; "A sovereign Protector I have"; "From whence this fear and unbelief?"; and especially "Rock of Ages" (appended to an article calculating the "National Debt" in terms of sin).

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• Christ Our Passover

• The Resurrection of Christ

• Standing Before God

• The Suffering and Death of Christ


Australian Presbyterian Magazine   Australian Presbyterian Magazine, The magazine of the Presbyterian Church of Australia

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• Australian Presbyterian Magazine June 2002


A.W. Pink   A.W. Pink (1886-1952), a native of Nottingham, England, whose life as a pastor and writer was spent in a variety of locations in the British Isles, the United States, and Australia.

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• Another Gospel

• The Decrees of God

• The Foreknowledge of God

• The Word of Forgiveness

• God's Sovereignty and the Human Will

• The Law and the Saint

• Mediatorial Union

• Objections to God’s Sovereignty Answered

• Salvation from the Pleasure of Sin

• Regeneration

• Repentance

• Saving Faith

• The Great Change

• The Way of Salvation

• The Godhood of God


Barry Hofstetter, Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at The Center for Urban Theological Studies, Philadelphia, PA.

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• Perspectives on Predestination


B.B. Caldwell

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• How We May Know We are Born of God


B.B. Warfield   B.B. Warfield (1851-1921), the famed Princeton professor has a well earned reputation as a scholar and teacher of the faith.

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• God

• The Resurrection of Christ:

• Statement of the Reformed Faith

• God-Inspired Scripture

• The Cessation of the Charismata

• Election

• What Fatalism Is

• Christ’s Little Ones

• The Foundations of the Sabbath in the Word of God


Ben Askins   Ben Askins

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• Death is Not Natural


Bob Vincent, M.Div.

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• The Problem of God and an Eternal Hell

• The Problem of God and an Eternal Hell


Cary Smith   Cary Smith

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• Anointed Affections


C.F. Boerkoel

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• Almost Lost – But Saved And

• The Sword of Gods’ Justice


Charles W. Bronson

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• The Extent of the Atonement, Chapter 1

• The Extent of the Atonement, Chapter 2

• The Extent of the Atonement, Chapter 3

• The Extent of the Atonement, Chapter 4


Rev. Charles L. Jacob   Rev. Charles L. Jacob, Senior Pastor, Knox Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• Eat the Fat, Drink the Sweet, and Be Merry


Rev. Chuck De Groat   Rev. Chuck De Groat, Assistant Pastor, Willow Creek Church, PCA; Director, Willow Creek Counseling Center

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• Loving You Through Your Law


C. H. Spurgeon   C.H. Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was a British Baptist preacher who remains highly influential amongst Reformed Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers."

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• Justification

• Particular Redemption

• "SALVATION IS OF THE LORD!"


Rev. Cornelius Van Til   Rev. Cornelius Van Til, (1895-1987) began his teaching career in 1928 as Professor of Apologetics at Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1929 he was one of four Princeton professors to break away and found a new seminary, Westminster, as a conservative alternative to the more liberal Princeton. Van Til taught apologetics at Westminster from 1929 until his retirement in 1972, a 44 year career, all in all.

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• The Defense of Christianity

• Why I Believe in God


Cornelis P. Venema   Cornelis P. Venema is Professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. His special interest lies in Reformation theology, particularly the work of the Reformers John Calvin and Heinrich Bullinger. Dr. Venema's most recent book, Heinrich Bullinger and the Doctrine of Predestination: Author of "The Other Reformed Tradition"?, reflects this interest. He is the author of several other books including But for the Grace of God: An Exposition of the Canons of Dort; What We Believe: An Exposition of the Apostles' Creed; and The Promise of the Future. Dr. Venema is a co-editor and frequent contributor to The Outlook and the Mid-America Journal of Theology.

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• Evaluating Premillennialism, Part I

• Evaluating Premillennialism, Part II

• Evaluating Premillennialism, Part III

• Evaluating Premillennialism, Part IV

• What About Revelation 20?, Part 1

• What About Revelation 20?, Part II

• What About Revelation 20?, Part III

• What About Revelation 20?, Part IV


C.R. Biggs   Rev. C. R. Biggs, Pastor, Ketoctin Covenant Presbyterian Church, Purcellville, VA

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• Incarnational Infiltration

• A Lasting Faith for the Last Days

• A Lasting Faith for the Last Days

• A Lasting Faith for the Last Days

• A Lasting Faith for the Last Days


C. R. Vaughan was a life-long friend of Robert Dabney, and later his biographer, is one of a group of Southern Presbyterian ministers and theologians whose writings are coming to be increasingly valued. After serving pastorates in Virginia, and though dogged by ill-health, he succeeded Dabney as Professor of Theology at Union Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1893. He died in 1911.

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• The Evidences of Regeneration


Rev. C. Harinck

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• You Must be Born Again


Damian Romano   Damian Romano

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• Complete Grace


Daniel Wray

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• Choosing a Church


Darren Middleton   Rev. Darren Middleton, Pastor of SEMPA Presbyterian Church in Boort, Victoria, Australia; Webmaster of SEMPA's site PressieChurch.org

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• Theology and Life: Pastoral Implications of the New Perspective

• Theology and Life: Pastoral Implications of the New Perspective

• Theology and Life: Pastoral Implications of the New Perspective


David Black (1762-1806) was pastor of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1794 until his death.

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• The Deceitfulness of the Heart


Rev. David J. Engelsma   Rev. David J. Engelsma, Calvin College (A. B.), Protestant Reformed Seminary (B. D.), and Calvin Theological Seminary (Th. M.). He is Professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament Studies at the Theological School of the Protestant Reformed Churches in Grandville, MI.

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• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part I

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part II

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part XI

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part XI

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part XIII

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part III

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part IV

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part V

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part VI

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part VII

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part VIII

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part IX

• A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part X

• The ‘WORLD’ of John 3:16 Does Not Mean


Dr. David W. Jones   Dr. David W. Jones, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

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• Are Biblical Covenants Dissoluble?


David H. Linden teaches Bible Studies & Theological Studies at Action International Ministries - an evangelical, nondenominational missionary-sending agency working in urban centers of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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• Charles Finney’s Doctrine of Justification


Dennis E. Johnson   Dr. Dennis E. Johnson, Academic Dean and Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, California

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• Infant Baptism: How My Mind Has Changed


Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones   Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Aberavon, South Wales. Known for his ministry at Westminster Chapel, numerous books, and expository sermons.

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• Ecclesiola Ecclesia

• The Everlasting Covenant

• God’s Ultimate Purpose

• The Authority of the Holy Spirit

• Judicial Hardening


Douglas Jones   Douglas Jones, Senior Fellow and Permanent Member of the Board of Trustees at New Saint Andrews College

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• Why & What:


Ebenezer Erskine   Ebenezer Erskine, (June 22, 1680 - June 2, 1754), was a Scottish church leader, chief founder of the Secession Church (formed of dissenters from the Church of Scotland).

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• Thoughts on Unbelief


Edwin Palmer was an astute theologian and scholar as well as a master teacher and pastor. Since 1968 he had been directly involved in the preparation of the New International Version of the Holy Bible, serving as Executive Secretary, which was completed in 1979. Mr. Palmer was called hom to be with His Savior and God in 1980.

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• The Holy Spirit


Erroll Hulse, serves as associate pastor of Leeds Reformed Baptist Church in Leeds, England.

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• Joy Because of Justification


Frank Reich   Frank Reich, Pastor and former President of Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC

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• Competition and Creation


Francis Turretin   Francis Turretin (1623-1687), the Italian Reformer who followed Calvin and Beza in Geneva.

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• Justification: Forensic or Moral?


Frederick S. Leahy, was A professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

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• The Wrath of God in Relation to the Atonement


Fred Zaspel.

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• A Brief History of Divine Revelation


Dr. Gary D. Long  

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• A Doctrinal Study on the Extent of the Atonement

• A Doctrinal Study on the Extent of the Atonement

• A Doctrinal Study on the Extent of the Atonement

• A Doctrinal Study on the Extent of the Atonement

• A Doctrinal Study on the Extent of the Atonement


Gardiner Spring   Gardiner Spring, (1785-1873), attended Berwick Academy in Maine and later graduated from Yale University in 1805. He attended Andover Seminary from 1809 - 1810. His first pastoral call was to the Brick Church of New York City in 1810 and his entire ministerial career of 63 years was served at this post. He is best known for the Gardiner Spring Resolutions of 1861. This is arguably one of the most significant actions ever taken in the history of the Presbyterian Church. In essence, the resolutions required pastors and members of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to swear political allegiance to the Federal Government of the United States. By themselves the resolutions would have been controversial enough, but their proposal and enactment came just at the start of the Civil War.

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• Conviction for Sin


Rev. Gary T. Waldecker and Family   Rev. Gary T. Waldecker, MTW

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• Toward a Theology of Movement


G. C. Berkouwer, (1904-1996) was for years the leading theologian of the Gereformeerde Kerken in the Netherlands (GKN). He occupied the Chair in systematic theology of the Faculty of Theology, at Free University.

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• Human Freedom


G. J. Vos   Geerhardus Johannes Vos (aka G. J. Vos) (1862–1949) was an American, Reformed theologian and one of the most distinguished representatives of the Princeton Theology. He is sometimes called the father of Reformed Biblical Theology.

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• The Christ


George Smeaton "... was ordained to the ministry of the Church of Scotland at Falkland in the Presbytery of Cupar in 1839. He was among those hundreds of ministers who came out at the Disruption in 1843 to form the Free Church of Scotland. Later he was appointed by Church to be professor in her College at Aberdeen (1854) and in 1857 he became professor of Exegetics in the New College, Edinburgh. He died on the 14th April, 1889. He was one of the brilliant galaxy of men on the staff of the Free Church College in Edinburgh a century ago. Principal John Macleod describes Smeaton as ‘the most eminent scholar of the set of young men who with McCheyne and the Bonars sat at the feet of Chalmers’." W.J. Grier

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• The Personality and the Procession of the Holy Spirit


Dr. Geoff Thomas   Dr. Geoff Thomas

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• Nourish Every Grace


George Whitefield   George Whitefield (1714 - 1770), was a minister in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement.

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• The Almost Christian

• Creeds and Standards


G. H. Hospers.

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• Creeds and Standards

• Doctrine of Inspiration


Rev. G. H. Kersten   Rev. G. H. Kersten, is the man who, in 1907, united various independent congregations and groups into one denomination which we know as "the Netherlands Reformed Congregations." In popular parlance, they are sometimes referred to as the "the most conservative" of the (Dutch) Reformed churches.

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• The Covenant of Grace

• The Doctrine of Sin

• Election


Glen Barry

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• A Dialogue of Conflicting Concepts

• Separating Tares from Wheat


Rev. Gordon Girod was pastor of Seventh Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan for many years.

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• Irresistible Grace

• Limited Atonement

• Perseverance of the Saints

• Total Depravity

• Unconditional Election


Graham Buck   Graham Buck

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• No Sacrifice Remains:


J. Gresham Machen   J. Gresham Machen

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• Creeds and Doctrinal Advance

• The Doctrine of the Atonement

• The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance

• On the Deity of Christ

• Faith and Works

• Life Founded Upon Truth 

• The Living Saviour


Gregory Perry   Prof. Gregory R. Perry, Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Covenant Theological Seminary

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• No Other Name, Part 1

• No Other Name, Part 2

• No Other Name, Part 3

• No Other Name, Part 4

• No Other Name, Part 5

• No Other Name, Part 6


Hermn Bavinck   Herman Bavinck

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• The Doctrine of God

• The Origin, Essence, and Purpose of Man

• Supralapsarianism and Infralapsarianism

• The Divine Trinity


Rev. Herman Hanko

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• A Plea for Creeds


Herman Ridderbos   Herman Ridderbos (1909-2007). More than half of a century ago, Ned Stonehouse said this of Ridderbos: "Wherever the Dutch language is read Professor Herman Ridderbos is recognized as an outstanding New Testament scholar and theologian….” Even outside the Dutch language Ridderbos was known as one of the leading Reformed theologians of our era and his work has influenced many students of the Bible.

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• The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture


Dr. H. Henry Meeter, served for thirty years as Chairman of the Bible Department at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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• The Place of Faith in the Calvinistic System


Horace Bonar   Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), has been called “the prince of Scot­tish hymn writers.”

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• Not Faith, But Christ


Rev. Hugh Martin (1821-1885), was one of the young men training for the ministry of the Church of Scotland who, in 1843, cast in their lot with the Free Church of Scotland. He later became minister of Greyfriars Free Church, Edinburgh.

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• Atonement and the Covenant of Grace


Rev. Hunter Brewer, Associate Pastor, Lakeland Presbyterian Church, Brandon, MS

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• Why Baptize Your Babies?


Ichabod S. Spencer, was a pastor and the author of an incredible two-volume book, A Pastor's Sketches.

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• I Can’t Repent


I.C. Herendeen

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• Accepting Christ

• God's Indisputable Sovereignty


Ilya Lizorkin Stellenbosch University.

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• The Story of Interpretation:

• The Story of Interpretation:


Jack and Carol Arnold   Dr. Jack L. Arnold (1935-2005), President of Equipping Pastors International, and Pastor Emeritus of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Oviedo, FL (pictured with wife Carol)

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• Soteriology Notes: 1a

• Soteriology Notes: 1b

• Soteriology Notes: 2

• Soteriology Notes: 3a


James E. Adams   James E.Adams is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he majored in Greek and received an A.B. degree. He earned a B.D. from the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, the S.T.M from the Temple University School of Theology in Homiletics under Andrew W. Blackwood, and the Ph.D from the University of Missouri. He also did graduate work at the Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary and held a post-doctoral fellowship in Psychology at the University of Illinois under O. Hobart Mowrer.

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• Decisional Regeneration


James Buchanan was born in 1804. He held several pastorates before becoming Professor Apologetics and later of Systematic Theology at the Free Church College in Edinburgh.

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• The Work of the Spirit in Enlightening the Mind

• The Work of the Spirit as the Spirit of Prayer


James Haldane   James Haldane, (July 14, 1768 - February 8, 1851) was a Scottish independent church leader.

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• THE GOSPEL


James Harrison, pastor of Red Mills Baptist Church, Mahopac Falls, N.Y.

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• Chosen But Free


Jason Foster   Jason Foster, 2006 M. Div Graduate from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

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• The Resurrected Body of Christ


J.C. Ryle   J.C. Ryle, in 1841 was ordained as a minister in the Anglican Church, (Church of England). In 1880 Ryle was named the first Bishop of the newly constituted diocese of Liverpool. Throughout his ministry he became known and beloved as a defender of the evangelical reformed faith as expressed in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, of the Church of England.

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• Election

• Self-Righteousness

• The True Church


Jeffery C. Nesbitt

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• A Gospel Summary


Jeff Rojan, publisher of the Reformed Layman.

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• A Conversation Concerning Pretended Liberty of Conscience


Jerome Zanchius   Jerome Zanchius was taught by Peter Martyr Vermigli, the greatest of the Italian Reformers. In 1551 he left Italy and accepted the professorship of Old Testament at the college of St. Thomas in Strasbourg. In 1553, Peter Martyr joined the College also. Zanchius remained at the College after Peter Martyr left for Zurich in 1553.

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• Absolute Predestination


James Henley Thornwell   James Henley Thornwell (1812-1862), was a distinguished Southern Presbyterian pastor and educator. He served in the pulpit ministry on three separate occasions and twice as a professor in the College of South Carolina.

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• Outline of the Covenant of Grace


jIM eLLIS   Jim Ellis has a B.Sc. in engineering and a M.A. in biblical studies. He is a gifted layman and attends an independent Bible Church.

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• Agorazo in 2 Peter 2:1

• What is Hyper-Calvinism?

• Sufficient for All?


Jim Fitzgerald   Rev. Jim Fitzgerald, Senior Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Oviedo, FL

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Confessing Christ: A Teaching Outline


Jimmy Li currently an undergraduate fourth year student at UCLA studying political science