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On the Efficacy of the Sacraments

by | Jan 22, 2011 | Books, Church, Theology, Worship

I have been studying up on the sacraments for ordination exams, and, in Charles Hodge’s Systematic Theology, I came across an interesting contrast between how Lutheran and Reformed Christians understand the efficacy of the sacraments that I did not previously...

The Necessity of Factions in the Church

by | Sep 6, 2008 | Bible, Church, Theology

Edit, 1/22/2011: I have been going back through some old blog posts, and I wanted to write that I do not find this blog post persuasive at all any more. I want to leave it here, but the more I read this, the more I hear Paul’s words dripping with sarcasm, not...

Hodge on Sacraments

by | Jan 23, 2008 | Books, Church, Theology, Worship

A. A. Hodge on the sacraments as “seals” of the covenant. I found it helpful: The sacraments were designed to ‘apply’—i.e., actually to convey—to believers the benefits of the new covenant. If they are ‘seals’ of the covenant, they...

Resurrection Day

by | Oct 13, 2007 | Books, Church, Culture, History, Theology, Worship

We had midterms this past week, which caused no little stress in my life. This was the perfect storm of schoolwork, and I cannot remember doing more work in one week since I had to write my senior thesis in a week, and then preach that Sunday, a couple of years ago....

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