From R.C. Sproul’s lecture ‘The Tyranny Of The Weaker Brother’. If a person has a scruple I do not share and it is a scruple unto the Lord, then I have to bend over backwards to be caring and not flaunt my liberty in their face. I should do the act that is indifferent but …

Continue reading

From R.C. Sproul Jr’s lecture ‘Blessed Are You If You Do Them’. [From the thirteenth chapter of John’s gospel:] “You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have …

Continue reading

God gives us Gospel freedom when He saves us. We’re saved because of Jesus. Sadly our own natures will always want to work to earn what can only be received as a gift. If there is a place for ‘works’ in the Christian life it is the effort to stop trying to live as if …

Continue reading

Here’s a chapter from the recently published festschrift* for Robert Godfrey published by Westminster Seminary California. The Reformation Of The Supper, by Kim Riddlebarger, advocates weekly celebration of the supper. I think his essay is a sound biblical, historical and practical examination of the practice. Here’s a link to details on the book itself. *Festschrift …

Continue reading