Jason Helopoulos provides a guest post on Kevin DeYoung’s blog, DeYoung, Restless And Reformed. …there is biblical warrant and there are practical reasons for entering into covenant through local church membership. Having entered into that covenant our breaking of it should never be done lightly. Clearly, there are reasons to leave a local church. But …

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Q & A 83 Q. What are the keys of the kingdom? A. The preaching of the holy gospel and Christian discipline toward repentance. Both preaching and discipline open the kingdom of heaven to believers and close it to unbelievers. Q & A 84 Q. How does preaching the gospel open and close the kingdom …

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I’m wonderfully prayed for and encouraged here at mgpc. It’s not that everyone agrees with me, or won’t tell me when they don’t; but whatever the circumstances we share a common purpose which means our interactions are constructive. But I know that there are servants of the Gospel whose hearts will be heavy tonight with …

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post that referred to plans by the Australian Presbyterian Church to conduct a rally in Sydney in September to mark the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation. At G.A. Junkie Steve Salyards considers the subject of Scotland’s efforts to marginalise the occasion along with plans for a …

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