Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 49 Chapter 30 – Of Church Censures I. The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, has therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. II. To these officers the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed, by …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 48 Chapter 29 – Of The Lord’s Supper (Cont.) Paragraphs 5-8 V. The outward elements in this sacrament, duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called by the name of the …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 47 Chapter 29 – Of the Lord’s Supper Paragraphs 1-4 I. Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of his body and blood, called the Lord’s Supper, to be observed in his Church unto the end of the world; for the perpetual …

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I love it when a new phrase pops up in my feed reader that just seems to express something simple yet important. This post from Mockingbird Blog explores the problem of people who are more enamoured with theology than with the Jesus their theology should point to. It’s not a screed against study, or anti-intellectual. …

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