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Biblical Worship by Kevin Reed (Written with a clear view of upholding
the biblical tradition of Reformation worship -- with the life and death
struggle that was a backdrop to the Reformers war against the idols clearly in
mind. Touches on a number of controversial issues that have arisen as human
innovations in worship have become commonplace in contemporary church life --
even among those that still fancy being known as Reformed.)
Presbyterian Worship: Old and New by Kevin Reed (A Review and Commentary upon Worship
in Spirit and Truth, a
book by John Frame [Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub.
Co.,1996; paper, 171 pages]. Reed shows how Frame has abandoned the
Reformation, both scripturally and confessionally, in regard to worship. He
also gives an excellent summary of historic Reformed views and then contrasts
them with the novel ideas now being touted by Frame. In light of the fact that
Frame teaches at a Presbyterian seminary and is also a Presbyterian pastor (in
the P.C.A.), Reed notes the "distressing implications regarding the
disingenuous nature of confessional subscription within both the churches and
the seminaries." Moreover, Reed comments that "there are also troubling
ramifications concerning the doctrine of scripture, since the regulative
principle rests upon the foundation of the sufficiency of scripture, with
respect to worship." He continues by concluding that "Frame's book
furnishes patent evidence that ecclesiastical discipline is lacking in the
churches, and that seminary professors can teach heterodox views with impunity.
If Presbyterians took their creed seriously, Mr. Frame would be removed from
both the seminary and the pastorate, and not allowed to teach. But in the current
situation, the majority of pastors, seminarians, and the people are partners in
the crimes of corrupt worship and confessional laxity. 'A wonderful and
horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the
priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so.'")
The Canterbury Tales by Kevin Reed
(Refutes James Jordan and others who reject the regulative principle of
worship.)
The Decline of American
Presbyterianism (A Book Review of Gary North's Crossed Fingers: How the
Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church)
by Kevin Reed
("Last year, the present writer reviewed volume 1 of David Calhoun's
history of Princeton Seminary. The first volume of Calhoun's narrative ended at
a pivotal point in the history of Northern Presbyterianism: the reunion of the
Old School and New School Assemblies in 1869. Realizing that a significant part
of Princeton's story (as well as the story of the Northern Presbyterianism) was
yet to be told, I eagerly took up volume two of Calhoun's narrative, shortly
after the book was published. Unfortunately, the second volume, The Majestic
Testimony, is a major
disappointment. Readers who want to know what happened after 1869, in order to
gain an understanding of the demise of Princeton (and Northern Presbyterianism)
will require additional sources beyond Calhoun's second volume. Therefore, we
are presenting readers with a combined book review, in which we will also draw
attention to another important work, Gary North's Crossed Fingers: How the
Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church," notes Reed.)
Of Exegesis and Eccentricity (A Book
Review of James Jordan's The Law of the Covenant) by Kevin Reed
Presbyterian Government in
Extraordinary Times
by Kevin Reed
Credenda Agenda's review & Kevin
Reed's reply
regarding the book Making Shipwreck of the Faith: Evangelicals and Roman
Catholics Together
by Kevin Reed
Making Shipwreck of the Faith:
Evangelicals and Roman Catholics Together by Kevin Reed
Introductory Essay to John Knox's True
and False Worship
by Kevin Reed
Charles Phinney Critiques the Apostle
Paul by Kevin
Reed (Shows to what
extent much of modern "evangelicalism" has adopted worldly tactics of
evangelism, church planting and church growth -- in opposition to the biblical
methods practiced by the Apostle Paul.)
Christmas: A Biblical Critique by Kevin Reed, M. Schneider &
D.W. Cason (Three
excellent articles: 1.) "Is Christmas Christian?" by Michael
Schneider; 2.) "Christmas: An Historical Survey Regarding Its Origins and
Opposition to It of Creeds and Confessions" by Kevin Reed; 3.)
"Christmas-Keeping and the Reformed Faith: A Response to Professor David
Engelsma" by David W. Cason.)
Biblical Church Government by Kevin Reed (Covers the basic principles of
Presbyterian church government: (1.) scriptural church officers, (2.) church
courts, (3.) confessional standards, and (4.) church membership. Second
(expanded) edition. "This is the best short statement [of Presbyterian
principles of church government] we have ever seen," noted the Banner
of Truth magazine.)
The Present Evangelical Crisis: A Book
Review With Commentary
by Kevin Reed
On the Monstrous Government of Women by Kevin Reed
The Antinomian Streak in the
Reconstructionist Movement
by Kevin Reed
Religious Dissemblers and Theological
Liars by Kevin
Reed (A book review of Ways
of Lying: Dissimulation, Persecution, and Conformity in Early Modern Europe by Perez Zagorin. Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, 1990. Hardcover, 337 pages. This book includes
"four chapters devoted to the Nicodemite controversy, with considerable
attention given to Calvin's role in opposing the 'Nicodemites.' Zagorin surveys
Calvin's 'Anti-Nicodemite' writings, and provides a useful synopsis of the
various arguments of the reformer," writes Reed. Reed's conclusions are
also very helpful, as he surveys a number of areas related to dissimulation
among modern Reformed and "evangelical" Christians -- and how the
contemporary rationale for this dissimulation parallels the older arguments
covered by Zagorin.)
A Testimony Against the Prominent
Errors of Our Times
Adullam Presbyterian Church
A Letter of Clarification, 27 October
1997 by Kevin
Reed (Another response
to the misrepresentations [this time regarding Kevin Reed's "Testimony
Against Prominent Errors"] promoted by Richard Bacon and the those who
follow him.)
A Brief Narrative Respecting My
Conflicts with FPCR
by Kevin Reed (Dated
January, 1998, Reed notes, "It is with sadness that I set down the
following account. I did not wish to write it. Even after the passage of many
years, the fresh recollection of the events described in this narrative evokes
grief. I take no pleasure in the ongoing controversy. Nevertheless, recent
attacks, issued by persons at First Presbyterian Church of Rowlett [FPCR] (on
their church web site) have made this response necessary.")
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The
Protestant Reformation
Come
Out From Among Them: 'Anti-Nicodemite' Writings of John Calvin
An
entire volume, newly translated from the French, providing some of Calvin's
most important statements respecting worship. Calvin writes
against the
'Nicodemites:' a class of would-be Protestants who hoped to maintain their
social standing by outward conformity to Romish rituals and
worship; these dissemblers claimed that it was lawful to attend
the outward ordinances of Romish worship, so long as they did not inwardly
receive the heretical tenets of Rome.
Calvin's
response is forceful. Through a series of tracts, letters, and sermons, the
reformer consistently maintains that proper worship is an essential part of the
believer's duty to God. Calvin decries all forms of
superstition and man-made worship. He
exposes the blasphemous nature of popish worship, and stresses the duty of true
Christians to separate themselves from such polluted forms of worship.
This volume
(over 300 pages long) includes a publisher's introduction, describing Calvin's
concern for worship, and providing historical background to the individual
works contained in the book.
Selected
Writings of John Knox, Volume 2: Later Writings and Correspondence
Following the
general format of the first volume of the reformer's Selected Writings ($US29.95, in hardcover
from SWRB--RB), the second volume contains the following works:
-Conversations
with the Queen (1561-63)
-An
Extract from The Reasoning Betwixt John Knox and the Abbot of Crossraguell
(1562)
-A
Sermon on Isaiah 26:13-21 (1565-66)
-An
Answer to a Letter of a Jesuit Named Tyrie (1572)
-Rediscovered Writings from the English Reformation (1550-52)
-Extracts from An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous
Cavillations Written by an Anabaptist, and Adversary to God's Eternal
Predestination (1560)
-Personal
Correspondence (1552-58)
-Letters
Chiefly from the Scottish Reformation (1559-72)
-Answers
to Libels (1571)
On
Superior Powers (Christopher Goodman)
From
1555 to 1558, Christopher Goodman served as co-pastor, with John Knox, of the
congregation of English exiles in Geneva. During the course of his ministry,
Goodman preached upon Acts 4:19 and 5:29: "Whether it be right in the
sight of God, to obey you rather than God, judge ye. We ought rather to obey
God than men." At the request of his brethren, Goodman subsequently
published an expanded version of his exposition, "How Superior Powers Ought
to be Obeyed of Their Subjects: and Wherein They May Lawfully by God's Word be
Disobeyed and Resisted. Wherein also is declared the cause of all this present
misery in England, and the only way to remedy the same." In this book, Goodman contends against both ecclesiastical
and political tyranny.
This new
edition of Superior Powers includes a scripture index, a subject index,
a biographical essay on the life of Christopher Goodman, and the original
foreword by William Whittingham.
John
Knox: The Forgotten Reformer (Kevin Reed)
The present
volume seeks to restore interest in Knox's theology, illustrating how the
reformer's beliefs have great relevance for our own day. The individual essays
in this book treat the following topics:
-The
life of the reformer
-The biblical law of worship
-True
and false churches
-The
role of the faithful pastor
-The use of plain speech
-A
warning against the Anabaptists
-Church
government
American
Presbyterian Authors
The
Argument of the Book of Job Unfolded (William Henry Green)
This
volume is not a detailed commentary; rather it furnishes an overview of the
principal persons and themes in the book of Job: Job's happy estate,
Satan, Job in
affliction, Job's three friends, Job's conflict, Job's triumph, Job's
refutation of his friends, Elihu, the Lord, and the place of the book of Job in
the scheme of holy scripture. William Henry Green (1825-1900) was a professor
at Princeton Seminary. His volume about the book of Job was originally
published in 1874.
God
Manifest in the Flesh: Letters on Unitarianism; Letters on the Eternal Sonship
of Christ (Samuel Miller)
The
two books reproduced in this volume are thematically linked, and they furnish
Miller's most extensive writings on Christological controversies.
Each book was
produced with a distinct readership in mind. The
first work, "Letters on Unitarianism" (1821), was written for a
general readership, in order to expose the evils of Unitarianism, so that
orthodox Christians would guard against the inroads of Unitarian errors
(prevalent today in some Charismatic circles--RB). The second work,
"Letters on the Eternal Sonship of Christ" (1823), was composed to
correct the errors of a straying brother, Moses Stuart, a professor at Andover
Seminary; in contrast to the first book, the second work is cast with a more
academic readership in mind. Also included, as an Appendix, is Miller's
"Letter to the Editor of the Unitarian Miscellany," which was a reply
to a published attack against Miller, by an anonymous Unitarian writer whose
article was printed in the Unitarian periodical.
Holding
Fast the Faithful Word: Sermons and Addresses by Samuel Miller
Contents
of the Volume:
The Gospel
The book opens
with strong declarations about the first principles of Christianity. Miller
explains the substitutionary atonement in "Christ Our Righteousness."
He shows the necessity of "Being on the Lord's Side." Perceptive readers will note the depth of these
statements, respecting the nature of the gospel, in contrast to the shallow
evangelistic messages of the present day. In two missionary sermons,
Miller illustrates how Christ, through the gospel, will conquer the world.
There are additional sermons on "The Difficulties and Temptations which
Attend the Preaching of the Gospel in Great Cities" and "The
Importance of Gospel Truth."
The
Christian Ministry
Miller
considers "Christ, the Model of Gospel Ministers." He examines the call to the Christian ministry in
"The Sacred Office Magnified." He shows the necessity and
meaning of pastoral fidelity in "Holding Fast the Faithful Word." In
a related messages, he stresses, "The Duty of the Church to Take Measures
for Providing An Able and Faithful Ministry," and gives "A Plea for
an Enlarged Ministry."
The
Eldership
This volume
includes Miller's original sermon on the ruling elder; his later writings on
the eldership were developed from this discourse.
Personal and
Family Piety
Miller
gives warm exhortations regarding personal and family piety. He describes "The
Duty, the Benefits, and the Proper Method of Religious Fasting." He treats
"The Importance of Domestic Happiness," and "The Means of
Domestic Happiness." An illuminating discussion on the role of women is
found in "The Appropriate Duty of the Female Sex.
Exhortations
to Christians
Christian
parents are given a stern warning on the danger of educating their children in
Roman Catholic schools. Later discourses cover the subjects of suicide and
theatrical amusements.
Presbyterian
Ordination (Robert J. Breckinridge)
A companion
speech to Breckinridge's Presbyterian Government, this discourse
sustains the argument that ordination is a joint governmental act of the
presbytery, not a ministerial rite restricted to preachers. Breckinridge
defends the propriety of ruling elders participating in the laying on of hands
in ministerial ordinations.
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This article is
a book notice for War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from
Erasmus to Calvin
(available in softcover for $US29.95 from SWRB--RB) by Carlos M. N. Eire
(Cambridge University Press, 1986.).
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CALVIN ON SEPARATION FROM
FALSE WORSHIP (i.e. worship not based on the second commandment or what is now
called the regulative principle of worship) AND WORSHIPPING PRIVATELY (IN YOUR
HOME)
(From: John Calvin, Come
Out From Among Them, The Anti-Nicodemite Writings of John Calvin, a forthcoming book to be published by Protestant Heritage Press, "A
Short Treatise", pp. 93, 94, emphases added [or NOW AVAILABLE on the new
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CALVIN WRITES: "Some one will therefore ask
me what counsel I would like to give to a believer
who thus dwells in some Egypt or Babylon where he may not worship God purely,
but is forced by the common practice to accommodate himself to bad things. The
first advice would be to leave [i.e. relocate -- GB] if he could. . . . If
someone has no way to depart, I would counsel him to consider whether it would
be possible for him to abstain from all
idolatry in order to preserve himself pure and spotless toward
God in both body and soul. Then let him worship God
in private, praying him to restore his poor church to its right
estate."
Cited in: Appendix G in The Covenanted
Reformation Defended (see below) by Greg Barrow (http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/append_g.htm ), "A brief
examination of Mr. Bacon's principles regarding the visible church and the use
of private judgment. Also, some observations regarding his ignoble attack upon
Kevin Reed in his book entitled The Visible Church in the Outer Darkness."
Romans 16:17 is also very
clear on this point:
"Now I beseech you, brethren,
mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the (Apostolic--RB)
doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them."
Selected Writings of John
Knox: Public Epistles, Treatises and Expositions to the Year 1559
This is possibly the most important publishing event of 1995. It has been over
100 years since Knox's Works were published in a collected edition. The editor,
Kevin Reed, has done a splendid job of including the writings of Knox that
would most speak to our day. In fact, given the present state of religion in
general, it is hard to imagine another author, living or dead, that could be
considered as important as Knox. This is the first of two volumes which will
reproduce the most significant writings of the Scottish reformer. The 640 pages
of material is generally arranged in chronological order, enabling the reader
to see the development of Knox's thought. Each selection is preceded by a brief
introduction that describes the setting and calls attention to preeminent
aspects of the work. It sets forth the works of Knox with contemporary
spelling, punctuation and grammar. Andrew Sandlin, editor of the Chalcedon
Report, says of this work, that "Kevin Reed and Presbyterian Heritage
Publications must be commended for producing Selected Writings of John Knox...
The value of the book is enhanced by marginal notes, including relevant
Scripture references, the font is aesthetically pleasing, and the paper is of
high quality. Knox put sinew in the soul and iron in the backbone. He needs to
be read more frequently and fully" (Oct., 1995, p. 27). Furthermore, it is
very telling that Reed, after encountering Knox's Works for the first time,
writes, "I found Knox to be a riveting author. His zeal and knowledge were
extraordinary. The reformer's epistles burned with the fervour of a man writing
from the front line of a battlefield. Here was a man entirely committed to
serving Christ" (John Knox the Forgotten Reformer: Studies in the Theology
of the Scottish Reformer [Presbyterian Heritage Publications, forthcoming, p.
9]). Moreover, David Chilton has noted of Knox that "while he is often
con-sidered merely one of Calvin's lieutenants, he was actually a Reformer in
his own right. In some respects he was the greatest of them all"
("Puritanism and Law," Journal of Christian Reconstruction, Vol. 5,
No. 2). Additionally, Kevin Reed has perceptively pointed out, that because of
Knox's concern for purity of wor-ship "it is no wonder that the Scottish
Reformation was the most thorough among any of the Protestant nations"
(from the introduction to Knox's True and False Worship: A Vindication of the
Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry, p. 14). One individual
while taking notes during Knox's preaching commented, "[h]e made me so to
quake and tremble, that I could not hold my pen to write." Great sums of
money were promised, by the enemies of the Gospel, to anyone who would kill
him. And it has been said that Queen Mary feared Knox on his knees more than
all the armies of Scotland. "Calvin described Knox as a ëbrother...
laboring energetically for the faith'" (CH) And even the editor of
Christian History magazine, who openly admits that he does not like Knox,
writes, "[h]e was a Hebrew Jeremiah set down on Scottish soil ó in a
relentless campaign of fiery oratory, he sought to destroy idolatry and purify
national religion. In the end his cause triumphed... for his raw courage and tenacity,
and for his legacy ó Scottish, American, and world-wide Presbyterianism ó we
honor him." If we are ever to see the nations come to Christ again, in the
way that they did during the 16th and 17th centuries, it will only be because
the Lord has revived the teaching of men like Knox. For it was as with the
sharp two-edged sword of the Lord that Knox spoke then and nations trembled and
bowed to the Crown rights of King Jesus. If we speak in a similar manner will
we not, Lord willing, see the same effects? Here, providentially, we have the
record of those powerful and effectual words once again (in easy-to-read
English). It therefore behooves all Christians, in every denomination and land,
to consider them carefully.
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