What does this bracing word say to us yet today in the midst of our contentious campaigns for the future of the nation? The following is from Dr. James C. Goodloe IV, executive director of the Foundation for Reformed Theology. Dr. O. Benjamin Sparks (former Foundation seminar member) has been kind to call to my attention a sermon…
Dr. r. James C. Goodloe IV, executive Director, Foundation for Reformed Theology. On Sunday, November 4, 1990, Dr. John H. Leith preached “Remembering the Protestant Reformation” at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey. He concluded the sermon with these words on “The Challenge of Islam”: “The chief option to Christian faith in the decades that lie…
“These confessional statements are subordinate standards in the church, subject to the authority of Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as the Scriptures bear witness to him. While confessional standards are subordinate to the Scriptures, they are, nonetheless, standards. They are not lightly drawn up or subscribed to, nor may they be ignored or dismissed….