Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Reasonable Christian: Top Ten Ways to Spot a False Gospel of Works

Reasonable Christian: Top Ten Ways to Spot a False Gospel of Works

Top Ten Ways to Spot a False Gospel of Works

10. If the minister preaches a full year on the doctrine of sanctification and never mentions justification by faith alone, he might be a false prophet.

9. If the minister preaches sermons on God's law, but never mentions that the ability to keep the law is always imperfect and relative in this life, he might be a false prophet.

8. If the minister is constantly preaching against antinomianism but never mentions the dangers of works righteousness, he might be a false prophet.

7. If the minister has never been accused of antinomianism by anyone in the Arminian camp, he might be a false prophet.

6. If the minister is constantly talking about "lordship" salvation but never acknowledges that God's law demands absolute and perfect obedience and the impossibility of keeping God's law perfectly, he might be a false prophet.

5. If the minister thinks that the blessings of God can be merited, earned or otherwise deserved on the basis of obedience, he might be a false prophet.

4. If the minister makes extravagant promises of material rewards for obedience or the keeping of tithing laws, he might be a false prophet.

3. If the minister thinks the deciding factor in salvation is human choice, free will, or responsibility, he might be a false prophet.

2. If the minister says that justification is by faith alone but sanctification is necessary for future vindication at the judgment, he might be a false prophet.

1. If the minister adds anything whatsoever to Christ's active obedience, sinless life, and suffering on the cross--including sanctification or lordship salvation--he might be a false prophet.

Charlie

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