An old (3/1/2010) blog article by Shawn Wright on the 9Marks blog is being circulated in social media agian. The following is Dr. Sam Waldron's response, defending the use of the 1689 Confession by local churches. Introduction Before I come to the momentous...
Questions 9-10: (SW – Sam Waldron, CD – Curt Daniel SW: “In your view does the Confession teach the view of the free offer (7:2) and common grace (14:3) which you hold and defend?” CD: “I agree with the 1689 in upholding the free offer of the Gospel (7:2) and common...
Questions 4-8: (SW – Sam Waldron, CD – Curt Daniel) SW: “I have talked with people who believe that in your dissertation you assume Amyraldianism or Four Point Calvinism as your own position. In reading your dissertation I could easily conclude the same. Is this...
Questions 1-3: (SW – Sam Waldron, CD – Curt Daniel) SW: “You wrote your dissertation for the University of Edinburgh in 1983 on "Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill." That's an interesting choice--especially way back then at the beginnings of the Reformed Baptist...
Introduction: I have been surprised over the last several years to sense a rise of views which I associate with Hyper-Calvinism or “Half-step Hyper-Calvinism.” Forty years ago I with my wife were new members of the Reformed Baptist Church of Grand Rapids (now called...
Ten Characteristics of True Preaching (6-10) Preaching Is Scriptural! It is clear from Peter’s proclamation and preaching that preaching necessarily centrally involves the exposition of Scripture. This is clear from several aspects of Peter’s sermon....
Ten Characteristics of True Preaching (1-4) In the preaching of Peter we have at the outset of the Christian dispensation both a proof of the importance and an example of the character of Christian preaching. Preaching—clearly—is central to...
Seven Features of Peter’s Preaching There are some things we do in church that go completely unquestioned—until they are. Questioned, that is! One such—usually unquestioned—part of worship is preaching. You all know what...
A wonderful defense of the importance of creeds and confessions has stood at the opening of A Modern Exposition since its first publication in 1989 (the 300th anniversary of its first adoption in London in 1689). I did not write that defense. It was written by Dr....
From the new preface to the 5th Edition of A Modern Exposition: "Let me say something about the reason and necessity for this 5th Edition. In the 2nd and 3rd Editions of A Modern Exposition a number of important improvements to the first edition were made. Somehow in...
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