Zacharias Ursinus on the Differences Between the Law and Gospel

In his commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, Zacharias Ursinus discusses four differences between the law and gospel....
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Carl Trueman clarifies a common misconception that is popular among Evangelicals concerning the Protestant Reformation doctrine of sola scriptura....
July 26, 2023 by John Fonville
J.C. Ryle answers the common arguments in favor of “Baptismal Regeneration,” which are based on the Baptismal Service of the Prayer-book. ...
July 14, 2023 by John Fonville
J.V. Fesko on the sacraments as visible words- a visible proclamation of the gospel....
July 13, 2023 by John Fonville
J.V. Fesko on the Word of God as the chief means of grace. ...
July 7, 2023 by John Fonville
Martin Davie explains from the homily, ‘Of Prayer’ in the Second Book of Homilies, how the English Reformers taught that the only true purgatory is the death of Christ and no other purgation is either necessary or possible....
May 15, 2023 by John Fonville
Why Use Written Prayers?- Why does your church use prewritten prayers in your service? Isn't this a dry, rote, unthinking, way for the church to pray and worship? Don't pre-written prayers stifle the Spirit and hinder freedom and promote mechanical, vain repetition? Aren't spontaneous prayers more genuine and heartfelt than prewritten prayers? ...
May 5, 2023 by John Fonville
This writing of Martin Luther is from the introduction to his “Postils” (a group of model sermons which he wrote while at the Wartburg Castle). This brief foreword is full of comfort and good news. In it, Luther sets forth insightful instruction on how to read the Gospels (and the entirety of Scripture- the OT and NT)....
August 25, 2022 by John Fonville
My argument is this: By the year 1700, Protestant Christianity had begun developing significantly new practices and understandings of the Christian faith that focused upon Christian renewal, conversion, new birth and the coming millennial kingdom. These new practices and understandings were a dramatic departure not only from Roman Catholic Christianity, but also from the original Reformation convictions of Martin Luther and John Calvin some one hundred and fifty years earlier. Evangelical Christianity, of the free church variety especially, is the contemporary expression of this third form of Christianity. Probably most Evangelicals are unaware that their Christian experience and piety are far removed from Reformation Protestant beginnings. Evangelicals would do well to recover their lost heritage....
August 20, 2022 by John Fonville
Martin Luther's primary concern when constructing the German mass and order of the liturgy in 1526 was that the gospel be proclaimed for the people in their context....
July 28, 2022 by John Fonville
Martin Luther on the worthy reception of the Lord's Supper....
May 6, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: law and gospel, heidelberg catechism, zacharias ursinus, Reformed confession, Holy Spirit
In his commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, Zacharias Ursinus discusses four differences between the law and gospel....
Keep ReadingMay 6, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: Piety, Predestination, Book of Common Prayer, William Perkins, English theologian, scholastic theology, practical theology, Church of England, Reformed conformity, conformist, non-separatist, scholastic piety, A Golden Chaine, A Reformed Catholicke, Exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles
William Perkins defined theology as “the science of living blessedly forever.” The phrase captures the intellectual rigor and heartfelt piety that come together in the writings of this eminent English theologian, preacher, and spiritual director. Often overlooked or underestimated by modern scholars, Perkins was a very significant and influential scholastic theologian ...
Keep ReadingMay 5, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: gospel, heidelberg catechism, zacharias ursinus
Zacharias Ursinus answering the question, What is the Gospel?...
Keep ReadingFebruary 22, 2021 by John Fonville | Tags: judgment, assurance, righteousness, conscience, Peace, direct act of faith, reflex act of faith
Calvin explains how believers find peace for their conscience in the direct act of faith. ...
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: Means of Gratitude, means of grace, walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church
Detailed outline of Chapter 14 in The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification...
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church, Means of Gratitude, means of grace
Detailed outline of Chapter 5 in The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification...
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church, Means of Gratitude, means of grace
Detailed chapter outlines of Walter Marshall's book, The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification....
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church, Means of Gratitude, means of grace
Detailed outline of Chapter 2 in The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification...
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church, Means of Gratitude, means of grace
Detailed outline of Chapter 3 in The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification...
Keep ReadingJuly 18, 2020 by John Fonville | Category: Sanctification | Tags: walter marshall, the gospel mystery of sanctification, sanctification, gospel-driven, gospel-centered, john fonville, paramount church, Means of Gratitude, means of grace
Detailed outline of Chapter 4 in The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification...
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