by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have also no difficulty in conceding to you, that there is nothing more perilous to our salvation than a preposterous and perverse worship of God. The primary rudiments, by which we are wont to train to piety those whom we wish to gain as disciples to Christ, are...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 12, 2020 | church history, Ecclesiology, Jesus Christ, Reformation, Theology
“First of all, that the observations of the Sabbath is not a bare ordinance of man, or a mere civil or ecclesiastical constitution, appointed only for polity; but an immortal commandment of almighty God, and therefore binds men’s consciences. 2. The same was given to...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 6, 2020 | church history, godly meditation, Jesus Christ, Theology
Everyone ought to be on guard so that, consistent with the exhortation of the apostle, everyone may possess his vessel in sanctification and honor (1 Thess 4:4). We must know that we have the enemy within ourselves, that we carry the seed of uncleanness within, which...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 3, 2020 | church history, Ecclesiology, Idolatry, Reformation, Sacraments, Worship
II. The Scriptures plainly represent magistrates’ granting of men an unrestrained freedom to profess and practice a false religion as extremely sinful and hurtful. 1. It is in the name of God to give liberty to the flesh, of which heresies and idolatry are the...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 2, 2020 | church history, Coronavirus, Reformation
Yellow Fever was as feared if not more than what is currently going around. It killed 10 percent of the remaining population in NYC when half the 50,000 citizens had fled the city. Samuel Miller was minister at the collegiate Presbyterian church at the time and...
