by C. Matthew McMahon | May 16, 2022 | Idolatry, Reformation, Theology
Whatever pretenses men make of being thankful for the word of God, when they speak of having light and grace as a privilege while not yielding themselves to the obedience to the light nor conforming themselves to the commands of it, they are not truly thankful at all...
by C. Matthew McMahon | May 6, 2022 | Covenant, Idolatry, Reformation, Uncategorized, Worship
PART 2 1 Samuel 3:13, “For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” DOCTRINE. It is highly offensive to God and shows men to be at risk of God’s...
by C. Matthew McMahon | May 5, 2022 | Covenant, God, Idolatry, Jesus Christ, Reformation, Worship
1 Samuel 3:13, “For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” God’s people are not exempt from judgment. For those who are truly godly and dear to God,...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 29, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Idolatry, Worship
Those who wish to know the bearing of Scripture on human hymns as matter of God’s worship should read the two excellent little treatises, respectively entitled, The True Psalmody, and The Public Worship of God, the first of which is an American publication, and the...
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 | Feb 18, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Idolatry, Sacraments, Worship
Alas! perimus licitis [We perish by permitted things], inordinate love to, and immoderate pursuing after things lawful in themselves destroy more souls than things sinful and unlawful in themselves do. The excuses of those invited to the marriage of the king’s son are...
