by C. Matthew McMahon | Feb 11, 2020 | Idolatry, Uncategorized, Worship
§6. The Bishop has yet a third dart to throw at us: If the church (he says)[1] has power, upon occasional motives, to appoint occasional fasts or festivities, may not she, for constant and eternal blessings, which do infinitely excel all occasional benefits, appoint...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Feb 10, 2020 | Idolatry, Worship
“II. Some ceremonies are devised and established by men are properly called adiaphora, that is, a thing neither evil nor good, or an act which is left free, or an ecclesiastical rule. … They do not take the place of the indispensable worship service, such as the use...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Feb 9, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Idolatry, Sacraments, Worship
In the observance of the 4th command consists the practice of the other 9; in the neglect of it is the neglect of all religion As in the first commandment the substance of God’s worship is set down—namely that we, knowing and acknowledging the only true God to be our...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 2, 2019 | church history, Ecclesiology, Reformation, Sacraments
The Reformed church of yesteryear had a more biblically rich, complex and theologically accurate view of the Lord’s Supper than 99% of those claiming the Reformed banner today. Not only did the magisterial Reformers take time in sermons, tracts, commentaries and...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 1, 2019 | Ecclesiology, Sacraments
Through the history of the church, one of the most written about topics is the Lord’s Supper. In today’s church, one of the least written about or preached about topics is the Lord’s Supper. No doubt, as a result, there is a huge amount of misinformation that rests on...
