by C. Matthew McMahon | Dec 4, 2025 | bible study, Covenant, Devotions, God, Jesus Christ, Regulative Principle, Theology, Uncategorized, Worship
Is Syncopation Sinful? A Reformed Theology of Music Outside Worshipby Dr. C. Matthew McMahon Every few weeks, as it pertains to the creation of music and content for “Reformed Music” a strange argument resurfaces because people are emotionally arguing rather than...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Lord’s Day (The Synod of Dordt) The great Synod of Dordt (1618-19) adopted six points regarding the Sabbath which, translated almost verbatim, read as follows: In the fourth commandment of God’s Law there is a ceremonial and a moral element. The rest on the...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
The 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), remains a cornerstone of Reformed theology, particularly in its articulation of the doctrine of Scripture. A question sometimes arises regarding the Confession’s statement in WCF 1.8, which asserts that the Old Testament...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
This article (fully listed on A Puritan’s Mind) outlines the Christian practice of fencing the Lord’s Supper. It is not about exclusion, but about preserving holiness and integrity. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 11, the early church’s abuses of communion—marked by...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Toleration is the Cut-Throat of the True Religion “Of all errors, toleration is the most dangerous and damnable, in so far as other errors do only overturn those particular truths of Scripture to which they are contrary; but by this one error (this monster of...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is not the spirit of man that can, and doth thus work: for first, the spirit of man perceiveth not the things of God, till God’s Spirit acquaint him with them. Secondly, they be foolishness unto him. Thirdly, his wisdom is enmity with God, so as God’s wisdom in...
