"Vicar of Bray" (Song): Adjustable & Convenient Theologies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vicar_of_Bray_%28song%29


The Vicar of Bray (song)


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"The Vicar of Bray" is a satirical song[1]recounting the career of the Vicar of Bray and his contortions of principle in order to retain his ecclesiastic office despite the changes in the Established Church

Mike Horton's Further Opinings about American Evangelicals

Mike Horton, a Professor at Westminster California, an Oxford Doctor, opines about "evangelicals," his old Baptistic, dispensationalist home and a source of original nurturance for him.  Yet, he offers this.  Why the fascination with "evangelicals?"  What else would be expected from non-liturgical and non-Confessional churches, Mike?  Mike was not reared on the Catechism nor Prayer Book

White Horse Inn: "A Juvenile Church"

The Juvenile Church

http://www.whitehorseinn.org/

What is the history of today’s youth oriented culture, and what kind of effect is this culture having on churches in our time? On this edition of the program, Michael Horton discusses these questions and more with Thomas Bergler, professor of ministry and missions at Huntington University and author of the recent book The Juvenilization of

American Church Watch: Ending Postmodern Sexual Compromises

Highlights below--in yellow--suggest our thoughts. 
Evangelicalism is the new theological liberalism of yesteryear.  Give it 25 years.  Depth of theology does not occur with the Rick Warrens and Bill Hybels.  Or, with the TBN-enthusiasts or followers of Jimmy Swaggart.  Anecdotes and "it's all about me" stories abound.  Exegetes and systematicians are in short order and short demand.  Of

Dr. R. Scott Clark: Transitioning to Reformation Churches

Clark, R. Scott. Recovering
the Reformed Confessions.
Phillipsburg, NJ:
Presbyterian and Reformed
Publishing, 2008.  Print.
May Dr. Clark's
tribe be extended.
Note that Together
for the Gospel, Gospel
Coalition and Ligonier
Ministries, Alliance of
Confessing Evangelicals,
Etc., do not feature
Dr. Clark.  Nuff said.

Dr. R. Scott Clark speaks of the transition by revivalist evangelicals

Matt Kennedy: What Happened to Western Protestantism

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/28647



What Happened to Western Protestantism?
Many people still ask, “So what happened to the Episcopal Church? What happened to mainline Protestantism?” “Why do so few who claim to be leaders in the church rejected the most essential doctrines of the faith?” Dr. RC Sproul answers that question in a masterful overview of the last 200 years of western

Ana-Baptist & Semi-Pelagian Confession of Faith

Hat tip to Andy for his post on FB.

 

Andy Underhile


The "Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism"...(Author and source unknown) 1. Q: What is the chief end of each individual Christian? A: Each individual Christian's chief end is to get saved. This is the first and great commandment. 2. Q: And what is the second great commandment? A: The second, which is like unto it, is to get as many

Mark Driscoll (And Others): Masters of Irrelevance, Irreverence, and Bad Manners

Christian Worldview offers these critiques on Mark Driscoll, the Anabaptacostalist.  http://thechristianworldview.com/tcwblog/archives/1613 Oh how we tire of these non-Reformed and non-Anglican noise-makers.  This is dated to Jan 2009, but it has relevance.

 

When Relevance Becomes Irreverence – The Curious Case of Mark Driscoll



Posted by David Wheaton | Saturday, January 17, 2009 | 8:00