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Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com Creeds Liturgy and Formalism Do you think some churches simply go through the motions of praise without ever actually engaging their hearts and their minds? “spontaneous” Why do you think some feel the need to be “spontaneous”? “The only real point of difference between churches on this issue is the level of self-consciousness and explicit formality with which they are held...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com “The development of Trinitarian and christological discussion was driven in part by the need to give a coherent account of the worship cry ‘Jesus is Lord’...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; ⁠http://www.biblebulldog.com Ex. 17:6 “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. So in Exodus 17, Moses obeyed God by striking the rock, but in Numbers 20 Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock instead of speaking to it...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com Confession as praise. “For Paul, doctrine and doxology are not separated.” Philippians 2:6-11 - who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; ⁠http://www.biblebulldog.com 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 - Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. “I am the bread of life.” (John 6:35, 41, 48, 51) “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12) “I am the door of the sheep.” (John 10:7,9) “I am the resurrection and the life.” (John 11:25) “I am the good shepherd...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com “It is easy even for those who delight in creeds to forget that doxology or praise is a vital aspect of their function.” Do you think most Christian’s think of creeds as a form of praise? “Christian theology as a whole is one long extended reflection upon the meaning and significance of that most basic doxological declaration, ‘Jesus is Lord’...

Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com The Westminster Larger Catechism:

Are the Westminster less pastoral than the Heidelberg catechism?

No confessional or catechism stands by itself; it is part of an ecclesiastical way of life, one element of our lives as Christians.

“Confessions are far more than a set of dry propositions that never touch real life and experience...

129. What doth the word “Amen” signify?

“Amen” signifies it shall truly and certainly be, for my prayer is more assuredly heard of God than I feel in my heart that I desire these things of Him.

Assurance of our faith...

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The Three Forms of Unity.

The Three Forms of Unity is a collective name for the 'Belgic' Confession of Faith, the Canons of Dort, and the Heidelberg Catechism, which are accepted as official statements of doctrine by many of the Reformed churches, including the URCNA...

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The Book of Concord.

The Book of Concord (1580) or Concordia (often referred to as the Lutheran Confessions) is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century.

Martin Luther’s quirky quotes...