A recent high-profile SJC decision has been published and widely shared.1 Following the publication of the SJC decision, members of the original Presbytery’s judicial commission published an “Objection.”2 This article is quite technical and specific. It does not

I am trying to wrap my head around the proposed change to BCO 34-1, as approved by the 53rd General Assembly and sent to the Presbyteries for consent of two-thirds of the Presbyteries.1 While I understand the attempt to correct a broken portion of the BCO, I am not

The Alliance for Mission and Renewal has published a theological vision for what it believes will promote the PCA’s unity, faithfulness, and flourishing. This article seeks to engage positively, but also critically, with the sixth installment of that theological vision.

I want to begin by

Change can be a difficult thing. As I grow older, I begin to understand why previous generations often continued to do things as they had always done: balancing checkbooks, mailing bills, keeping familiar routines, and resisting the disruption of something new. Only recently, I found myself

Many of us know the story and the history of the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms. Some are well-versed in the history that led to the writing of these documents, including the early English Reformation, the Tudor Family, the King James Bible, Mrs. Geddes’s

X, formerly known as Twitter, can be a whirlwind. In recent days, a discussion has arisen regarding stated differences, mainly concerning the use of images of Christ for artistic or pedagogical purposes. This discussion has occurred before, and there are many good resources that I believe support

The following is a non-exhaustive selection of confessions, articles, and catechisms that articulate the consistent views on images in the Reformed Church. This does not seek to look at personal theologians but at the body of Reformed Churches across multiple years and branches of the Reformation.

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From Tetrapolitan Confession (1530)1

XXII. OF STATUES AND IMAGES

Finally, against statues and images our preachers have applied the holy oracles, chiefly because they began to be worshipped and adored openly, and vain expenditure was devoted to them that was due the hungry, thirsty and naked Christ;

The following is an excerpt from Zwingli’s Short Christian Instruction (1523)1

[7] CONCERNING IMAGES

Concerning images: it is reasonable for everyone to teach, as has been found, that images are forbidden by God—so that, after they have been instructed and strengthened, the unlearned and weak ones

An office instituted by Christ cannot be without authority. The discussion about the authority of the diaconate in the life of the church has recently come to the forefront. The discussion claims that the diaconate or deacons do not have authority and therefore can