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Building Old School Churches · 3M ago

12 Tips For Christian Couples Who Want A Happy Marriage

In ten years of marriage counseling, I’ve noticed certain problems that tend to be present in almost every marriage that is either in trouble or headed for trouble. Here are some tips that if sincerely followed, would eliminate many of those problems and make your marriage more successful and your f
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Building Old School Churches · 9M ago

Whatever Happened to the Ninth Chapter of Esther?

You don’t have to be a theologian to realize that while heaven and salvation are still popular, hell and Divine judgment are taking a beating these days. Whether it’s Gallup polls that reveal that many more Christian Americans believe in heaven than hell or books by self-described evangelicals that
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Building Old School Churches · 1Y ago

The Three Basic Forms of Defective Preaching

It seems to me that there are three ways you can preach the gospel defectively and as a result not see much if any lasting fruit: 1)  The First and Most Catastrophic form of defective preaching is preaching that is completely devoid of biblical substance: No Law, No Gospel. This is what Michael Hort
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Building Old School Churches · 1Y ago

I never want to be able to say “I told you so”

I’m currently preaching through Jeremiah, and reading the minor prophets for my devotions. Although they were sometimes separated in time by hundreds of years, the message they brought was uniform. They identified the same sins, and brought they same counsel as the solution to those sins – repentanc
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Building Old School Churches · 1Y ago

Is the END in Sight?

On October 15-16th Providence PCA in Fayetteville will be hosting a Bible Conference entitled: “Is the END in Sight?” Our special guest speaker will be Dr. Derek Thomas who will be discussing (as you probably guessed) the subject of Eschatology (the end times).     The Provisional Conference Schedul
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Building Old School Churches · 1Y ago

Can Reformed Baptists Join Old School Presbyterian Churches?

It is almost inevitable that Old School Presbyterian (OSP) church planters will have people from differing theological backgrounds visiting their congregations, and some of the most common visitors will be Reformed Baptists. Obviously having Reformed Baptists (RBs) visit your congregation isn’t a pr
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Building Old School Churches · 2Y ago

The Strategic Advantages of Not Observing Christmas

One often hears complaints about how Christmas is becoming a time of superstition, commerce, and generally pagan revelry, but what American Christians don’t seem to realize is that this isn’t something new to our age, it’s been part and parcel of the celebration ever since it was instituted in the 4
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Building Old School Churches · 2Y ago

On the Origins of Easter

I noted in a previous post that Samuel Miller, the first professor of ecclesiastical history and Church Government at Princeton, New Jersey had been asked by the Presbyterian Board of Publication to write a book on what Presbyterians believed. When that book was published in 1835 it included Miller’
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Building Old School Churches · 2Y ago

WHY DO PRESBYTERIANS OBSERVE HOLY DAYS?

WHY DO PRESBYTERIANS OBSERVE HOLY DAYS? Dr. Samuel Miller, Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government at Princeton Seminary wrote confidently in 1835 “Presbyterians do not observe Holy Days.” 1 Yet some 164 years after the book in which Miller made that bold declaration was published,
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