CURRENT HERESIES:
We have added four more articles to this section. Two are on the Sabbath and two are on the subject of Christmas. They are related. The first two, Sabbath I and Sabbath II, are about observing and keeping holy that which God has commanded. The second two, Pagan Holydays I and Pagan Holydays II, on Christmas, are about not observing unscriptural holydays that God never commanded and that are based on pagan traditions that are condemned in his word. 

THEOLOGY OF THE GREAT PROTESTANT REFORMATION: 
Having done the history of the Reformation and the Roman Catholic theology that required such a reformation we proceed to cover the theology of the Reformation. Our first title is Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos a Biblical defense of subjects rising up against their oppressors in the cause of civil and religious liberty. In the future we plan, Lord willing, to do such titles as Luther's, "The Bondage of the Will," John Owen's, "The Death of Death in the Death of Christ," and Lorraine Boettner's, "The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination." 

ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY: 
Having completed, for now, a large section on Reformation history, we have set up a new section on Roman Catholic theology. This will complement the section on Reformation history and establish why a Reformation was so desperately needed. Currently we have two titles in this section. They are as follows...
Alexander Hislop's, "The Two Babylons," which is an expose of the pagan nature and origin of almost everything that Rome believes that is not in the Bible. It clearly establish that the essence of Roman Catholicism is pagan, that it is the same as the ancient religion of Babylon. 
Lorraine Boettner's, "Roman Catholicism," is the classic, standard work on the subject of what do Roman Catholics believe. It is thorough review, analysis, and Biblical refutation of Roman Catholic theology. It is must reading if you want to understand what Rome teaches. It is particularly essential reading if you want to effectively debate, discus, and witness to your Roman Catholic friends, neighbors, and co-workers. 

REFORMATION HISTORY:    
We have a new section of the website that is dedicated to the History of the Great Protestant Reformation. As time permits, Lord willing, we will be scanning onto the website some of the great classics of Reformation history. We have already completed Martyn's, A History of the Huguenots, and Gillett's, The Life and Times of John Huss, as well as Blackburn's biography of William Farel.   We have also completed McCrie's Life of Knox and  D'Augigne's, History of the Reformation in England,  as well as Church's excellent biography of Oliver Cromwell which is must reading for lovers of history and of Christian statesmen and champions of liberty that God has raised up. 

Most recently we have posted a biography of Theodore Beza and Motley's Rise of the Dutch Republic. The latter is an especially inspiring account of the reformation in the Netherlands and how it gave rise to one of the great Calvinist republics in history. 

In the future, Lord willing, we plan to post D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century in Germany and Switzerland,  McCrie's Life of Melville, Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland, and perhaps Beza's Life of Calvin. We hope that this will become a significant resource for the study of the Reformation and make available to the Lord's people books that have been out of print and unavailable for so long. If funds permit at some future time we would like to publish hard copy books of these titles. These books not only give us the details of the great works of God in that age, but being written by godly men of faith about heroic men of the faith, they inspire the reader by precept and example. A knowledge of these events and of these men would do much to contribute to a much needed reformation of the church in our day and would be an antidote to the shallow evangelicalism that has been the bane of American Christianity. 

New Articles:
A new series of articles has been launched that deal with Current Heresies and theological errors that are troubling Presbyterian and Reformed churches. The following have been posted and more will be forthcoming on other issues, D.V. 

The Framework Hypothesis:
The Framework Hypothesis is an alternate way of understanding and interpreting Genesis 1 and 2, the creation account. This article gives an overview of the Framework Hypothesis, sets forth the theological dangers of this view, and explains why it is not an tolerable error separating brethren, but a serious heresy that the church needs to reject. 

The New Perspective On Paul:
The New Perspective on Paul is am alternate way of understanding Paul's gospel that totally redefines the historic Protestant understanding of what justification by faith means. How this doctrine subverts the gospel of Jesus Christ, confuses the sheep, and paves the way for even more destructive heresies is all plainly set forth in this article. That this is a heretical view being promoted by false teachers is the conclusion that the article is inexorably driven to. 

Auburn Avenue Theology:
This is an article by Brian Schwertley explaining what the Auburn Avenue Theology really is and expounding how it is a denial of the historic faith of the Great Protestant Reformation and constitutes a denial of justification by faith, substituting a confused theology that holds forth some kind of sacerdotal salvation based on faith and works. 

Open Theism:   
Open Theism is the heresy that God does not know the future (hence it is open, that is undetermined) because God cannot know the unknowable and the future free will choices of free moral agents can not be known. God therefore has limited control over the future but is able to accomplish his main purposes even though many things happen that he has no control over. This heresy is an extreme form of Arminian free-will and constitutes faith in a totally different God than the awesome sovereign God of Calvinism. 

The Christian Self-Help Movement:
This movement emphasizes the latest breakthroughs and secret keys to successful Christian living at the expense of the Biblical means of grace and the peace, joy and contentment that comes from trusting God and having faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ. It becomes an exercise in fads, where deluded and spiritually unfulfilled persons are exploited by religious hucksters with the latest spiritual gimmicks that promise a successful and prosperous Christian life. 

History of Presbyterianism in America:  
  We have now completed the serialization Carl McIntire's, The Death of a Church, documenting the ongoing apostasy of the PCUSA after the exodus of the conservatives, and as formalized in the new Confession of Faith of 1967.   Reviews of these books are on the Church History Books page. This completes this section for now. Additional books that we would like to present are still under copyright and our letters requesting permission to post them on this website have generally gone unanswered. 

Sermons:   
A new sermon has been posted entitled Fishers of Men  It is a presbytery sermon preached at Presbytery on September 24, 2005. It deals with the fact that only God can make us fishers of men, that God in his sovereignty determines how he uses the testimony of the church, and that all we can do is faithfully proclaim his word. It deals with the spiritual state of America, the requirements for any national reformation, and the future prospects for the American Presbyterian Church.

Presbytery Minutes:   
I am no longer Clerk of Presbytery and due to my cancer have been unable to attend Presbytery meetings. As a result these reports are somewhat behind, and will remain so until I have the health and the time to bring them up to date. 
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