We share the following articles and media based upon the main emphasis of the Bible’s teaching on doctrine as highlighted by the Westminster Larger Catechism Question and Answer Number 5: Q: “What do the scriptures principally teach?” A: “The scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.”
The Bible is the Word of God:
- The Doctrine of Scripture – Angus Stewart
- Theopneustia (God-breathed) — Louis Gaussen
- The Clark-Van Til Controversy — Herman Hoeksema
Confessionalism:
- Confession and History Audio Podcast (Why Confessions developed and remain vital today) — Jonathan Master interviewing Peter Lillback
- No Creed But the Bible? Audio Podcast (Interview by host Jonathan Master with Dr. John Fesko of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson Mississippi about his book, The Need for Creeds Today.
- Thoughts on the Importance of Being a Confessional Church — Grant Van Leuven
- Old Princeton: Benjamin B. Warfield — a Reminder Not to Reinvent the Wheel — Grant Van Leuven
- Confessions and Orthodoxy: A Purifying, Preserving, Distillation Process — Grant Van Leuven
- A Short History of Creeds and Confessions — A.A. Hodge
- No Creeds! (Except What Celebrity Preacher Says) –Shane Lems
- The Utility and Importance of Creeds and Confessions — Samuel Miller
- Running to Confessionalism — Todd Pruitt
- Importance of Confessions — RCUS
- Why We Have Creeds and Confessions — Daniel Hyde
- How to Love Confessionalists: Differences of opinion between Confessionalists and “can’t we all get along” — Lane Keister
- The Creedal Imperative (book for purchase) — Carl Trueman
Covenant and its Implications:
- Covenant Clarified [as an Agreement] — Grant Van Leuven
- Working through the Covenant of Works — Grant Van Leuven
- Could Adam Have Earned Eternal Life (in the Pre-Fall Covenant of Works)? — Grant Van Leuven
- The Covenant of Grace — Grant Van Leuven
- The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man — Herman Witsius
- In Defense of the Covenant of Works – Jack Kinneer
- Covenant Confusion – Richard Phillips
- Covenant Theology Under Attack — Meredith G. Kline
- The Eternal, Inextricable Link (Federal Headship of the First or Second Adam) — Scott Oliphint
- Traducianism — Gordon Clark
- Federal Vision — David Engelsma
Calvinism (which is Christianity) Correcting Arminianism:
- Respect God’s Choice (Sermon) — Grant Van Leuven
- Addressing the Top Five Misconceptions of Calvinism — Robin Schumacher
- Arminian Theory of Redemption (Note sections about “Common Sufficient Grace”) — R.L . Dabney
- Calvinism – B.B. Warfield
- Calvinism Today – B.B. Warfield
- Good Intentions Gone Bad (Unbelievers Are Not Seeking After God) – R.C. Sproul
- The Fine Points of Calvinism – R.C. Sproul
- A Letter from George Whitefield to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley (Please note, the brief comment on Psalm 145:9 should be better understood by the whole context of that Psalm, especially verses 10 and 20: see the section on Common Grace below. While we also are apprehensive of upholding Wesley, we commend Whitefield’s example of a concern for unity and witness in the Visible Church across denominations) — George Whitefield
- The Five Solas of the Reformation – Greg Strawbridge
- Grace Alone (The One Question All Arminians Must Answer) – R.C. Sproul
- Another Gospel – Wallace Bell
- Calvin the [Systematic] Theologian – R.C. Sproul
- A New Age – Wallace Bell
- Unity in the Spirit – Wallace Bell
- The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination – Loraine Boettner
- Objections Against Predestination Answered – Loraine Boettner
- Determinism and Responsibility — Gordon H. Clark
Eschatology (End Times Theology):
- Amillennialism 101 (free mp3 audio lectures) — Kim Riddlebarger
- A Case for Amillennialism (book for purchase) — Kim Riddlebarger
- Amillennialism: An Eschatology for These Last Days — Dean Davis
- Amillennialism — Anthony Hoekema
- A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism — David Engelsma
- Christ’s Spiritual Kingdom: A Defense of Reformed Ammillenialsm (book for purchase) — David Engelsma
- The Time is At Hand (book) — Jay E. Adams
- The Revelation (free audio lecture series on SermonAudio)– Grant Van Leuven
- End Times Olivet Discourse Sermon 1(free audio sermon on SermonAudio) — Grant Van Leuven
- End Times Olivet Discourse Sermon 2 (free audio sermon on SermonAudio) — Grant Van Leuven
- More Than Conquerors (book for purchase) — William Hendriksen
- End Times Conference (mp3 audio files for purchase) — Various Ministers
- Ammillennialism and Related Articles— Amillennialism
- Various Articles on Amillennialism and Realted Eschatology Topics — Center for Biblical Theology and Eschatology
Faith (not works in any way):
- [Faith] It’s Just a Little Item – Wallace A. Bell
- What is Faith — John Robbins
Creationism vs. Evolution (Young Earth):
- Evangelical Syncretism: The Genesis Crisis — Benenz Hitchcock
- Theistic Evolution an Inharmonious Compromise – A Charge for a Return to the Literal Interpretation of the Six Creation Days in Genesis – Grant Van Leuven
- A Scriptural Survey of Historical Adam’s Significance to the Whole Story — Grant Van Leuven
- What was the View of the Westminster Assembly Divines on Creation Days? — David Hall
Common Grace and the Well-Meant Offer:
- John Gerstner Against the Well-Meant Offer –(“Foreword” to David J. Engelsma, Hyper-Calvinism and the Call of the Gospel) — John Gerstner (mentor of RC Sproul)
- The Free Offer of the Gospel–Not What You’ve Been Told! — Ron DiGiacomo
- Murray on the Free Offer: A Review — Matthew Winzer
- An Examination of Professor John Murray’s “The Free Offer of the Gospel”, Pt. 1 – Todd Ruddell (Once there, you can click through to parts 2 and 3 of the series in order).
- The Myth of Common Grace – Garret P. Johnson
- Common Grace — A paper by the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Of Australia on the Westminster Standards’ position in relation to Common Grace.
- Report of the Committee on the Free Offer of the Gospel (Minority Report) — Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- The Clark-Van Till Controversy — Herman Hoeksema
- The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed: A Reexamination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation — Raymond A. Blacketer
- The Culture is Overrated — William Willimon (Not about CG/WMO directly, but his comments are very applicable to the conversation)
- Well Roasted Marshmallows — Sean Gerety
- The History of the Free Offer — Herman Hanko (Please note that we affirm what the Westminster Standards refer to as Christ freely offered — or indiscriminately presented, and this article makes that disclaiming explanation. The concern here is what is God’s intent toward the reprobate versus the elect.)
- A History of Hypo-Calvinism – Mark D. Carpenter
- Janus Alive and Well: Dr. R. Scott Clark and the Well-Meant Offer of the Gospel (Particularly a critique of the archetype/ectype analogical view of Scripture as the foundation for Common Grace and the Well-Meant Offer, and helpful in pointing out the mistake of confusing epistemology with metaphysics when talking about what, or rather, how, God knows) – Sean Gerety
- Beware of Vain Philosophy, But Do Seek and Love True Wisdom — Grant Van Leuven (not about CG/WMO directly, but illustrates concerns)
Doctrine of Civil Government (The Righteous Reign of Christ Over All):
- Messiah the Prince — William Symington
- Moses’ Law for Modern Government: The Intellectual and Sociological Origins of the Christian Reconstruction Movement [a critique of the modern Theonomy movement] — J. Ligon Duncan, III (Please note, we do not think the appeal to common grace, which we reject, at the end of the document is necessary to follow his overall excellent analysis and conclusions)
- Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy — T. David Gordon (Please note, we strongly disagree with his naive dismissal of the WCF 19:4 at the end of this document as it relates to God’s covenantal aspect of the Moral/Natural Law with Adam in the Garden and his false conclusions based upon it; however, this article is otherwise an excellent resource to understand and reject the modern theonomic movement)