Meet the Puritans

M eet the Puritans is pleased to announce our first book, Knowing the Trinity: Practical Thoughts for Daily Life by Dr. Ryan M. Mcgraw. Dr. McGraw is not only a contributor to Meet the Puritans but serves as Professor of Systematic Theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary . He has...

In our previous posts ( #1 , #2 ), we considered questions from Christopher Love’s (1618-1651) Heaven’s Glory, Hell’s Terror (1653). In this post, we will consider some more key questions that he asks on hell before considering his position on the controversial doctrine of Christ’s descent into...

P rotestants who are unfamiliar need to hear the voice of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion in this anniversary year of the Reformation (see post 1 ). The Articles are also a great encouragement to those in North American Anglican churches who long for a continual reformation back to the Word of...

A s we've seen so far in our survey of John Knox's theology of the Lord’s Supper ( part 1 , part 2 , part 3 ), it is ordained by God and Christ is present in the sacrament. It is also an inestimable blessing for God’s people and is for their benefit in many ways. Let me give a number of examples...

G enerally speaking, a covenant , according to Reformed theology, is a legal relationship between two parties that involves promises and conditions . A covenant, therefore, has three basic elements: parties, promises and conditions. My goal is to expound the Westminster Standards’ teaching on the...

T hanks to our official book sponsor, Reformation Heritage Books , we have a 4-book bundle of Simonetta Carr's Christian Biographies for Young Readers that we are giving away: Martin Luther , John Calvin , John Knox , and John Owen . Deadline to register is Friday, February 24. Enter here .

A s we've seen, the Puritans had a rich understanding of Christian marriage ( part 1 , part 2 , part 3 ). In this final post, I'd like to show that they also believed marital love must be sexual . Both marital partners should give themselves fully to each other with joy and exuberance in a healthy...

I n our previous post , we considered the Puritan Christopher Love’s defense of hell-fire preaching from his sermons in Heaven’s Glory, Hell’s Terror (1653). In the next two posts we will consider key questions that he asks on hell before considering his position on the controversial doctrine of...

I know many pastors who bought John Owen’s seven-volume “commentary” on Hebrews who had high hopes of reading them while preaching through Hebrews, only to be daunted at the size of the work, the depth of the material, and the breadth of the matter. The temptation is simply to give up. However, C.H...

Being a Reformed pastor among Reformed pastors, and being Anglican, has its good-humored moments. At some point in the discussion, you need to address the relationship between our respective confessions, the Westminster Confession and the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion . Depending on the person,...